evening and this whole convention is how detailed it is running on time. true to the business titan who head this ticket, it's run like a fine swiss clock and ceo meeting. if you are late or go over both, which makes me think television anchors would not be accepted, you do not last. they cut your microphone. they were running 20 minutes ahead of schedule, and then what they did was use the band to fill time. that's what being ahead of schedule gets you. the bottom line is tonight is a night for everyone here to sort of stake up their claim of what makes the nominee thee guy for the job. we'll hear from his wife, ann romney, to humanize him. you heard a great deal about that showing the softer, kinder, gentler side of the candidate. you're also going to hear from the governor of the state that put governor romney over the top, and that would be chris christie of new jersey. he has a red meat speech ready to load and fire. we're going to hear later in the next hour from rick santorum addressing delegates here, the man who finished number two to mitt romney, saying he's on board with the ticket. you might have caught earlier today, why another fellow competitor, ron paul, told me earlier today he's not so sure he's backing the ticket. it's not a safe assumption he's on board or all his backers are on board. now, if that was causing skiddishness here, we did not see it. they have a high degree of respect for congressman paul, but they also pointed out that he is free to think and choose what he wants. they pin is unlikely that congressman paul supports the president of the united states anyway. it was not exactly a cheerful endorsement of the ticket. in fact, no endorsement at all, but, you know, bygones be bygones. who knows that better than paul. he was a financial backer of the man who has to tell folks tonight i'm not the man, but i like the man who is. rick santoru, and foster freeze with me now. great to see you, man. >> a delight. thank you for having me. neil: how do you think the convention is going thus far? >> absolutely stunned with the movement, the emergency, and also, as you say, the timeliness of it. what struck me is the role of were smart, but i don't mean to sound sexist, but the women in my life made a difference. you see kelly, sharon, suzanne martinez, just a really impressive group of women on this team. neil: it's not by accident you're seeing women showcased, but latinos, african-americans, the wrap against republicans is they don't mean it. do you think the party is as inclusive as its rosters' speakers? >> i absolutely think, because we are resinating to what the average guy on the street wants to hear. this idea about the 1% and the 9 # 9%, everyone wants to be rich otherwise they wouldn't buy lottery tickets. neil: good point. >> to be in the top 1% globally, neil, you have to just earn $34,000. a lot of people in the occupy wall street are in the 1% globally. we are in this together. look at the workers here, the guys serving the food, the tv people, they need wealthy people, and wealthy people need them. neil: you know how the people can be. i'm curious, though, foster, on the tax issues and you got the debt clock here, how much debt is amassed since the convention began, and now there's a poll showing 53% of americans think we should practice more, a good way to get it under control. are republicans fighting an uphill battle in that regard? >> i don't think so. most people realize about a few percentage of the people who pay most of the taxes, half don't pay any. we have to encourage more wealth building. steve jobs, bail gates, these are the people that give enormous amounts of money. you go to a laboratory of a university or you go to a mayo clinic, the buildings were put there by wealthy people. you can only eat so many steaks and orange juice. it's fun to give it away. what's that wealthy people do. neil: by the way, there's nothing wrong with steaks or living on them. foster, finally, you know, we've been seeing the markets percolate. they are not going gang busters, but the administration could say, well, they are double what they were. they are double what they were. things are better than they were. what do you say to that? >> well, i think we're in a dire strait. if you take eight 0's, you have an individual spend making $21 # ,000 spending $38,000. you have to deal with that. the way they dealt with it, is reducing the budget by 8 -- $838. that's not going to work. that's what paul ryan and the folks will be able to achieve. neil: all right. you think they can win it all? >> a wonderful miracle winning the senate, the house, the white house, on the way. america's back. neil: all right. thank you very much. always very, very good seeing you. just to let you know, what we're following here in the order of events tonight, there are 63 speakers at this convention, 63. more than half of them just tonight. more than half of them just tonight. now, in every convention, there is someone who comes by whether it's someone who gives the keynote address as it was president obama for then senator john kerry, the 2004 candidate for president, but invariably, it falls on that person to lift the party or define the party or define the message. sometimes, though, the message comes almost out of nowhere. a latino speaker, for example, or the one who introduces the candidate does not electrify. crowd. who could fergt bill clinton giving his speech for then party nominee in 1988, michael. he got the best round of applause when he said "in conclusion." i'm not good at handicapping these things, but the next young lady, i have a feeling they are already hearing whisperings of a star born. in her brief remarks here, she brought down the house, quickly got a standing ovation, and you might know her as a household name, but i have a feeling, i have a feeling you will in short order. the mayor of a five city in utah, and the one right now who, you know, when you think about it, brought down the house. mayor, i don't think they were expecting a speech like you gave tonight or rousing of everybody hop to and look at what's stake tonight. did you practice that a lot? >> i was trying to do everything i could from the heart, and it's interesting because i wanted people to any that i was hear not just as a candidate for congress, but first of all, first and foremost as a wife, as a mother, and a concerned citizen. the issues in the country right now and the leadership we have in the country is taking our -- the america we love in a completely different direction, and so i was hoping to reach out to the american people, let them know we need new leadership. we need new change. i believe that mitt romney is that person. neil: there's a lot of critics, and i raised with this herman cain today, and a former democratic congressman, spoke on behalf of president obama four years ago, mayor, and tonight, speaking on behalf of mitt romney, that this is not -- or the rap is, a welcoming party to minorities or african-americans or a block that tends to go 95 or 96% for democrats, and overwhelmingly so for this president. why is that? how do you cut through that? >> well, if we think about the fundamentals of the party in terms of fiscal discipline, limited government, personal responsibility, it is the party. it is my party. neil: why did you become a republican? >> well, because i grew up with parents that immigrated to the country wanting opportunities. that's all they wanted. my dad sed to me, mia, i've never taken a handout. you will not be a burden to society. you will give back. those are the principles i grew up with. he just wanted the opportunity to work and provide for the family. i think that's what -- if people really realize what the two parties stand for, i know they would go towards freedom more than they would go towards, you know, a one size fits all government. neil: do you think, mayor, though, that the criticism you hear from democrats, and i raised that with other guests throughout the coverage here, is that the republicans will prod out minorities. i don't mean that disparagingly, but they don't feel it that this is not representative of how the party treats minorities. do you find that comparison offensive when they talk like that? >> here's -- i can tell you this. i want a president that sees me as an individual. i think americans deserve a president that sees us all equally as americans. i think that's what we deserve. when you look at the two parties, u look at who is dividing and bringing people together, then you've got the president. you got president obama that's being very devicive, and you've got president mitt romney that has policies that work for all of us. it's about individual liberty. you can come to this country with $10 in your pocket, and you are not predestined to be poor, but you can do something great with your life. that's the america we know. neil: were you nervous up there? >> as soon as i walked out, i felt good. i felt excited. i felt the energy. i knew utah was there; and i just knew we were going to have a good time out there and speak with the heart. neil: no one's head can be bigger than mine, but i spoke to a lot of people as you were speaking, and they were saying, who is she? who is she? who is she? i think you're going to be getting a lot of calls tonight and tomorrow. are you ready for that? >> well, here's what i'm ready for. i'm ready to go to washington and get in the house, actually find solutions to problems, help mitt romney grow the economy, and that's what i'm excited for because i'm a parent and i want my children to have the same opportunities i had or more. that's my job. neil: left to righting young lady, hit it out of the park tonight. out of the park. lest of luck to you. >> thank you. neil: you had a tough comparison leaving it for the other guys. maybe christie can do something. we'll see. mayor, good to see you. >> thank you, thank you. neil: rich edson is monitoring the floor gauging what's going on right now. rich, of course, the mayor, of course, knocked it out of the mark with her speech and putted added pressure on other speakers tonight, didn't she? >> you know, neil, when you look at that and you look at the line up coming up, it's an all-star republican lineup. we are 15 minutes or so behind schedule. we've got 10 to 12 speakers left before we get to the keynote portion of tonight. you'll hear from ann romney, personal story that you'll get of mitt romney. won't talk necessarily policy or the nitty-gritty of the campaign, but the theme of what she's going to say is basically this is the man america needs. that is what we hear from the romney campaign. of course, paving the way for governor chris kristy of new jersey. it was his state, new jersey, that put mitt romney over the top to give him 1 # 144 delegates where he will accept the nomination thursday. neil, back to you. neil: all right, buddy, thank you. rich edson. we got now official word on tropical storm, now hurricane isaac. had made landfall in louisiana. again, isaac made landfall in new orleans. it's a category 1 storm. it's the first real test of the $15 billion levies reenforced that essentially rebuilt after katrina seven years ago tomorrow. hard to believe. the three term former governor of the great state of new york with me. we were mentioning that storm, governor, and i'm wondering, republicans have to play this one kind of dicey, obviously, aware of the presence, and, yet, they feel awkward celebrating during its presence. >> but, sure -- neil: what do they do? >> in new york, we know what it's like to go through disasters, and everybody is aware of the risks, but you have to go forward, do it regardless of what happens, and i think the best thing we can do is express our concern, offer whatever assistance might be needed, but continue to do what this convention is about which is provide an alternative future for the united states which i think is so critical. neil: do you think that this ticket can compel people -- let's say disenchapterred conservatives, re- enchapterred after paul ryan came on the ticket the way reagan tried to bring over others with conservatives taking over the party in 1980. does mitt romney have the challenge in reverse? >> no, i don't think so. there were questions, but the paul ryan pick ended that. neil: does everybody see that? >> it's not just the running mate, but governor romney, and in the policies show that economic conservatives, like myself, support of the what he did was the picking with congressman ryan is cement people's belief he will, if elected, make those changes. i think we all know, not just fiscal conservatives that the entitlements are unsustainable, we need to change at least the romney-ryan team that had the corning to say it while the obama administration knows it has to be done, but they are hiding behind the distortions refusing to talk about the real issues. neil: you know mitt romney well and the wrap against him is he's a businessman trying to -- nothing flashy or exciting, nothing wrong with that necessarily, but he trails the president who is deemed depending on the psychobabble studies, who is more likable, more approachable, much more of a buddy. >> well, you said it. i know governor romney. we served together as governors, been at small events together, and people will hear from ann romney and governor romney thursday that he's not just a confident executive, that he just doesn't have the vision the country needs, but that he's the type of person we want to see as president. i know that's the case. i believe that over the course of the next few days and certainly over the next couple of months people say, i like this guy. neil: you were in new york for three terms in a row, and you were not a standup comic. >> not at all. a lot of people didn't like me, but it turned out okay. neil: in a very, very democratic state, not too shabby. thank you very much. >> thank you, neil. neil: we'll hear from senator rand paul, and his dad saying he's not inclined to run over to support the ticket yet, if ever. that doesn't mean ron paul is going to be going to the president, but it raises concerns there are some at this party who are not feeling the love at this party. now, it's been glossed over. it's not maybe a crisis, but it is out there. rand paul on that after this. