quarter of 2014 as most earnings reports are surpassing lowered expectations. back with our panel now, ed rawlins, judy miller steve moore. steve, how would you characterize thing? 1% would be a good number. maybe even half a percent. that was the last three months. the obama administration is again going to blame this on the weather. but, you know, look i do think things are picking up. i mean hiring has been good for the last 9 to 12 months. i m a big believer that these low gas prices are big stimulus to the economy. at some point, but we haven t seen it yet. look it s putting more money into the pockets of consumers. by the way, for our manufacturers and other industries it s a huge windfall it reduces their costs. one other quick point about the economy. when i talk to employers, you know what they tell me their number one problem is now? they can t find workers. right. there s a skills problem in this country. big time. you re absolutely right. that s what ceos tell
fox news contributor joe tripy and ed rawlins joins us for a fair and balanced debate. welcome to you both. if the president didn t know this was the case when he made the roomses, first of all, there were memos out there. there was information that the administration knew this would happen. can he claim innocence? and if he didn t know, shouldn t he have as the president? i think he knew. was he lying then? well, that s what many republicans will call it, lying. clearly 96% i mean some number like 96% fall into what he was saying. if you like it, kahn keep it. you can keep it. you are getting coverage you never had. there are 4, 5, 6% somewhere in that number, could be as low as 2% who, yes, are going to have their policies canceled. period. period.
former national campaign director and ed, we re speaking earlier about steven haze said that he said, i think marco rubios is off the list at this point? i heard him say that. and i don t know whether that is i m sure he has great sources and he s a great journalist. i m sure that is an accurate assessment. you know, i have said over and over again on fox and other elements i thought rubio had been a great choice. i think ryan is a good choice, too. reality is that he is not a politician. he s a policy walk. i think one of the voids in this romney campaign to date though he had a 50 vote point economic plan, no one
before mitt romney makes highly anticipate add announcement of his vice presidential running mate. here we are more than two weeks before the republican national convention in tampa. mitt romney beginning a bus tour tomorrow going through four key swing states and 12 cities and now there is ed rawlins. ed, are you back with us?. i am. how are you? good. ed, what are you hearing? i think pretty much same thing. speck raigs is getting more intense that it is ryan and certainly steve laid out accurately strengths of his touchdown. democrats are going to lick their lips. they think they can make serious in road among senior voters and what have you.
and if you re just joining us breaking news fox news confirmed that mitt romney will be making his vice presidential pick known tomorrow morning we now confirmed that for 8:45 a.m. mitt romney about to begin a 12 city, four state bus tour for swing states, crucial states to his reelection campaign, florida, virginia, north carolina and ohio. talking about the number of kind of a short list, really of vice presidential picks we have other guests joining us now is ed rawlins, our fox news contributor. and ed, are you there? i m here, yes. how are you doing tonight? hey, ed. are you surprised at timing of this? i think the time is excellent. it s kind of a speculation this week. this tour is very, very important. and to get this choice made