he is due to speak this hour, site of the 1910 address by roosevelt. you re looking at the live picture of the podium where the president will speak. the sticking point with republicans is how to pay for them. you ll hear the president live at 1:55 eastern time right here on cnn. overseas the pressure on the eu eurozone is growing, ahead of another summit, standard and porr s is threatening to down grade the credit ratings, including france and germany that now plan to call for enforcement caps on deficits. greek bonds are already junk. gop presidential front-runner mitt romney has more than newt gingrich on his back. according to a report, the former massachusetts govern ers s office spent $100,000 in state funds to remove records from his four years in office. the money was used to replace computers in his office months before romney launched his unsuccessful campaign for the nomination back in 2008. in addition, his staff had e-mails and other communication from state
union. the leader of the western world was wrapping up a meeting with world leaders dominated by the debt crisis in europe when he was reminded of oncoming u.s. elections. the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. no one believes him, of course, but there are people who get paid to worry about the president s re-election bid and there is cause for concern. usa today and gallup polled 12 swing states the president carried in 2008. they found that in late october he was running a close race with mitt romney, herman cain and rick perry. nearly two-thirds of swing state residents say their families are not better off now than when president obama first took office. joining me now for a look at states in play, maryland governor martin o malley, who heads the democratic governor s association. thank you, governor, for being here. thank you. let s talk first about the president s prospects. that is a fairly grim at this point look at the
presidential politics. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. the leader of the western world was wrapping up a meeting with world leaders dominated by the debt crisis in europe when he was reminded of oncoming u.s. elections. the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. no one believes him, of course, but there are people who get paid to worry about the president s re-election bid and there is cause for concern. usa today and gallup polled 12 swing states the president carried in 2008. they found that in late october he was running a close race with mitt romney, herman cain and rick perry. nearly two-thirds of swing state residents say their families are not better off now than when president obama first took office. joining me now for a look at states in play, maryland governor martin o malley who heads the democratic governor s association. thank you, governor, for being here. let s talk first about the president s prospe
mistake. well, i don t think anybody s ever run the perfect campaign, and actually, these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it s pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the ever doing one of the campaigns when all they re interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of really talking about the issues that are important to the american people, about how you re going to get us back to work. bottom line, he says the debates are rigged for conflict and against the candidates. but keeping them honest, the candidates themselves agreed on the rules for all the debates, including the recent one we held in las vegas. after most of governor perry s complaints break down. remember, his first beef that the debates are set up for, quote, nothing but conflict. here s a question i
set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it s pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the ever doing one of the campaigns when all they re interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of really talking about the issues that are important to the american people, about how you re going to get us back to work. bottom line, he says the debates are rigged for conflict and against the candidates. but keeping them honest, the candidates themselves agreed on the rules for all the debates, including the recent one we held in las vegas. after most of governor perry s complaints break down. remember, his first beef that the debates are set up for, quote, nothing but conflict. here s a question i asked that night, giving him an opportunity to respond to criticism of his health care record. governo