extent of him being a decent man and family man and has business experience and he was not particularly nasty to the president. he had a couple of lines. i think that that probably is appealing to an independent voters who is not looking for vitriol or red meat. brian: the theory is, if you are personal and cutting that turns off independents and there was not that much except for the invisible obama with clint eastwood. he had to personalize himself. who is mitt romney for those in the middle and independents who don t know him yet. but the second thing he did well was talk about what is on independent s mind and the entire electorate. economic recovery and job creation. he tied those two well and made a compelling case. brian: do we know him? that s being.
don t like what you see use your vote to change it. steve: there you go. taylor hicks, thank you so much. thank you. brian: a good stinger for the headlines. steve: and now the news. gretchen: maybe that could be our open. republican national convention officially closing with a benediction by timothy cardinal. oh, god of wid dom of gostern and might we ask your guide on those who govern us. most of all we thank you for the gift of our country. we are one nation under god and in god we trust. cardinal dolan will also say the prayer in the democratic
adlibed. brian: he didn t write that down. gretchen: he was interviewing somebody in the chair but i think you will figure out who it is. we own this country. we own it. and it is not you and not politicians owning you. politicians are employees of ours. and they are just going to come around and beg for votes and it is the same old deal. but i think it is important that you are the best in the world and whether you are democrat or republican or lib terian or whatever, you are the best and we should not ever forget that and when somebody does not do the job. we have to let them go. it doesn t hurt. i don t say that word anymore.
and crews are wasting no time in beginning to clean up. brian: that s all you can do. gretchen: the convention. we should find out from wtvt reporter. he s live with us in tampa. hey, josh. hey, good morning guys, a lot of folks hard at work trying to get the city of tampa back to how it was preconvention. this whole area was fenced off and now opened back up. we ll see some of the fens stacked up right there. i can tell you, those weigh cent pounds a piece. imagine that for your morning work out . have to take down the protective sheets put on the windows and statutes in case protestors got out of hand. we didn t see that thankfully. and the downtown roads will be opened up. and that caused headaches for drivers. it is what it is at this
we should not ever forget that and when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go. i don t say that word anymore. well, maybe one last time. [ laughter ] we don t have to be what i m saying is we don t have to vote for somebody we don t really want in office just because they seem to be nice guys or maybe not so nice guys if you look at some of the recent ads going out there. i don t know. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] okay. you want to make my day, huh? i ll start it. you finish it. go ahead. make my day! steve: for a convention speech, it was quite unconventional. brian: i would say that.