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. 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>> no, i'm not intending to endorse anybody. neil: do you have any horse in the race you like? >> you mean in the total race? neil: obama, mitt romney? >> at this moment, i have no plans to endorse anybody. people realize that. neil: you're going to vote. >> i probably will vote. i've done that in the past. neil: more to mitt romney side or not? >> on certain issues. neil: is there a possibility to vote for president obama? >> not likely. neil: gary johnson? >> there's possibilities of everything. i have not made up my mind. put me down as undecided. eel tell you what happened in 1976. ford was president. i was a reagan supporter. i went to the convention. back then, i never endorsed a ticket, you know, and it was a non-event. i didn't endorse it. neil: you're a bigger deal now, a national figure. >> only bus because you get me on your show. neil: in our seriousness, congressman, the candidates for mitt romney and paul ryan himself, just in an interview yesterday talked about the notion that, yeah, those enthusiastic backers of yours rally around as you rally around the ticket. they are confident you will and they will. are they over confident or mistakenly confident? >> they might be jumping the gun a bit. neil: what do you want to hear? >> i'm not a block. i don't own the delegates. all right, i have these delegates, i'm going to release them. i can't release them. i don't own anything. neil: whatever the agreements or disagreements, there's a lot of people who think the world of you here, but you don't have a huge speaking role here. i'm wondering whether they're kind of soft pedaling you. >> i don't know what you call it. i don't have -- it's not that i don't have a huge speaking role. i don't have a speaking role, but they are anxious. i think they are really anxious. neil: that's what you're doing off site, but you don't feel you've been treated well by the romney campaign? >> i don't worry about that or characterize a certain way. the supporters think they treat us atrociously, and i get an out of my system because we had a grand rally sunday night. neil: would you be angry, congressman, if not for your son and thinking about his future, kentucky senator, rand paul, and that may be the better part of valor which is to swallow extra pride, whatever you want to call it, so he can carry the torch? >> well, i'm cold and callous, but guess what? about the time he was 16, i turned him lose. he's on his own. i can't bestow anything op him. he's doing a good job. he will not do things just as i have done it, and he has a good reputation already. there will be disagreements on strategies so i think that's pretty normal and understood. neil: all right. we want to let his son, rand paul respond to that and whether ron paul is holding off on what he really thinks of the ticket because he wants to lay a good future for his son, rand paul, and i will go to rand paul, but speaking right now to conventionists is the ohio governor john caisic. let's listen in where the republican and democratic polls are dead even. listen in. >> let alone what was in the treasury. our credit rating was headed down the drain, and we were -- we had suffered a loss of 400,000 jobs, and, ladies and gentlemen, tonight, the greatest moral issue in america today is job creation. we had lost 400,000 jobs, our people were hurting, and our families were hurting as a result of the recession. in ohio, we were following a policy of tax, spend, and dock. that's too much of what politicians do. they want to avoid the tough issues, but when we came into power with my colleagues in the legislature, we took our problems head on. we balanced our budget, that $8 billion deficit was eliminated without a tax increase in the state of ohio. we could not raise taxes because we were not competitive so you know how we did it? we did it the way a family does it. we sat down and set priorities. neil: the governor of ohio right now, the buckeye state dead-even. back with rand paul, the son of ron paul. senator, patient to wait with this, and your dad more or less said he can't support the ticket, not enthusiastic and can't tell the libertarian backers to support it. that doesn't sound much of like a team player. >> well, you know, there's never going to be another ron paul. he's a unique figure in our history, but if you insinuate that ron paul's holding back, you don't know him. he never holds back. neil: he was telling me about the ticket. >> he is what he is. he is not sure. neil: do you agree with that? >> i've endorsed mitt romney, and i'm here to support mitt romney because i think our country really needs new leadership. i really think four more years of this president will be a disaster for the country, and do i know that mitt romney will always be better? i think he'll be a lot better than what we have as the current president. neil: now, obviously, your father didn't say he'd vote for president obama, but at best, holding his nose if it was the ticket because he said, and you've said this in varying ways with me in the past that paul ryan, the problem is that he doesn't cut too much, but not enough. your father said, and i think you said, under the most aggressive plan, we don't balance things for decades. >> well, i've already been telling republicans beginning to tell republicans if we take over the senate and we take over the white house, i'm not a guarantee to vote for any republican budget unless it balances. it has to balance in a finite time. the balanced budget amendment balances in five years. the ryan budget balances in 28 years which means to me, never. you get new congresses. they go back on their promises. neil: [inaudible] >> a convention is a time to say good things about the party and nominee. neil: your dad didn't get the memo. >> doesn't mean we're always going to agree, but it means i support governor romney because i think he can turn the country around. i think we're in a big mess with 8 million people unemployeded, and i think it will be a disaster to have four more years of the president. neil: rand paul, thank you very, very much. >> thank you, neil. neil: in the middle of this hoopla, we've still got the storm isaac, making landfall in new orleans, and the 15 billion redone levies tested as we speak. the latest from the hurricane front as we wait for ann romney to speak, as we wait for chris christie to speak, and of the 63 speakers scheduled to have big roles at the con venges over the course of the convention, more than half are tonight, just tonight. that's reason enough not for you to leave. more after this. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank. these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? 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[ male announcer ] fiber one. ♪ neil: all right. john is speaking right now to the conventioneers here in tampa. we can take a peek at the guy, famous for turning ohio around. the former house committee chairman. they said to him no one knew where all the knew mare kl bodies were buried like john. who better to criticize and learn from the process. he's doing that in ohio, and whether you agree or disagree with him, ohio's improving fortunes including declining unemployment rate and better economic numbers are oddly one of the contributing -- factors helping the president. whether you say the governor is the reason or the president's benefiting from that, in a perverse sense as happens in states like michigan with a republican governor, florida with a republican governor, the improving trend is their doing which is helping the president and his polling. that's way too early, but, you know, the one thing about conventions is it makes stars not only out of the established and well-known governors, but not that this particular senator was unknown, but out of the blue, she rocketed this thing, not just touted as a potential running mate for mitt-ryan, but as a forceful advocate for leaner, meaner government in her own right. i'm talking about new hampshire senator who joins me right now. good to have you. >> great to be with you, thanks. neil: vp flirting was the big deal. that got serious. >> it was a real honor to be mentioned, but the thing about it is it's great to be here tonight to really tell the american people why we need mitt romney as president and why we need a change in washington. i'm so worried about our country. neil: do you think that let's say mitt romney wins, close the deal and get changes that republicans want? they have to take back the senate even if it's a matter of reconciliation to, step-by-step, dismantling it. >> neil, no question the senate is incredibly important in this. absolutely, how we deal with obamacare, reconciliation. how we make sure we get a budget done. i mean, it's been three years since we had a budget in the u.s. senate. i served on the committee. it's a travesty, and we need at least 51 votes to do that. neil: republicans have to convince people that they've learned from their own spending of things; right? >> agree. neil: a lot of spending piled up in the bush years. it's a bipartisan problem. how are republicans going to convince people they are up to the stewardship? >> you know, neil, i ran in 2010, and i find our class, what we ran on, we're incredibly focused on this issue. when i ran, i said, listen, republicans spent too much money as did democrats, so i think there's a new group of leaders in washington that are really leading the way represented by paul ryan. that's why it's so terrific that mitt romney has picked him as his vice presidential nominee. neil: thousand, it was not you, but it wasn't a woman either. are you of the view, fairly or not, senator, on this ticket that post sarah palin, they didn't want to chance it? >> well, you know, i have confidence in the governor that he picked the right person. i'm impressed he picked paul ryan. when harry reid says it's foolish to pass the budget, paul ryan is leading. when the president ignores the fact medicare is going bankrupt, paul ryan put forward a plan to save the program that's going bankrupt in 2024. i think that governor romney picked the right person. it's not about what their background is, but paul ryan is the right leader to serve with him and together they have the right experience. neil: senator, thank you very much. >> thank you, neil. neil: a rise to witness. congratulations. >> thank you very much. good to be on your show. neil: there's a lot going on here about stars born or, again, with all deference to the senators, it's not that you came out of no where are or an unestablished figure, but what happens on the national stage is things switch around very, very quickly and a few stars come out of nowhere. when i look at my next guest, south carolina republican congressman tim scott, a couple things i knew about the congressman. he is a very forceful speaker. he is a very powerful advocate for the conservative causes, but today, i discovered he has a great singing voice. i don't want him to get ahead of himself. it's not that great. congressman, very good to have you. congratulations. >> thank you, nemo, for having me on the show. neil: you use most of the two minutes up there to end in song i thought was a good idea. what gave you that idea? >> this is a convention, opportunity to motivate the base. this is an opportunity for us to say to the independent