city economy. is this going to hurt ya? not necessarily. i mean, you know, we had some restaurants close which, you know, atlantic city is known for its restaurants. our casinos never close. they only closed during the hurricane sandy or if it was a state budget shutdown, and i m sure they re happy a because no one is, you know, leaving their property at this time. but, you know, i want to give a big kudos to our fine men and women many our public works department and our contractors. they ve done a magnificent job clearing the streets. and also to the good people of atlantic city who adhered to removing their vehicles from the street, making the job easier. also would like to thank our great governor, phil murphy, who i spoke with several times today. the state had their resources at the ready, but we ve done such a great job locally, we don t need them right now. our crews are home right now taking a break, but they ll be at 6:00 in the morning.
bret: former governor tim pawlenty now republican candidate defending his record of governor of minnesota and talking about minnesota s state budget shutdown. the government shutdown in the past day. impromptu press conference. another candidate getting some attention, about the economy. his assessment of president obama s running of the economy. here is what mitt romney has said before. he didn t create the recession. he made it worse and longer. barack obama has failed america. [ applause ] when he took office obama was in recession. he made it worse. he made it last longer. bret: yesterday in pennsylvania, he was asked about the sign of economic encouragement, like the dow and the stock market trending up. this is his response. i didn t say things were worse. what i said was that the
in washington. bret: former governor tim pawlenty now republican candidate defending his record of governor of minnesota and talking about minnesota s state budget shutdown. the government shutdown in the past day. impromptu press conference. another candidate getting some attention, about the economy. his assessment of president obama s running of the economy. here is what mitt romney has said before. he didn t create the recession. he made it worse and longer. barack obama has failed america. [ applause ] when he took office obama was in recession. he made it worse. he made it last longer. bret: yesterday in pennsylvania, he was asked about the sign of economic encouragement, like the dow and the stock market trending up. this is his response. i didn t say things were