little bit because of his association with the medicare voucher program that he s proposed. and they ve even had to back away from that. that can t help in pennsylvania, either, which i believe is the third oldest state after florida and west virginia. all right. well, that certainly makes sense. philadelphia enquirer s thomas fitzgerald. thanks so much. good to talk with you. thanks, alex. representative michele bachmann lost the gop primary but this week she picked up a major endorsement from speaking in a radio interview afterwards she laid out the focus of her campaign. this is the number one issue this year is the economy, job creation, how we can add more jobs and higher-paying jobs. i worked extremely hard in congress. you re right. i m a former federal tax lawyer and a business owner. i get how jobs are created but i also understand how they re destroyed. joining me now is her competitor, jim graves, the
abrasive? not at all, rachel. i would take some issue with that. i think the president was very forceful in challenging mitt romney on why a medicare voucher program could be disastrous. he was forceful on explaining that romney wants to roll back wall street regulations. so i think on those core issues that really matter to voters, again, we didn t enter this debate as an opportunity for a zinger every minute. our approach was a story telling that s consistent with what we did in the convention, what the president will do tomorrow in denver and wisconsin, what we ll do to make sure people understand if you re a middle class voter, you can t trust mitt romney because he will take us back to the same policies, in many cases on steroids, and the president has got a plan to rebuild this economy from the middle out. i don t think voters lost that
demming saw results in upstate new york. defeating the republican to fill disgraced former congressman chris lee s seat. served by entrance of a third-party candidate. the debate over entitlements played a big role. we can balance our budget the right way. not on the backs of our seniors if i have my way and i hope i will, we will keep the promises made to our seniors who spent their entire lives paying into a medicare system so it would be there when they needed it. it s that simple. it s that simple. nbc s luke russert covers capitol hill for us. luke, was this more about medicare changes or how republicans play defense when democrats attacked the ryan plan? reporter: no question that the paul ryan budget, medicare voucher program, was a central issue in this campaign. remember, this district in god s country, western new york, is
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