congress, they believe they ve got two ideas. one, tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. two, they want to get rid of regulations that help keep our air and water clean. regulations that protect our consumers. regulations that make sure that wall street doesn t do the same kinds of things that created the financial crisis. the center piece of mr. romney s entire economic plan is a new $5 trillion tax cut. a lot of it is going to the wealthiest americans, but last week we found out he expects the middle class to pick up the tab to pay for it. they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before. it did not work. it did not work then. it is not going to work now. it is not a plan to create jobs. it is not a plan to cut the deficit. it s not a plan to move our economy forward. we do not need i do not need a tax cut. we don t need tax cuts for folks who are doing really, really, really well. we need to keep taxes low for working americans like you. since
didn t have control of their own health care choices. women can make their own decisions. we don t need politicians doing it. the president wants our mothers, daughters, and sisters to make their own choices about health care. mr. romney calls that a war on religion. the president calls it faness. and the american people are responding. a brand new cnn poll shows president obama leading mr. romney by seven points. 52% to 45%. and the public predicts the president will be re-elected. 63% think he will win in november. just 33% think mr. romney will win. folks, that s big. very big. in late summer polls of past elections, the public accurately predicted the winner in 1996, 2000, and 2008. and in 2004 they called the race a tie when it turned out to be a razor thin election. all of this is bad news for mr. romney. and good news for the president. joining me now is michelle cutter correspondent for news week, daily beast. and patricia murphy. thank you both for joining me. he