voters we are listening and we need to have a swan song for the president and hit the road jack just felt good. neil: you sang it. i would have quoted hit the road, jack, but you we want knee deep and sang it. >> you're smarter than i am. neil: it brought the house down. it was funny. >> thank you. neil: you know, in a funny way, congressman, you and i mentioned this before, i think that's what the devil's -- mitt-ryan, i mean that in the highest respect, he doesn't do that sphuf like you did or open up his inner soul, and that's human nature. i understand. you got to do that because, again, i know -- i'm no barbara walters, but the soul vetting is what people feel they get more out of the president than the republican no , ma'am knees. >> well, there's no doubt that part of the evasion in america is voting for people that you like, that you feel their pain, that you're there. i think mitt romney, over the next two months, will have an opportunity to help people understand and appreciate where he's coming from. i think there will be warmth in it. when he came down to my town halls in the primary process, sitting back and talking with him, he was warm, a gentle guy, has a strength about him. i want to see that in the next two months on the campaign trail. neil: must be a bad issue when half the people think it's enough not to vote for him, and that might be fair or right congressman, but his wife has got to paint a different picture of him tonight, doesn't she? >> she has an opportunity to tell the rest of the story as a businessman a, very focused, deliberative, helpful for turning the country around. i think ann will have an opportunity to bring a sensitivity to the topic of mitt romney that we have not seen so far. i believe as we get to know mitt romney over the next two months, we'll stop talking about governor romney, but refer to him as mitt and understanding and embracing the fact he has a brain and a heart. i think we're going to see a good guy come out. neil: i think you have a great political future. i just would not run up to "american idol" right away. >> i tried it, and they told me to go home. i will take that advise. neil: you did great and great to see you relaxes showing another side. this is the night you'll hear from ann romney to humanize her husband. if you are wealthy, you are seen as the grey poupon guy. that will be tested by his wife. they have no had the guilded charm. a woman who battled cancer and battles day by day with multischersclerosis. take it from someone who knows that it's not fun or easy. more from pam pa after this. ve . but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. neil: all right. they are going to the speakers now, because in the rush with the major, the a-league speakers if you want to call them that now, they are actually now slowing down a bit which is troubling the anal party when it comes to being on time. the legendary story of romney if you were late for a meeting, they locked the door. i don't know the truth there, but i don't know senator ron johnson, the republican from wisconsin, big believer in this ticket. of course, as paul ryan discussed tonight, he was on the ticket, and safely democrat is now possibly going republican. that seems unthinkable. is it? >> not at all, neil. i try to explain to people that certainly the citizens of wisconsin are fiscally conservative. we have a common sense notion that government ought to live within its means, and it's not surprising me at all that we turned a pretty blue state red. neil: you were starting that trend, the scott walker trend, but people say to win an aggregate in an presidential election, reagan the last to do it in 84, it would be a tough show. >> look, what did i run on two years ago? the fact that the president jammed through a very partisan health care law and totally unsustainable level of debt. the burdenses we put on our kids and grandchildren, what happened the last two years? we are close to implementing that unpopular law and added another $2 #.5 trillion to the nation's debt. it's the same issues we have not solved the problems. it's far worse. if you want a metric of failure for the president, look at median household income, what that's done in the presidency. it's gone down $4,000, neil. i don't believe the american people will re-hire the guy. neil: do you get a sense from conventioneers here that the you didn't build that theme, they are doing an ad about that right now, a pitch, and every speaker has responded to the president's view that entrepreneurs didn't doe it on their own, but the country, the infrastructure that did it, that became a galvanizing issue, didn't it? >> oh, absolutely. it was insulting to the owners, the entrepreneurs, but every man and woman that helped those people build businesses and in so doing, neil, they built a good life for themselves and their families. that's the american dream. we're a nation of opportunity, individuals that aspire to build things. that's what the president does not understand. that's really what the comments revealed. neil: senator, thank you very much. the governor of virginia, himself, one of those touted as a potential running mate talking about this we build it thing. you'll hear a lot about this and the similar team from primary speakers including the virginia governor governor who, like senator johnson, was part of the midterm wave of red after the wave of blue. virginia governor campbell right now. >> people have lost their jobs and homes. worse? they lost their hope. their lost hope is why we need a big change this november. [applause] this election is about restoring the american dream. that dream led my grandfather, a poor farm boy, to leave ireland 100 years ago and come to ease liz island -- ellis island to begin his journey of freedom in america. my grandfather could have never guessed that his son would fight for this nation in world war ii, that his great granddaughter would lead a platoon in iraq, and his grandson would be a middle class kid in fairfan county, leading the army, and now hold the same job as jefferson and patrick henry. what a great home we call home here in the united states of america. [cheers and applause] this nation is powered and defined by the great idea of the american dream. that's an idea that says if you work hard, if you dream big, if you follow the rules, and pursue opportunity, the sky is the limit in the united states of america. we cannot lose that dream. [cheers and applause] now, unfortunately, many americans are now hurting very badly. too many americans are looking for work because this president's policies simply haven't worked. washington, today, has a surplus of rhetoric and a deficit of leadership and results. [applause] and you know the problems. unemployment over 8% for 42 straight months. the national debt immoral at $16 trillion and growing. new startups at the lowest level in 30 # years. now the epa is the employment prevention agency. [applause] these times call for new leadership to get this great country out of debt and back to work, and the choice is very clear. the status quo of the entitlement society versus a dynamic change to an opportunity society. that's what we need in america. [cheers and applause] we need a president who will say to a small businesswoman, congratulations, we applaud your success. you did make that happen. you did build that in america. [cheers and applause] big government didn't build america. you build america. small businesses don't come out of washington, d.c. premade on flat bed trucks. that coffee shop, that florist in virginia beach -- neil: the virginia governor touted among those who could be a vice presidential candidate in his own right was passed up for the job, but, of course, very crucial national figure in his own right, and, of course, getting elected soon after virginia had gone blue for president obama, unprecedented for a democrat to take a southern state. the polls are dead even in the state. the republicans, their tall order is not just winning back those states that president obama took from them in what was safely republican states like virginia, indiana, and north carolina, and adding more that had not gone the party's way in the last election including ohio and michigan and wisconsin -- all states in play right now. congressman with us now from texas, of course, he, too, keeping an eye on not just developments here, but, of course, that hurricane. it is -- it is a challenge for republicans this go-around, but do you think less of one, or how do you define it? >> i'll make a bold prediction. i think texas goes for romney-ryan. you heard it here first. neil: okay. >> it's a challenge. there's a hurricane bearing down on new orleans, seven years after katrina, and it's unconnie. neil: many of the main street media, congressman, seized on this, oh, remember the indifferent republicans on katrina, and here they are again. i know biases exist in the media. this was about too easy a layup. do you, as a key player in the convention, worry about that overused words "optics" that this does not look good. >> look, the president was out come paining today. if it's wrong to conduct a convention, it's wrong to campaign. after all, he is the president and his obligation to ensure the federal assets are available to the governors when they need them. i think it's just all the difference in the world as far as the governance in the state of louisiana today versus seven years ago. i got to tell you, the texas congressman on the ground labor day weekend in 2005, i was fielding calls from nursing homes in the city of new orleans trying to get their residents somehow evacuated. haitians on vent -- ventlators on the i-10 causeway. you will not see that. it's a bad storm, 2 feet of rain in 24 hours is a big deal. it's a different set of circumstances, and i think you're going to see the governors well prepared for this. tex likely to be spared this storm, but seven years ago, texas tapped into the breach saying if you have a problem, bring your folks here, and we'll take care of them. neil: your state knows disasters. thank you very much. always good seeing you. >> appreciate it. neil: we'll give you the latest update on the storm and tell you about upcoming speakers. don't forget, we are going to hear from rick santorum, his remarks planned, chris christie, ann romney, a very moving speech planned. i can't give it away. i got an advanced copy of it, but on paper, i think we're looking at a home run here or one that makes you look at the nominee of this party a lot more differently. stick around, more continuing coverage on fox business on a convention that's all about business and only business, and when it comes to the state congressman delegation in texas, it's a very big hat. ♪ ry and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >> announcer: meet mary. she loves to shop online with her debit card, and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts and stole her hard-earned money. now meet jack. after 40 years, he finally saved enough to enjoy retirement. angie, the waitress at jack's favorite diner, is also enjoying his retirement. with just a little information, she's opened up a credit line, draining the equity in jack's home. unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. this is identity theft, and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. see, ordinary credit monitoring services tell you after your identity has been stolen. they may take 30 days to alert you-- too late for jack. lifelo has the most comprehensive identity theft protection available. if mary had lifelock's bank account alerts, she may have been notified in time to help stop it. if jack had lifelock's 24/7 proactive protection, he could have been alerted by phone or e-mail as soon as they noticed an attack on their network, before it was too late. lifelock has the most comprehensive identity theft protection available, guarding your social security number, your money, your credit, even the equity in your home. while identity theft can't be completely stopped, no one works harder to protect you than lifelock. you even get a $1 million service guarantee. that's security no one can beat. you have so much to protect and nothing to lose when you call lifelock right now and get 60 days of identity theft protection risk free-- that's right, 60 days risk free-- use omo code: notme. order now and get this document shredder to keep sensitive documents out of the wrong hands-- a $29 value, free. call the number on your screen. [♪...] neil: you are looking right now at governor rick perry come in a state of texas, meeting with his delegation. that delegation is right behind us. a couple of them earlier caught up with me. they offered me a hat. they simply could not find one. not my head size. one of them volunteered to take two of them and stitch them together. i thought that was