let s solve this. mitt romney s move to the middle with the polls showing him trailing the president in battleground states, he showed more centerist last night than in the primary debates. i like the fact in my state we had republicans and democrats come together and work together. regulation is essential. you can t have a free market work if you don t have regulation. my view is that we aught to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. let s bring in former new york governor george pataki and former governor ted strikland. good to see you. governor strickland, do you think governor romney earned some undecided voters last night? i would give him a b-plus on style. i would give him a d-minus on
before we leave the economy let s get back to medicare. the president said that the government could provide the service at a lower cost and without a profit. if that s the case it will always be the best product that people can purchase. my experience is the private sector is typically able to provide a better product at a lower cost. can the two of you agree that the voters have a choice, a clear choice between the two of you on medicare. absolutely. all right. so to finish quickly, briefly on the economy. what is your view about the level of federal regulation of the economy right now? is there too much? and in your case, mr. president, should there be more. beginning with you, this is not a new two-minute segment. we ll go for a few minutes and then go to health care. regulation is essential. you can t have a free market work if you don t have regulation. as a business person, i had to have i needed to know the regulations. i needed them there. you couldn t have peopl
what is your view about the level of federal regulation of the economy right now? is there too much? and in your case, mr. president, should there be more. beginning with you, this is not a new two-minute segment. we ll go for a few minutes and then go to health care. regulation is essential. you can t have a free market work if you don t have regulation. as a business person, i had to have i needed to know the regulations. i needed them there. you couldn t have people opening up banks in their garage and making loans. you have to have regulations so that you can have an economy work. every free economy has a good regulation. at the same time, regulation can become excessive. is it successful now? in some places, yes. it could become out of date. what s happening with some of the legislation passed during the president s tern. you ve seen regulation become excessive and it s hurt the
him. even then, this is a dysfunctional agency. they fired the administrator. she tendered her resignation. they should have gone deep. what do you think about the argument to the degree people are suspect about government and spending and waste and bloat #-d government this only feeds into that and to that degree particularly when you have a president who is saying government is going to invest and help solve your problems and you have a challenger saying we want to get government out and let the free market work. broad strokes. anybody who is in is going to be hurt by this and that applies to the president and it applies to members of congress and the senate. the problem is i agree if you try to make this personally the president s fault or try to take it and somehow blame him for this as the buck stops here it is not going to work. that will backfire on republicans and anybody that tries to make that argument. i think in the broader
it was an agent underneath him. even then, this is a dysfunctional agency. they fired the administrator. she tendered her resignation. they should have gone deep. what do you think about the argument to the degree people are suspect about government and spending and waste and bloat #-d government this only feeds into that and to that degree particularly when you have a president who is saying government is going to invest and help solve your problems and you have a challenger saying we want to get government out and let the free market work. broad strokes. anybody who is in is going to be hurt by this and that applies to the president and it applies to members of congress and the senate. the problem is i agree if you try to make this personally the president s fault or try to take it and somehow blame him for this as the buck stops here it is not going to work. that will backfire on republicans and anybody that tries to make that argument. i think in the broader