the american public got to see him last week, got see him perform ably. got to see him talk in terms of where he s going to go. four years ago it was a bush critique. even republicans were tired of eight years of bush. john mccain was not a great candidate. even though was an american hero. we know the president can t do the things he promised. to say give me another term and i ll finish the job i started is absurd. i think the american people will vote him out of office. megyn: to avoid the referendum on him, that he does need to stay on offense going after mitt romney, making him an unacceptable choice. and what are the risks of that politically making him look small in a way that he definitely did not back in 2008?
first question, it s just too late. nobody s going to say at this point, you know what? we re happy, we ve had a great time for the last four years, we like the way things have been. he s going to fail that test. that s why they re going to stay on the attack, brutal attacks that they ve already been doing for five months, they re going to keep doing it for the last two months on mitt romney. megyn: if 54% of those asked say i do not he momentum deserve to be reelected, then why is this race polling nationally and in the swing states so close, you know, within a point or two of one another? well, one thing is the advantage of incumbency, people are loathe to make a change because of the fear of what else there is out there. so incumbency s one thing. another thing, remember this, we re just past labor day. people will now start paying attention to this election, and that drum beat, with a new fervor as they go forward. folks are back, the kids are in school.
called for reforming blasphemy laws. he was assassinated by his bodyguard. just 4% of pakistanis are christians. this girl lives in this village with very few other christians, and many of them have left the village altogether, and it won t be until at least friday, megyn, before we find out this girl s fate. megyn: all right. trace gallagher, thank you. well, a growing debate over who has the best plan to get americans back to work. the rnc gives a look at what the president is offering for solutions. and through the summer of 1980 president reagan was trailing significantly in the polls with the race tightening up right around the time of the national convention. like mitt romney, he was trying to unseat a one-term incumbent. unemployment then, like it is today, was the big issue. and can reagan was being portrayed as someone who was out of touch with real working
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the party and the liberals that have been in command through the 60s and 70s. people simply wanted a change. megyn: that was dan rather analyzing then governor ronald reagan s surprise win over jimmy carter in the 1980 presidential election. for most of the campaign season he trailed his democratic rival. but he browned him 51-41 percent. no one can predict how an election will turn out. there is still a long way to go before americans head to the polls this november. michael reagan is the son of president ronald reagan. welcome back. that dan rather clip is classic. it s fascinating to see. you look at polls leading up to that november 4, 1980 vote, and your dad was not beating jimmy