a little irreverent. i think i should be treated with some respect. here is something that galvanizes these guys. you didn't know that. your member? >> if you have a business, you didn't know that. someone else made that happen. >> who put the long hours and took the rest? your actions over the last four years speak even louder and job creators like me are trying to build this country back. these hands build this can be shocker this is what makes america great. everybody out there forever young individual. you have to have that individual initiative. i built it. neil: i have to tell you, that you did not build it at. all of that is a very big theme. we are going to go to the star of the ad. no fewer than three such videos. talk about a stock or the governor of wisconsin, that was then. a convention star now. governor walker. >> we help small businesses create more jobs and balance the budget. on june 5, voters in my state were asked to decide if they wanted elected officials to measure success by how many people are dependent on the governor. or if they wanted leaders who believe success is measured by how many people are not dependent on the government. because they control their own destiny in the private sector. was it the business people in washington are the hard-working taxpayers of the states? the good news is that on june 5 from the hard-working taxpayers one. when the economy took a dive a couple of years ago, we took a pay cut. not long after that, she lost her job. g3 is one of those companies that added jobs during the past year. and now has plans to add even more. the owner told me that he is creating additional jobs in wisconsin because he likes the way we are moving our state forward. he is even more committed since the last election. without our positive changes, he told me he would not have the confidence to grow business in wisconsin. in proving the business climate is not only good for small business owners, it is good for people like sandy and her family. we need more stories like hers in america, because the last couple of years have been pretty tough. like many places across the country. we lost a lot of jobs in 2008 to 2010. because of our reforms, wisconsin has added thousands of new jobs and unemployment rates are down from when i first took office. equally as important is the improved economic climate for job creators. 94% of employers believe wisconsin is headed in the right direction. elections have consequences. as was the case in wisconsin two years ago, to many americans that our country is headed in the wrong direction. mitt romney understands like i understand that people,, my administration is making it easier for people to create jobs in wisconsin. our reforms put the hard-working taxpayers back in charge. people like sandy. sadly, the federal government seems to be going in the opposite direction. nationally, we have experienced 42 months of unemployment above 8% rate of 44 of the 50 states saw an increase in the unemployment rate. more than 12 million of our fellow citizens we need someone to turn things around in america. the leader is mitt romney. [applause] >> mitt romney turned businesses around in the private sector. he saved the winter olympics and she balanced state budgets without raising taxes. in a way that helped the private sector create more jobs. with the announcement of paul ryan as his running mate, governor romney not only showed that he has the experience and skills to become president, he showed that he has the courage and the passion to be an exceptional president. with his pick, he showed that the letter next to his name doesn't it stand for a republican for it were former. now, more than ever, we need reformers. loot leaders who think more about the next generation than just the next election. that is what you get. that is what you get from mitt romney and paul ryan. in two months we will celebrate the 225 anniversary of our constitution. moments like that remind us what makes america so great an exceptional. throughout our history, moments of crisis, be they economic or fiscal, military order fiscal, what makes america amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage, who think more about the future of their children than they did about their own political careers. [applause] [cheers] let this be one of those moments. let this be our time in history so that someday, someday we can tell our children and grandchildren, that we were there. that we changed the course of history for the better. let us tell them that we helped elect mitt romney and paul ryan to save america. >> thank you. [applause] neil: scott walker. you talk about wisconsin. and about it. scott walker, 42 years old, paul ryan, 42 years old, you have reince priebus, the republican national committee chairman, about 43 years old. all wisconsinites. a state that is in play. is it any wonder. the affirmation star of the video, joe dutra, who took offense to the president and owner of the kimmie candy company, he said he put in a lot of hard work and no bridge to nowhere do that. very good to have you with us. your response was direct and very clear. he really took offense to those remarks, then you'll? >> you know, good evening from where i built that, reno, nevada. the president's remarks, they put me off because it made me feel like i wasn't important. i think of that small businesses and small entrepreneurs they had us doing the lemonade stand her candy company in reno, nevada. we create jobs and benefits for the community. neil: you know, the president said he was misunderstood. people like you who built something from scratch -- in this country with all the opportunities it affords you, you couldn't have done it alone without all of that. what he say to that? >> i say that people that mentored me when i was young, i think what happens with an entrepreneur or a person who wants to start a business, they have to have a lot of, i guess, guts. it's like that magic that makes america great. each individual can have the opportunity to go out and start a business and can try hard to make it work. i went broke during the 80s when i was farming. i started off as a farmer. i remember days in my 30s when i didn't have a car and a job and i was shopping at thrift stores. i knew that i had the opportunity to make it in the country that gives us all the opportunity we need. neil: besides this opportunity and the response generated, can i ask you something far bigger and dramatic of the untold story here? how have you come a guy who dominates a candy company stay so thin? [laughter] to is the secret ingredient we have a nevada we put into our candidate. you know, we eat candy every day. it keeps you pretty thin. i don't know. i eat candy every day at the factory. you know, it's great and it's great being in nevada. it is great being on this republican national convention. i'm very proud and honored to be part of it. neil: joe, you are a good sport. by the way, one candidate is okay. i add double digits to that. your company is a great story. you do that on your own, and that should be commended. thank you very much. >> thank you, neil, and come visit us in reno, nevada. neil: you better give me more than one piece of candy. it's going to be a long day. >> you got it. you have olfactory guccione. neil: we are there for the fox crew on the way. joseph, thank you very much. talk about starting something from nothing and becoming one of the richest people on the planet. doing that, i do feel a little bit of fellow cry. the home depot cofounder, joe kind of cozier broader point of view. neil: do you agree if he does, that no one helped him do this, that yes, this country provides good opportunities, but it provides all this these opportunities. it is guys like you and me. how would you describe that? >> let me say this. first of all, you look good, neil. i wish i could be there with you. i'm here with my family enjoying myself. but what made america great, is entrepreneurship. job creation. and the promise that tomorrow would be better than today. while we have to admit that none of us have done at all on our own, the fact of the matter is it is the entrepreneurs who take the risk that beg and borrow and steal -- the early days of home depot, the 25,000 to 50,000, and here it is today, and magnificent company, 25,000 wonderful associates. great opportunities. every time they do a good job for our country, they help us. we understand that. we reward them and we encourage them. they own homes and sent children to college. they are living the american dream. the thing that frightens me the most is the notion that to succeed makes you a bad person or least makes you greedy and selfish. that is not the case. look at the hospitals in and the schools. look at the endowment fund. look at the millions of children they get scholarships every year to pursue their education. it all comes from people who have succeeded and have a very strong feeling of giving back to society. >> i do want to ask you a general question. this administration and this president, his anti-rich, anti-fat carrot, anti-success. >> i think this president has wasted all his time in office. i think it is sad and pathetic, it is so degrading towards the presidency itself. that is not how we want it to be. better days are ahead, i promise you. america's best days will come. this president come unfortunately has lost the notice on 10 notion of what leadership is. leadership is getting people to things that they never thought they could do. it is inspiring people and motivating people and encouraging people. none of us seeing out of the white house. that is pathetic. neil: you did, thank you very much. you are the own handiest person on the planet. >> i could not nail and hammer in the wall. but neil, bernie and i had a lot of help. all those kids working tonight, they are the ones that are making it successful as well. neil: that's a very good point. ken langone, thank you so much. the home depot cofounder. joining me on this whole success thing, i counted three videos for you to know that. a sea of debt clock running. the national debt clock. i see a theme here. and i'm not half as smart as you. the debt is a big issue to voters. first of all. the one is a really? >> yes, it's a big issue. people focus on the fact were going off a cliff. people are really worried about it. it ranks third on the major issue last. the one thing they believe is the the president obama isn't going to stop spending. the belief that he would increase spending for one stop it. >> it just hit something in the american dna. the president's explanation, i think i have said it before. of all the mistakes, everybody makes in politics, the one one that he must want back more than anything is this one. >> he tried to dial it back. >> it's one of those moments that you can dial it back. it's so harshly sent. neil: when you do about the upset americans. [talking over each other] >> this is the one pulling that i have seen on this. people associate with small-business people. they believe that small-business people make it on their own, work harder, risk more, and pay a greater price and deserve their success. the point is, they need to stop being seen as the big boys and big companies and be the party of main street. that is what they are trying to do here. neil: patrick, it's always a pleasure. >> it's good to see you. neil: he's been on our show and has always been very nice and gracious. he endures everything with a grimace. >> something like that. neil: all right. we have very goldmann junior joining us. his dad was the eight for reagan in 1980. the moderate conservative ticket for republicans now. if you think about the last time it succeeded, it was inserted on top and a modern on the bottom. now we have a modern on top and a conservative on the bottom. 