out of this avalanche of bad decisions that were before the obama presidency, one thing we see is clear, mitt romney s plan is to go back to a failed economic theory of tax cuts for the rich, despite the fact he deny attend tax cuts, and the math. and let s go to war with sesame street but give wall street a big, wet, kiss, that is call what got us into this mess, we spent four years digging out of it. meanwhile, gingrich saying the numbers were good for the president, but the overall picture is still gloomy. i think it was a significant help to the president. imagine coming out at 8.2 following the debate, i mean people would have entered the week saying it is close to the end. so it is part of the whole process, the campaign will go down to the end. it will be one of the most interesting campaigns in american history, i think you will see it go back and forth somewhat. on friday, the imf said probably no recovery until 2018. more reaction from them on the president s
back to the big three. my panel today, ann cornblat, doug hattaway and robert trainham, what s your must-read. a great story on the washington post about romney s wealth and why it s been such an issue in the campaign. it is a good story. how about you, doug, what s your must read? smmine is a somewhat chillin expo say in the atlantic about ballot cops, targeting african-americans, latinos, to make it harder for people to vote. i m going to get to that how but, robert? , front page of the politico, has paul ryan talking about the 47% comment. it s not good in september when you re talking about this and playing defense, not good at all. i was talking about that very factor just a few minutes ago. thank you very much.
0 from both parties sangled today over who s better equipped to guide the economy over the next four years. the president hay has created 4 million new manufacturing jobs. he says he s going to reduce the debt. doesn t say how goegsing to do it. let s be fair here, governor romney has laid out a vision and a direction for this country. let s hold the president to the same standard as well. first of all, we have a deficit plan, it s got health care savings. romney doesn t have a deficit plan. he s got a plan to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires. he s got a 5 trilli$5 trillion. another $2 trillion in political calculation here at all? i think every impetus on the part of the administration was to downplay the attack because they don t want any foreign policy nobody comes to a protest with rocket launchers so it had they are the markings of something more than a spontaneous protest than had gone awry. but i do think the white house is basically placing the burden of
dispatch this has surrogates from both parties sangled today over who s better equipped to guide the economy over the next four years. the president hay has created 4 million new manufacturing jobs. he says he s going to reduce the debt. doesn t say how goegsing to do it. let s be fair here, governor romney has laid out a vision and a direction for this country. let s hold the president to the same standard as well. first of all, we have a deficit plan, it s got health care savings. romney doesn t have a deficit plan. he s got a plan to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires. he s got a 5 trilli$5 trillion. another $2 trillion in defense spending. just three days into the first presidential debate, meanwhile mitt romney is off to the trail. we have two reports, we begin with nbc s peter alexander, he s with the romney campaign in boston, with a good morning to you, peter. what are you hearing about all the debate preps today. he o clock najs that this is an impo
it was a week of perm attacks, empty platitudes, and where the one thing were you left with is they really think lying is a virtue, and i think the american people disagree with that. this week will be very different. are you saying they re just a bunch of liars? no. no, bob, i didn t say that. you said lying was a virtue. i heard a lot of things that weren t true last week. i think we can all agree with that. kristen welker is traveling with the president. a good afternoon, just barely, to you. how is the president s message playing out on the road with the public as we ramp up to the dnc? reporter: good afternoon to you, alex. i think that it s really been mixed to some extend. on the one hand president obama is drawing really large, enthusiastic crowds. yesterday in sioux city, iowa, about 10,000 people turned out to hear him speak. they were fired up. they responded with loud applause. when he tried to paint republicans as the party of the past for saying th