you, this is a tough field to game out, and iowa and new hampshire and south carolina and nevada. i was talking about the golden oldies because they can have an affect on the debate and they can say things and do things that candidates that have a real chance to get the nomination can t do so we ll watch them on the debate stage, and lightning may strike. remember 2012 carol? for the republicans, every single candidate had a day or a week or month at the top of the pile. no doubt the golden oldies think they will get their moment in the sun in 2016 as well, and they might well do that. but douglas, i can t imagine that amount of people onstage for a debate 20 people possible? that won t happen will it? it s an ugly visual, and the republican party may have to get rid of some of them and shrink
and governor romney hit these battle grounds hard over the next ten days. ohio is perhaps the most important of them, especially for governor romney. because no republican candidate has won the white house, alex, without winning this state. last night as you mentioned, he and paul ryan held a huge rally in north canton last night, about 8,000 people according to the campaign braved some pretty brisk temperatures. the governor is asking for their help in this state because the latest cnn poll just out a few days ago shows that the president is up four points. 50-46. now that lead is about half of what it was a few weeks ago. so the governor has chipped away at that lead but still has a ways to go. they want to get their graund game out, get people out to early vote and then get people out to the polls on november 6th. governor romney is going to campaign with florida senator marco rubio and paul ryan is going to hit this state hard over the next 48 hours. they really expect to win here.
about the thing. it s so political. the president game out, not to justify it or the melter or the beloved caribou but said fewer jobs would be created by the pipeline than the payroll tax cut. eric: he wants to see it go through. bob: absolutely. they counted the waitresses jobs in this. eric: we have to go. bob: tease, right? eric: andrea: bob, here is something else. eric: coming up, chris christie says romney should release his tax returns. you will hear from the jersey governor next. also, don t forget, e-mail us at thefive@foxnews.com. we ll be right back. if there was a pill
credits and here we are under 2% growth and 9% unemployment. what s the lesson of the policy choice sns. well, the short lesson they don t work and steve is right, if the president really is in a bind and the chairman of the economic advisors, austan goolsbee game out and his expectation as well. the great recession was bigger than we thought. no, the reason we re having such a stall in growth is because we ve overburdened the productive sector of our economy, which is the private sector, businesses don t know what tax and regulatory policies are going to come after them. what the epa is going to do. and they are too scared to invest. consumers are too scared to spend. and then you have the president, you know, coming out with rhetoric, that is, you know, very damaging, attacking what do you mean, demonizing bankers. demonizing businesses telling companies i might raise your taxes if you make a lot of money overseas. paul: james what i hear from the liberal economists
mortgage policy, housing tax credits and here we are under 2% growth and 9% unemployment. what s the lesson of the policy choice sns. well, the short lesson they don t work and steve is right, if the president really is in a bind and the chairman of the economic advisors, austan goolsbee game out and his expectation as well. the great recession was bigger than we thought. no, the reason we re having such a stall in growth is because we ve overburdened the productive sector of our economy, which is the private sector, businesses don t know what tax and regulatory policies are going to come after them. what the epa is going to do. and they are too scared to invest. consumers are too scared to spend. and then you have the president, you know, coming out with rhetoric, that is, you know, very damaging, attacking what do you mean, demonizing bankers. demonizing businesses telling companies i might raise your taxes if you make a