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[applause] [applause] my grandfather, like millions of other immigrants didn't come here for some government guarantee of income equality. or government benefits to take care of his family. in 1923, there were no benefits for immigrants except for one. freedom. [applause] [cheers] under president obama, the dream of freedom and opportunity has become a nightmare of dependency. with almost half of america of receiving some sort of government assistance. it is no surprise that fewer and fewer americans are achieving their dreams and more and more parents are concerned that their children won't realize theirs. president obama spent four years in borrowed $5 trillion. trying to convince you that he could make things better for you. to put your trust in him and the government to take care of everything. the result was massive debt. anemic growth. and millions more in unemployment. the president's plan didn't work for america. because that is not how america works. in america, in america, we believe in freedom and the responsibility that comes with it to make the dream of reaching our god-given potential come through. even today, graduate from high school, work hard and get married before you have children, and the chance he will ever be in poverty is just 2%. if you don't do these three things, you are 32 times more likely to end up in poverty. we understand that many americans don't succeed because the family that should be there to guide them and serve as the first rung on the ladder of success isn't fair. the fact is that marriage is disappearing in places where government dependency is the highest. most single mothers do a heroic work and an amazing job raising their children. [applause] [cheers] but if america is going to succeed, we must stop these assault on marriage and the family today. [applause] [cheers] from lowering taxes to reforming social programs, mitt romney and paul ryan art dedicated to restoring a home were married moms and dads are pillars of strong communities, raising good citizens in our neighborhoods. [applause] [cheers] a solid education should be the second wrong on the ladder to success. but the system is failing. president obama solution has been to deny parents choice, tack private schools, and nationalize curriculum and student loans. neil: all right. you are listening to rick santorum. the second-highest number of delegates at this convention was announced by him. we tried to handle this gingerly going in and out of speakers in deference to all of them. my next death, we enterprise on her own. the fine state of wyoming. this guy was drill, baby, drill before it was an expression. the governor, of course, rich in resources has been arguing that this party needs to pay more attention to these energy issues and get in front of them and not behind them. >> absolutely. i think we have such a great opportunity in this country. wonderful resources. unfortunately with overruling the regulations, were not getting all we need to. i think it is maybe rhetoric in years past the talk about energy independence. but we can talk about that now. we can talk about energy security because we have new technologies that have opened up great resources. that equates to jobs in a big way. it is not just for our country that we need to be able to do a better job on this. neil: i was showing my not so clandestine love for your state. i don't want companies to distribute women. i don't want them to start messing anything up. i know with tracking and other technologies, we have come a long way to avoiding that. but how can you assure those in your state who do have reservations, some, not all of them, about energy companies that might take a great thing and destroy it. >> this is where i grew up. my great grandparents homestead. i had higher motivation to make sure that they would do it better than anything else. >> there is the temptation of all that money. we will not ruin the environment for the sake of energy development. the number one industry is tourism. we need a clean environment. we need clean land and water and cleaner. you know, for too long we have gone on this path. that is not acceptable. we need to find solutions that provide a balance of both. and we have special places in wyoming. special places across the country and we recognize that. there are also places where it's appropriate to develop and do it in a responsible way. that is the demand that we have. and i think for too long, for example, these hydraulic fracturing rolls with the federal government is pushing. if it's a important, why are they two years behind state of wyoming? we are to have rules and regulations. neil: was that involve? waterfront in. [talking over each other] >> they are fronting underground. we are talking usually 12,000, 50,000 feet below ground. they track it and run it up to the ground. neil: without clearing the ground. >> very little surface disturbance when it's done. it is done underground at a very deep that. neil: i think it's told in a bad way. i really do. i think the whole technology of reckoning -- environmentalists fear it and immediately think that they will rip it to smithereens. you know this better than most energy people do. you have an uphill battle just to sell it, don't you? >> we have to provide an explanation. we can't just -- people have concerns. and we can't just say that you are wrong. we have to explain what we are doing and why we are doing it and how it is appropriate. the other thing is when we make a mistake, we have to set up and admit that this was not done properly. over a million wells, and no contamination of groundwater. we want to make sure that stays the same. i don't accept a dirty environment for the sake of energy development. i think we have an opportunity to do both and have the balance and have a wonderful, beautiful state that we love in wyoming. neil: you do have that. governor, thank you so much. thank you very much. continuing to listen to rick santorum. a few key speakers. when everyone is waiting on is mitt romney's wife, ann romney. she has a real challenge because she has to present her husband in a different light. the credentials and what he brings to the table, discovering real diamonds in the rough. turning around the olympics. they know he has a résume. they know the law degree from harvard. the mba from harvard. they know that he is a smart and accomplished guy. they also know he can seem a little distant and aloof and a little apart from everybody. it's going to be in ann romney that shows it to the world. i wouldn't even know if it would even be in the mormon way, but ann romney is more emotional than her husband. he said it. ann romney is going to present a different image tonight of a woman who raised by voice. i had two of them. that is pretty difficult. they have five. to do so at a time, this woman who had it all had to battle cancer and multiple sclerosis. that's her job tonight. to show this couple that they are in a different light. they have not had it so easy. who knows better than my next guest. berry goldwater junior. literally embodies all of us. >> thank you for having me. neil: i don't hear a lot of whining on at this convention. the market has enough meat to it. >> something else. this facility has great sound. it is not too loud and it's not too low. it's comfortable. >> congressman, we are getting romney and north are in this building. there is a rumor floating around that when and romney speaks mitt could sort of come and, much as barack obama did the videotape for years ago in denver after his wife, michelle obama spoke. all we know is that they're both in this building, both in this convention center, and that the issue whether they're both going to at least show up and talk, even in a roundabout way on the nominee part later on. ozzie and attractive ticket? is it aboard the do a lot of stuff together. >> absolutely. they want to be leaders of the country. and so people have to get another, and being attractive and a good-looking couple i think is very important. neil: you know, i think looking back at your data and what he had to do, he was a model listen to the monolithic party. he came out of nowhere. he was at this time. we chatted about this, but it was not a marriage made in heaven, and it was a convention that went on to take defeat. have you think it yesterday? >> well, i think you're right. it was kind of like root canal. the conservatives russell the control of the party. neil: your debt. he told me later wrong, he was a that mean, he was that offensive that was the image. >> that is the problem with the press. you can paste somebody into a corner. the can that allows that to happen. neil: the patent mitt rommey into this spreadsheet pocket protector emotionless guy. >> but i think, you know, after this convention is over he has a great opporunity to establish to he really is. i think this convention is somewhat similar to a locker room and a football 55 before a football game with a coach is getting the troops all rows of to go on the victory. that's what i think this is all about. of do a good job but that. neil: do you think -- we talked about the pressure on and romney, congressman. we talked up the pressure on all the speakers, including those who might be casting for 2016. chris christie comes to mind. what do you think he has to do? >> just be himself. >> you can speak for an hour extemporaneously. he is one-of-a-kind. neil: is going to use a teleprompter. i think that is a mistake. >> he is a grace spokesman for conservatism, but the governor in the state legislature should do to bring in the debts of the state's public thinks of the control. we used to be a federation of states. in fact we still have some. people like christie and walker and the south carolina governor, they are showing that you can take charge and a state level and bring semblance of order back to this. but a great example of what can be done. neil: you know, at 10% on stage right now. among a latino speakers that this convention. at a time when 90 percent of latinos tend to vote democrat. so i'm beginning to think of the republican ones are here. is it that bad? reaching out to of latinos? >> i don't think it's going to be that hard. latinos are natural republicans. family people. the strong religious traction. they're hard-working people. that's what republicans are and that is what they believe in. overdone emigration. i used to tell in arizona, our great share. you can do the same job. you don't have to make some much noise. we have to recover, and that think we can. set the example. get out there and talk. send a message of individual initiative and free enterprise and have you can become a great american. neil: you should -- the have made a big difference in what you have done. we are waiting to hear from chris christie. and never had reason to doubt him. if he has seen his piton teleprompter, my expectation just went down and i don't mean that in a disparaging way. as a guy you don't into a teleprompter that would be like me being a captive to a teleprompter. kines scroll up, does? that would not be a good idea. we'll have more after that. ♪ >> as far as the cbc letter, here is what i think. forty-one members, 14, 27 voted by not signing. some of the people who signed the letter try to get some publicity. some have some personal axes to grind. some are genuinely, passionately, and sincerely motivated. neil: all right. that was former alabama democratic congressman arthur davis speaking with me earlier. he was one of those super barack as name in the nomination but never spoke on his behalf saying that he was a great vision for the future. he said said how disappointed he is in the president. while he remains a democrat, he has put his faith in the romney ran ticket, showed up in this republican convention hall, and he did can't tell me it was a weird feeling, but here he is. he is a political lever. to show you hell hath no fury like those return of their party, the congressional black caucus, 18 members immediately, who are you to abandon the party's principles? of the labeling of an uncle tom. still, two dozen members of the san congressional black caucus did not sign on to the review. it makes you think as arthur davis was telling me, that was not quite a unanimous you on that group, nor was it sort of an a amorphous feeling of african-americans to be only for the president, even though the vote in blocks that are 95-96% for the president. arthur davis will be among the speakers tonight telling me that need not be the case. the rapid republicans will have to counter. when they shook his minorities and latinos. i actually got it wrong that lot -- nine latinas speakers here at this convention. is that it? is that all they do? to the showcase and do a little more? that is the criticism the democrats are going to have. republicans say they are loaded and ready for response to that. that is the mission post convention. meantime, the progress of this convention and whether -- forget about whether it is winning over main street, is it reassuring wall street? the former chairman joins me right now. what do you think from your vantage point? >> i think a couple of things. i think this country is at a crossroads, and the convention is very important to our future. i honestly to listen to some of your guests, this is an issue whether is no question we are morally obligated to take care of people who cannot take care of themselves, but we need to insist that those that can do. otherwise we create this internal society. this run rate continues. it's insane. as you know, a couple of years ago, let's support this program. i can't do that now. dividing the country. he thinks he is the only smart man in the room, which makes and the dumbest. and we are moving to a socialistic culture which is just very, very unhealthy. i think our markets -- >> you also argued for the rights and