resolve this. he is. chris: less than a minute left. early indications after the debate that romney got some kind of bump in the polls. i will ask you both briefly, 30 seconds each. governor, where does this race stand right now? i think we have three more debates coming up one of i have is the vice presidential campaign where paul ryan has been very specific about what he would do in a budget and that is a budget that would be bad for the economy, bad for job growth. it would increase taxes on 18 million people. and so we have a few more rounds to go in this fight. what we saw in the first one was a very energized performance. big bird meets the big lies and now governor romney is going to be challenged for the remaining 30 days to explain how it is that he pays for $5 trillion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires without the rest of us suffering the cost of the effects. the debate was a reset of the campaign and gave an opportunity for the american people to, first o
deduction for middle class americans. governor romney has not said what the plan is for paying for the $5 trillion in tax cuts just like he won t talk about what his tax returns have been or with all due reis spect, governor, first of all, governor romney made is clear in the debate and he was actually able to speak directly to the american people that he is not going to lower the burdening on up youer income individuals. we know that upper income individuals rely more heavily on deductions and he will give the relief on the middle class and it will be deficit neutral. one of the best lines of the debate was i have five sons and you can tell the story i m used to hearing the story five times and having me believing it to be true but we know it is not true what they are saying about his tax plan. let s talk about the president s vision. let s talk about where his deductions are. chris: let s finish about that and then we will talk about the president s vision, senator. part of t
and didn t want to be there. couldn t do the basic thresh hold of i m at a debate and i just act like i care. chris: a lot he left on the table. they had a bad strategy and went in to play it safe sand he played it too a safe. their attitude was we don t benefit from a fight with romney. chris: well, they didn t have a fight with romney. panel, we have to take a break here. we we come back, round two, biden ryan. stay tuned. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america s largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr.
the president. i expect him to do a good job. what i expect him mostly to do is to try to wrap paul ryan s plans around mitt romney s neck. he has said i have been spending a lot of time studying paul ryan s positions. he wants to basically chris: and there are differences between what paul ryan proprosed and what romney is proposing now. he will focus on the differences and say this this is what your plans are and why are they different from romney. chris: or say hey that is what you really believe and what you will do. exactly. chris: biden was in full roar this week, brit when it came to raising taxes. take a look at what he has to say. we are going to ask the wealthy to pay more. my heart breaks. come on, man. you know the phrase they always use? obama and biden want to raise taxes by $8 trillion.
cutting spend or is it always a mistake to take on big bird? well, big bird is pretty popular but maybe the president would say big bird didn t build his own nest, i don t know. but i think that it is it probably maybe not going after big bird but is certainly pbs and public broadcasting is popular in terms of taking them on in the spending side. i don t think he was going down the wrong path. maybe not so much with big bird. chris: a couple of minutes left. i want to look forward. what do you expect from this week s vice presidential debate between joe biden and paul ryan? well, i am sure that vice president biden got a phone call from the white house and said you know look, we didn t go after governor romney as much and so you have got to turn up the heat. because the debates are about controlling the ground. whoever is viewed as the one who controls the debate, who is