all right. gentlemen, our first round of questions is on the subject of electability in the general election. and we start tonight with you, dr. carson. you are a successful neurosurgeon but you admit that you have had to study up when it comes to foreign policy saying there is a lot to learn. your critics say that your inexperience shows. you suggested that the baltic states are not a part of nato and just a few months ago you were unfamiliar with the major political parties and government in israel. and domestically you thought alan greenspan had been federal treasury secretary instead of federal chair. aren t these basic mistakes and don t they raise legitimate questions about whether you are ready to be president? well i could take issue with all of those things, but we don t have time. i will say we have a debate here tonight, and we will have an opportunity to explore those areas, and i m looking very much
with a group that when gomez hit back, some of his inexperience shows. for him f. it could be as dirty and low as pond scum. reporter: do you think that ed markey is pond scum? gomez indicated to cnn he regrets the comment. was hi thinking it, yeah. should i have said it? probably not. he may be a fresh face, but he s prohotting the stalest old republican ideas. gabriel gomez is a very bad man. now he s mocking the ads. he even leaves the toilet seat up. reporter: but the race is no laughing matter for the president, who made a pit stop at a boston sandwich shop to remind voters what s coming in less than two weeks. i want to make sure everybody turns out and votes. all right? reporter: there s one difference. three years ago scott brown was openly campaigning again president obama.
themselves. is this what the campaign is about? is that how low they have to stoop? they can t run on his record. i feel bad for them. they don t have a record to put out there. sean: i don t feel bad for them. now, mitt romney is the extremist? they don t know what to come up with next because they can t sell their guy s record because it stinks. sean: the president has a half empty house. forced to flip flop. gay marriage was the issue today because it seems that the base is not energized when sean, there is a difference between being good politically on the stump and having good campaign skills when you are out. i think the president and white house gets too much credit for going strategic. i think his inexperience shows regularly. isn t that amazing the prisoner gets 40 plus percent
themselves. is this what the campaign is about? is that how low they have to stoop? they can t run on his record. i feel bad for them. they don t have a record to put out there. sean: i don t feel bad for them. now, mitt romney is the extremist? they don t know what to come up with next because they can t sell their guy s record because it stinks. sean: the president has a half empty house. forced to flip flop. gay marriage was the issue today because it seems that the base is not energized when sean, there is a difference between being good politically on the stump and having good campaign skills when you are out. i think the president and white house gets too much credit for going strategic. i think his inexperience shows regularly. isn t that amazing the prisoner gets 40 plus percent