responsibilities. when the kendis of security benefits will then be the rich or guys like yourself should not get them. that did not jibe well with a lot of my reach viewers. there are a few. >> well, they can call me if they're right. one of my best friends will tell you, he doesn't need a social security check. i need a social security check. i may disagree as some other republicans. if you need to raise my taxes 5% to get a balanced view of spending, only so much blood in that rock. i'm all for it. i just don't agree, however, that the rich are the enemy. that is just the opposite. >> do you think the rich, not all of them, but the ones who have pushed it too far, you know, exploited the system or the scandals on wall street, some of the ferris, of course, others not. cinemax message. >> it hurts their message. >> it is a convergence every other month. and wall street suddenly was part of the problem, but not the total problem. started in 99 with clinton. the truth of the matter is, though, when you're in a crisis you want to coalesce the country you know when a person standing up saying which is bad, or is good. bring the country together. a man this is stand up and say, i became president of the united states. in this country that could happen to you. the aspirational. bring the country together in a crisis, not divided. yes, it's easy to pick on the rich, but the truth of the matter is, in 1980 there were 32 percent of all taxes paid. what are we talking about? and almost all of the philanthropic issues we have been contending with have been supported by the rich. [applause] neil: thank you very much. holding one of the finest minds on wall street and one of the ferris as well. both sides. back governor of the fine state of utah. governor, i say you're the front line. you have to do with this health care headache. you have to do with setting of these exchanges, and that is the law of the land. it is enforceable. what you do? >> well, disappointing, frankly, from the governor standpoint and a stay standpoint that we have never been invited to the table. they created their health care bill without even asking for input from the states. i think it is unconscionable, and that is part of the problem. there has never been buy in from the state, and we are the front lines. impacted more than anyone in america. neil: i want you to react to little bit. we wanted all of his remarks. those of you who saw his comments on fox this debate, arthur davis among those nominating barack obama now seeing the graces of that romney. as listen. >> i was in the wrong place. so tampa, my fellow republicans in, thank you for welcoming me where i belong. [applause] thank you. thank you. [applause] melbourne we have to get off. we have a country the turnaround this very night you nominated the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in mitt romney. he has no illusion about what makes america great. he does not confuse the presidency was celebrity or lofty this with leaders. what a difference four years makes. now, the democrat's negatives and convinces me that governor romney can not saying. but his record it convinces me he knows how to lead, and i think you know what skills we need more. [applause] malcolm america is a land of second chances. i gather in this close race you have room for the estimated 6 million of us who got it wrong in 2008 and want to fix it. [applause] may be -- maybe we should have known that night in denver that things that began with styrofoam and artificial smoke typically done and wel. [laughter] may be the hollywood stars and the glamor blinded us a little. you thought it was the glare. some of us thought it was the halo. but in all seriousness, do you know why so many of us believe? we lead with our hearts and our dreams. we could be more inclusive and america. no candidate had ever spoken so beautifully. dreams meet daybreak. the jobless know what i mean. neil: we will follow this, but for those of you come up he has been a frequent guest. the first on fox this with me on our show that he first told of his discipline and with the president and how he was hopping over to team romney. the cause reverberations. we got over 3,000 e-mails. but he know who holds the record with more e-mails? i'm going to give you a hand. madison wisconsin for the recall of this particular governor. i thought it was my good looks and live coverage. over 10,000 e-mails. the all-time record for response from viewers, from fox news and fox business. the guy who just brought down the house a few minutes ago. governor scott walker. the one thing that goes me, he is much younger than i am, and i resent that. >> you are better looking. neil: i wish there were true. very good speech. very good having you. and remember covering that and going into that weekend to make you were to believe that official poll, they were dead even the unions were pouring money. outside interests, even environmental groups. did you out of office fast. failed. you won comfortably. now you're a big star here. what the hell happened? >> we got the truth out. i said to me if you repeat the church over and over again. i used to save your repeated nephews of a broken record. my son said nobody knows of the record is any more. if you repeat the truth over and over again eventually it's going to sing again, particularly swing voters. what we did in wisconsin is a good pattern for us to do with mitt romney and paul ryan did. neil: i think that was similar to redouble your election, but the shock of wisconsin. a state that might now be. but it was very unusual. you prove that there could be an appetite for addressing spending and non. even if it meant going after some sacred cows, and that emboldened other governors. democrats included. andrew cuomo. the jury is still as to whether it is going to work nationally. what would you tell them? their backbone gets a little shaky. >> the best you can do is go out to be the best thing, you talked about those numbers, i would have been down. i don't know if i would have backed down. neil: madison. very liberal. >> the government 30 years ago called madison 30 square miles surrounded by reality. a lot of truth. but what i did after the first week of the protest, i went around the state, wisconsin, i heard from hard-working people, are working taxpayers of factories and small businesses. those of the people that lifted me up. up political allies to literally factories and farms and small businesses. people, to me right off the line and say we're praying for you and your family. hang in there, and that is the thing that other governors to do neil: asking you, you get elected and then during this will recall thing, it was tough on you personally. they said some horrible stuff about you. your sons are heading off to college. they heard it all. that is a beating down process, is in this? >> it really was. harder than my family for me. eighteen, 70 year olds and one in college when and as cold. public face schools. they went right to school. neil: there must take after their wives. >> there really do. but the reality was, as difficult as you might think. we had one point last november, thousands of people bust and in front of my home protesting. now my governor's residence, but my home where my family lived. it when ugly. they got out of the special olympics event protested to redevelop my son and mother. shouted at them. neil: you were being physically threatened. >> we have all sorts of things. what i found is for every person like that there were nine or tenfold it would reach out as to lessen ts notes, i would say over and over again, paul ryan. neil: you did. i remember that. he played that later on. >> i would like to think was the only guy, but there were others to me that's an observation. neil: we told paul ran the as you. anyway. >> doesn't. for me, the reason that i am engaged do what the bottom line, too much a stake. it's while of campaigning. what i love about this election is not what it says. spectacular. courageous. he is just an exceptional and decent human being. more importantly what it says about mitt romney. he had the experience in the private sector. when i take this, not as republicans, but voters in general, this guy has the courage and the passion to be an exceptional president. neil: we'll see. we'll see. >> thank you. neil: governor scott walker. that was then, this is now. arthur davis finished talking. it is unspeakable, if you think about it, that a former democratic congressman is backing republican ticket. by the way, democrats are going to return of of a and next week in charlotte when they get to have the former republican governor in the state do the same for the democratic ticket, barack obama. we will keep you and everyone republican governor of utah who has been indulging your crazy schedule as he has with his own crazy s not necessarily the way, but it is a way, and that is the beauty of the experiments out there, trying to find ways to solve the health care issue. utah is doing a pretty good job. the lowest cost of care in america. the fifth or sixth rated best quality. the costs in massachusetts has gone up. they get everybody covered >> they did so, the national labor relations board, company executive had said but that line in that case is what brought this crowd jeered. a bit of a crowd that has been filling out as the night goes on. we are steamrolling towards the headliners. we have one more speaker, haley and then we start getting and run the speech. we got rid of the business earlier this afternoon. been on the floor. activities that happen committee approved the rules and that nature. for almost a moment, we have seen the showcase and speeches. this is where we have put the best foot forward. that is what they are doing right now. governor mitt romney now has enough delegates to put him over the top. more than 2000. we just have to see what he has to say is the nominee. neil: it is amazing. we didn't have a chance early on when this lady spoke. talking about another one that brought down the house. it is interesting. she is a small-business owner. i think someone who has a good future here. a lot of business owners featured here, even in the ads in this auditorium, as well as the businessmen and women themselves. very heavy. why is that? >> because we speak for america, new york. if we can't build jobs, as business women and families who are struggling to succeed, if we can show the american people what it takes to build our businesses and share and communicate our experiences, encouraging others that are having difficulties, but nothing can. we are representative of america. that is what is going on. neil: some of your colleagues were apolitical. what they are not big fans of his government busting your chops. raising their taxes and increasing regulations. is that reverberating here? do politicians not their head at all? >> i think we betters start taking notice of that. neil: what would help businesses. people like you, we had a candy store owner, what would help them all out? >> i am looking at best practices such as governor chris christie is employing in new jersey. lieutenant governor, overseeing the red tape in a sea of bureaucracy. identifying the top priority. job killing regulations. stopping job growth. and we can do that. we can make this measurable, and that is what they are doing in irvine, new jersey. we can employ those best practices throughout the united states and you know what i think happens in a lot of these cases, someone comes up with the commission to look into this. they put out a fancy report. it is and a binder. and if you are lucky, the commission might need later. end of story. >> i stepped up into this position, running for lieutenant governor for our state. i was so sick of talking about what we have are to talk about. they report the taxpayers paid so we could talk about it some more. the idea of inserting common sense into the equation, people -- i don't care what party you are in right now. people are hungry for that. i'm seeing that in delaware's. neil: thank you, very much. are they expecting at all? >> you've even gotten a good answers down. i like that. [laughter] neil: thank you very much. >> thank you. neil: we are waiting, just in case you're joining us, we are waiting to hear from ann romney. the official republican nominee. she has a tough job. nikki haley is going to present the argument for ann romney on behalf of her husband. that is there is a lot more to this guy than just some business activists. he also has a heart and compassion. he is a regular joe. i don't know we want our president to be a regular joe. but i think that ann romney is going to frame him as not this austere figure. i don't want to let you in on the secrets of the speech, but one of the details she is going to talk about is how mitt romney, one of the richest and most accomplished businessman on