including a closer look at governor john huntsman. some say he missed the biggest opportunity of the night. what was that? michelle malkin weighs in on the debate. and good times never seem so good for neil diamond. that story top of the hour. check out that hair from the 1970 s. ( grunting )
are a little on the dry side but last night, they were loaded for bear. it was mr. perry s debut there with the debate and they wasted no time in clobbering each other. jobs! while he had a good private sector record. his public sector record did not match that. as a matter of fact, we created more jobs in the last three months in texas than he created in four years in massachusetts. texas is a great state. texas has zero income tax. texas has a right to work state. a republican legislature and a republican supreme court. texas has a lot of oil and gas in the ground. those are wonderful things but governor perry doesn t believe he created those things. if he tried to say that, it would be like al gore saying he invented the internet. michael dukakis created jobs three times faster than you did, mitt. as a matter of fact, george bush and his predecessor created jobs at a faster rate than you
but these people ever dare to say, for example, to barack obama, how do you sleep at night knowing that your administration has blood on its hands because of operation fast and furious. they would never preface a question for obama, how do you sleep at night? right. how about the very first question and actually, it was a statement. the way in which they set the entire tone for the debate. not talking about what all the recent polls in the last three weeks have shown which is president obama, his lowest approval rating ever on the economy. but instead, to say the numbers from a recent poll candidly are jaw dropping. that was brian williams words, a majority of people in this country now believe the republican policies of the past eight years are responsible for the economic mess. what did you make of that? yes, great point, gretchen, about just how out of touch these so-called moderators and objective neutral journalists were from the very start.
if he s going to persuade republicans he can beat obama in the general election. first debate in four years, first as a presidential candidate and after these massive fires in texas, overall, rick perry has got to be happy with his performance. great seeing you, juan. noelle, great seeing you as well. great debate and good analysis. have a great day, brian. you, too. up next, is new york times floating sharia law in the united states of america? that s the law that says beating your wife is ok. and also, in this country, millions of your tax dollars being used to teach 5-year-olds how to speak mandarin. that story is next.
you say by any measure, social security is a failure. you can t say that to tens of millions of americans who live on social security and those who have lived on it. the governor says states ought to be able to opt out of social security. our nominee has to be someone who isn t committed to abolishing social security but committing to saving social security. that was mitt romney calling out governor rick perry on social security during last night s debate, just one of many heated battles on the stage. so who can claim victory this morning? let s ask bob barnett, senior partner at williams & connolly, he s been a democratic debate coach in eight presidential elections. he knows a thing or two about it. good morning to you, bob. good morning to you, gretchen. just from the outset since you have so much experience in