it is not a plan to strengthen the middle class. it won t work. we are moving forward. they want to take us backward. that is the choice in this election. that s why i m running for a second term. gregg: president obama in new hampshire yesterday delivering the same speech twice. economy of words, i suppose, slamming governor mitt romney s tax plan. the president made the comments on the same day that republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan rallied voters in the state of florida laying out a republican plan for medicare, saving it, and calling out the president s own record on the program. take a listen to this. medicare should not be used as a piggy bank obamacare. it should be for seniors. end of story. here is what mitt romney and i
all i m asking is to go back to the rates paid by wealthy individuals under bill clinton. if you remember, that is when the economy created 23 million new jobs. reporter: and a budget surplus. the president called it our plan, meaning the democrats plan of higher taxe taxess and t is what he is running on. we tried our plan and it worked. that is the difference. that is the choice in this election. that s why i m running for a second term. there are times you can raise taxes and have it not hurt the economy. unfortunately for barack obama this is not one of those times. to raise taxes now as opposed to during the clinton years would be very ruinous for the economy. analysts of all stripes note the clinton economy was on fire because of the high-tech and dot-com boom which eventually crashed but until it did, it grew at 3.5% a year. unemployment dropped to low 4% range. revenues were pouring in.
makingory $$240,000 a year to g back to the tax rates they were paying under president bill clinton. back when our economy created 23 million new jobs. the biggest budget surplus in history. and everybody did well. just like we ve tried their plan, we ve tried our plan and it worked. that s the difference. that s the choice in this election. that s why i m running for a second term. when you watch the whole thing, it s obvious that president obama was talking about the booming economy under president clinton. not today s economic climate as the romney ad would have you believe. with me now is david corn msnbc political analyst and author of showdown and ron reagan also analyst and author of my father at 100. is there any room for wiggle there, david corn? i was reading something today saying there is a case you can find there that the romney ad
didn t build that into a condemnation of small business owners? well the romney campaign is at it again. let s watch this web ad they released yesterday. hitting owe payment obama on the economy. we ve tried our plan and it worked. that s the difference. that s the choice in this election. that s why i m running for a second term. you know, i had to file my own personal bankruptcy. i had to close my business. i ve been looking for a job for two years. you know, it s difficult to find employment. a year ago i was laid off from my job. i have to work part-time in order to make ends meet. well, now let s look at what obama actually said at a campaign stop in oakland, california, the original words. i m also going to ask anybody
well, now let s look at what obama actually said at a campaign stop in oakland, california, the original words. i m also going to ask anybody making over $250,000 a year? to go back to the tax rates they were paying under bill clinton, back when our economy created 23 million new jobs. the biggest budget surplus in history. and everybody did well. just like we ve tried their plan, we ve tried our plan and it worked. that s the difference. that s the choice in this election. that s why i m running for a second term. when you watch the whole thing, it s obvious that president obama was talking about the booming economy under president clinton. not today s economic climate as the romney ad would have you believe. with me now is david corn msnbc political analyst and author of