the planet, irons his own shirts. guys, this is a very troublesome sign. and i think we should hold him accountable to this. this could be a very troublesome sign. bradley quinn joins us. he is the former deputy assistant to former president george w. bush. brad, what is at stake right now? what is at stake for ann romney? >> ann romney raised voice. she is trying to talk about the grandfather father and the leader. she's also going to introduce herself to the nation. we don't know the challenges she has faced with her own health. i think that and romney will introduce yourself to the country and also mitt romney in a way that surrogates have never seen before. neil: they are going to frame the friendship with the respect that families have. i do want to show this putting to show ann romney before they introduce ann romney. >> she is very crucial to the ticket. this is a real marriage. people look at this family is genuine and real. he is famous for being famous. maybe they can incorporate that into the remarks. >> do you think that is something that they do have differing little bit better? >> well, that they have nothing to apologize for. in america, we do not demonize wealth. we don't have to believe in the robin hood of economics. taking from the rich and give to the poor. we can confiscate all the wealth in america is not going to get out of the ditch that we have been digging ourselves. neil: taking 100% of the top 2% and it wouldn't make it look of sense into your. >> what we have to do is unleash power. get government out of the way. government should only do for the people with the people cannot do for themselves. they unleash our creativity, there is no limit on what we can do. >> i'm going to let you save your voice. we normally know about these things, but we will do this when it's brought obama's chance next week to bring the family. it's very important for you to know that the family that wants to make it it to the white house from the first lady of puerto rico. taking a view of her close friends. ann romney, and what she has learned from this couple. part of this whole thing is a normal rockwell scene. the woman who hopes to become the next first lady of the united states. i want to stress next week when we are in charlotte, north carolina, we will give the same treatment under for the same treatment to the obama spread the first lady of puerto rico setting up the stage for what will be a behind-the-scenes look at ann romney. setting the stage for ann romney to present her case for all things mitt romney. let's continue listening to this. >> it makes people wonder who were was that handsome gentleman next to her. no wonder she has been mitt romney's secret weapon for 30 years. no wonder she is his personal hero. ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you my friend in the next first lady of the united states, ann romney. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> thank you. i cannot wait to see what we are all going to do together. this is going to be so exciting. [cheers] [applause] just so you all know, the hurricane has hit landfall and we should all take the moment and recognize the fellow americans in its path. and just hope and pray that all are remaining safe and no life is lost and no property is lost. we should all be thankful for this great country and grateful for our first responders and all who keep us safe in this wonderful country. [cheers] [applause] well, i want to talk to you tonight not about politics. not about parties. while there are many important issues we will discuss in this convention and throughout this campaign, tonight i want to talk you from my heart about our hearts. [cheers] [applause] i want to talk not about what divides us, but what holds us together as an american family. i want to talk to you tonight about that one great thing that unites us. that one thing that brings us our greatest joy when times are good and the deepest solace in our dark hours. tonight i want to talk you about love. mitt's dad. i want to talk to you about a man that i met many years ago at a dance. and while that we have for this country. i want i want to talk you to you about a love so deep that only a mother could understand it. the love that we have for our children and our children's children. and i want us to think tonight about the love that we share for those americans. our brothers and our sisters. whose days are never easy and work is never done. they are here among us tonight in this hall. they are here across tampa, florida and all across america. the parents who lie awake at night wondering how they will pay the mortgage in this event. the single dad who is working extra hours so that his kids can buy some new clothes to go back to school. so they can take a school trip or play a sport. so his kids can feel like other kids. and the working mothers. those who love their jobs but would like to work just a little less to spend more time with their children. that is just out of the question with this economy. how about the couple who would like to have another child, but they wonder how they would afford it. i have been all across this country, and i know a lot of you guys. [cheers] [laughter] and i have seen and heard stories about how hard it is to get ahead right now. do you know what? i have heard your voices. they have said to me that i am running in place and i just can't get ahead. sometimes i think that late at night, if we were all silent for just a few moments and listen carefully, we could hear a collective sigh from the moms and dads across america who made it through another day. and they know that they will make it through another one tomorrow. but at the end of the day in that moment, they are just not sure how. and if you listen carefully, you will hear the women sign a little bit more than the man. it is how it is. is a net? it is the moms who have always had to work a little harder to make everything right. it is the moms of this nation. single, married, widowed, who really pulled this country together. we are the mothers and wives. we are the grandmothers and the big sisters. we are the little sisters and we are the daughters. you know it is true, don't you? [cheers] [applause] >> i love you women. [cheers] [applause] >> i hear your voices. those are my favorite fans down there. [cheers] [applause] you are the ones that have to do a little bit more and you know what it's like to work harder during the day to earn the respect that you deserve it work. and you come home at night and help with the book reports, just because it has to be done. you know what those late night phone calls with an elderly parent or like and the weekend drive to see how they are doing. you know the fastest route to the local emergency room and witch doctors answer the phone call when you call at night. by the way, i know all about that. you know what it's like to sit in a graduation ceremony and wonder how it was that so many long days through the years it went by so quickly -- you are the best of america. [cheers] [applause] you are the hope of america. there would not be an america without you. tonight we salute you and sing your praises. [cheers] [applause] >> i am not sure if men really understand this. but i don't think there is a woman in america who really expects her life to be easy. in our own ways, we all know better. that is fine. we don't want to be easy. but the last two years have been harder in than they needed to be. it is all the little things are the price at the pump you price at the pump you've cantilevered grocery bills that get bigger. all of those things that used to be free, like school sports and one more bill to pay now. it is all the little things that pileup and become big things. the big things, the jobs come with a chance at college common home you want to buy. everything has become harder. we are too smart to know that there are not easy answers and that we are not dumb enough to accept that there are better answers. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] that is where this boy that i met at a high school dance comes in. his name is mitt romney and you should really get to know him. i can tell you that he was tall, laughed a lot, he was nervous. he was nice to my parents, but he was also really glad when they weren't around. [laughter] i don't mind not, that, but more than anything, he made the lab. some of you may not notice, but i am the granddaughter of a welsh coal miner. he was determined -- he was determined that his kids get out of the mines. my dad got his first job when he was its years old in wales. when he was 15 years old, he came to america. in our country he saw hope to escape from poverty. he moved to a small town in the great state of michigan. michigan. there he started a business. when he one he built by himself, by the way. [applause] [cheers] he raised a family and became mayor of our town. how fortunate were we to grow up in a place like america, usa. he wanted us to have every opportunity in this country. and so he pushed us to be our best and give our all. inside the houses that lined the streets of our town, he talked us great values. i didn't know at the time, but one of those people were as my future father-in-law, george romney. mitt's.never graduated from college. instead he became a carpenter. he worked hard and became the governor of michigan. when mitt and i met and fell in love, we were determined not to let anything stand in the way of her life together. i was episcopalian and he was a mormon. we were both very young in college. many reasons to delay marriage, but we just didn't care. we got married and moved into a basement apartment. [applause] we walked to class together, shared housekeeping, ate a lot of posturing tunafish. our door was propped up. our dining room table was bolted down ironing board in the kitchen. those were the best days. then our first son came along. all at once, and 22 years old with a baby and husband who is going to business school in moscow at the same time. and i can tell you probably like every other girl who finds herself in a new light far from family and friends, with a new baby and husband, that it dawned on me that i had absolutely no idea what i was getting into. that was 42 years ago. we now have five sons and 18 beautiful grandchildren. i am still in love with that when i met at a high school dance and he still makes me laugh. i read somewhere that i had a storybook marriage. let me tell you something. in the story but then i read, there never were long rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. and those storybooks never seem to have a chapter called multiple sclerosis or breast cancer. a storybook marriage. not at all. what mitt romney and i have is a real marriage. [applause] i know this good and decent man for what he is. he is warm and loving and patient. he has centered his family life on faith. from the time we were first married, i have seen him spend countless hours helping others. i have seen him drop everything to help us when we were in trouble. and we have been there when someone from her church has a child taken to the hospital. you may not agree with his politics, but by the way, massachusetts it's only 13% republican, so it's not like it's a shock to me. [laughter] >> but let me say this. to every american who is thinking about who should be our next president. no wonder will work harder. no one will care more. no one will move heaven and earth like mitt romney to make this country a better place to live. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> it is true that mitt's been successful. at each new challenge he has taken on. it actually amazes me to see his history of success being attacked. are those really devalues them in our country great? >> as a mom of five children, do we want to raise our children to be afraid of success? do we send our children out in the world with the advice, try to do okay? let's be honest. if the last four years have been more successful, do we really think there would be this attack on mitt romney's success? of course not. mitt will be the first to tell you that he's the most fortunate man in the world. he had two great parents who taught him the value of work. he had the chance to get the education that his father never had. but as his partner on this amazing journey, i can tell you that mitt romney was not handed success. he built it. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] he went to massachusetts after graduate school and got a job. i saw the long hours. i was there when he had a small group of friends talking about starting a company. i was there when they struggled. and i wondered if the whole idea just wasn't going to work. mitt's reaction was to work harder and press on. today, the company has become another great american success story. has it made those who started the company successful? has it made them successful beyond their dreams? yes, it has. it allows us to give our sons in education and make all those long hours of book reports and homework worth every minute. it has given us the deep satisfaction of being able to help others in ways that we could never have imagined. this is important. i want you to hear what i'm going to say. mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege. not a political talking point. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] we are no different than the millions of americans who quietly help their neighbors. their churches and their communities. they don't do it so that others will think more of them. they do it because there is no greater joy. give and it shall be given unto you. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> but because this is america, that small company has helped so many lead better lives. the jobs and risks but they took have become college educations and first homes. it has helped fund retirement and pension spread this is the genius of america. dreams are filled. helping others once their dream. [cheers] [applause] >> at every turn in his life, this man i met at a dance has helped lift of others. he did it with the olympics when many wanted to give up. he did it in massachusetts where he guided the state out of unemployment at 4.4%. massachusetts has the best schools in the nation. the best. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] he started something that i really love. he started the john and abigail adams scholarship which gives the top 25% of high school graduates a four-year tuition free scholarship. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] this is the man america needs. this is the man who will wake up everyday with a determination to solve the problems that others can't say can be solved. this is the man who work harder than anyone so that we can work a little less hard. i can't tell you what will happen over the next four years, but i can only stand here tonight as a wife and mother and grandmother. i'm an american or if and i can make you this solemn commitment. this man will not fail. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> this man will not let us down. this man will lift up america. it has been 47 years since that tall charming young man rummy home from the first dance. not every day since has been easy. but he still makes me laugh and never once do i have a single reason to doubt that i was the luckiest woman in the world tonight. i wanted to talk to you about love is what i said tonight. look in your hearts. this is our country and this is our future. these are our children and grandchildren. you can trust mitt. [cheers] [applause] he loves america. he will take us to a better place, just as he took me safely from that dance. give him that chance. god bless each and everyone of you and god bless the united states of aerica. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ neil: a great speech by ann romney. mitt romney coming out on stage as a thank you to his wife. a horse of a different color and a whole different tone. chris christie. >> he is such a jersey boy. i want the rest of the states know how great he is. >> honest and strong willed with a high level of integrity. >> there is no one above the law. there is no one immune to the law. >> this much i know, i don't pretend to have all the answers. but i know how to make decisions and i know how to make things happen. >> folks believe that they have a group of leaders that will say to them, this is what is necessary and it needs to be done. i think the american people and the people of new jersey are wanting to hear the truth. >> he has done a remarkable job. he has taken the state. people are proud of him, people know that chris christie gets a lot of credit for that. >> thank you for giving me the greatest privilege. i'm sure that i will ever have in my life. that is to be the governor of the place where i was born and raised. i will leave here and go back to the statehouse. i will drive up the building with the gold dome and i will walk in the door and shake my head. i do every time. how the heck did this happen? >> "the new york times" called you one of the most intriguing little figures of our time. >> go figure. >> i got sent here to do a job. >> i am passionate about what i believe in and i also think the public needs to start being treated like adults. >> thank you very much, i appreciate that. >> my mother had a very direct way about her. she's to say to me all the time was just be yourself. because then tomorrow, you're not going to have to worry about remembering who you pretend to be yesterday. sometimes people are going to like it and sometimes people will not. this is who i am. [cheers] [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thank you. thank you all very much. thank you. well, this stage in this moment are very improbable for me. a new jersey republican. delivering the keynote address at the national convention. from a state with 700,000 more democrats than republicans. a new jersey republican. he stands before you tonight. proud of my party. proud of my state and proud of my country. [cheers] [applause] now, i am the son of an irish father and a sicilian mother. my dad who i am blessed to have your tonight is gregarious, outgoing and lovable. my mom, who i lost it years ago was the enforcer. she made sure that we all knew who set the rules. in the automobile of light, god was just a passenger and mom was the driver. [laughter] now, they both lived hard lives. my dad grew up in poverty. after returning from army service, he worked at the breyer's ice cream plant in the 1950s. with that job in the g.i. bill, he put himself through rutgers university at night. to become the first in his family to earn a college degree. our first family picture was on his graduation day with my mom beaming next to him, six months pregnant with me. now, my mom also came from nothing. she was raised by a single mother who took three different buses every day to get to work. mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actually raising children. her younger brother and younger sister. she was tough as nails. the truth was that she couldn't afford to. she spoke the truth. bluntly and directly. and without much furnished. i am her son. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] i was her son as i listened on the edge of town with my high school friends on the jersey shore. i was her son when i moved into the studio apartment to start a marriage that is now 26 years old. i was her son as a coach our sons on the fields and as i watched them cry is our daughter, marched in the labor day parade with the soccer team. i am still her son today as a governor. following the rules that she taught me. to speak from the heart and to fight for your principles. you see, my mom never said you could get extra credit for speaking the truth. the greatest lesson that she ever tommy was this one. she told me that there would be times in your life when you have to choose. choose between being loved and being respected. she said to always pick being respected. she told me that love without respect was always fleeting. but that respect could grow into real and lasting love. of course, she was talking about women. [laughter] but i have learned over time that it applies just as much leadership. in fact, i think that applies applies to america more than ever today. i believe we have become paralyzed by her desire to be loved. our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance of popularity was fleeting. and that this country's principles needed to be rooted rooted in the passion and emotions of the time spread our leaders today have decided it is more important to be popular and say and do what's easy -- to say yes rather than now, when no is what it requires. [cheers] [applause] in recent years, we as a country have to often chosen the same path. it is been easy for our leaders to say not us and not now. unfortunately, we have stood silently by and let them get away with it. tonight, i say enough. tonight i say, let's make much difference ways. tonight we are speaking up for ourselves and stepping up. tonight we are beginning to do what is right and what is necessary to make america great again. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] we are demanding that our leaders stop tearing each other down and work together to take action on the big things facing america. tonight we are going to do what my mother taught me. tonight we are going to choose respect. [cheers] [applause] you see, we are not afraid. we are not afraid. we are taking our country back. because we are the great-grandchildren of the men and women who broke their back in the name of american ingenuity. the grandchildren of the greatest generation. the sons and daughters of immigrants. the brothers and sisters of everyday heroes. the neighbors of entrepreneurs and firefighters. teachers and farmers, veterans and factory workers, everyone in between. those who show up not just on the big days for the good days. but on the bad days and the hard days. each and every day. all 355. all 365 days of the year. we are america. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] now, it is up to us. we must lead the way our citizens lived. to lead as my mother insisted that i do. not by avoiding truths, especially the hard ones, but by facing up to them and being better for it. we can afford to do anything less. now, i know this because this was the challenge in new jersey when i came in the office. i could continue on the same path to wealth and jobs and people leaving our state. or i could do the job people elected me to do. the big things. there were those who said it could not be done. but the problems were too big and politically charged into broken effects. but we were on a path that we could no longer afford to follow. they say that it was impossible. this is what they told me. to cut taxes in a the state where taxes were raised 115 times in the years before it became governor. that was impossible to balance the budget at the same time with an 11 billion-dollar deficit. three years later, we have three balanced budgets in a row with lower taxes. we did it. [cheers] [applause] >> they said it was impossible to touch politics and take on the public-sector unions and reform pension and benefit systems that were headed to bankruptcy. but with bipartisan leadership. we saved taxpayers $132 billion over two years and saved retirees their pensions. we did it. [cheers] [applause] they said it was impossible to speak the truth for the teachers union. they were just too powerful. the teacher tenure reform that demands accountability and ends the guarantee of a job provided regardless of performance. they said it would never happen. but for the first time in 100 years, with bipartisan support, you know the answer. we did it. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> i always underestimate the will of the people. they say that we are selfish and we talk about the complicated solutions that they would turn their backs on. but they would decide it was every man for himself. they were wrong. the people of new jersey stepped up and they shared in the sacrifice. you know what else they did? they rewarded politicians that do not pander. [cheers] [applause] >> you know, we should not be surprised. we should not be surprised. we have never been a country to shy away from the truth. our history shows that we stand up when it counts. and it is this quality that defines our character and significance in the world. now, i know this simple truth. and i am not afraid to say it. our ideas are right for america and their ideas have failed america. here is what we believe as republicans and what they believe as democrats. we believe in telling hard-working families the truth about our country's fiscal realities. telling them what they already know. the math of special spending does not add up. with $5 trillion in debt. added over the last four years, we have no other option but to make the hard choices, cut federal spending and reduce the size of this government. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] do you want to know what they believe? they believe that the american people don't want to hear the truth about our fiscal difficulties. they believe the american people need to be coddled by big government. they believe the american people are content. we believe in telling our seniors the truth about our overburdened entitlements. we know that seniors not only want these programs to survive, but they just as badly want unsecured for their grandchildren. our seniors are not selfish. they believe that seniors will always put themselves ahead of their grandchildren. here is what they do. they prey on their vulnerabilities and scare them with misinformation for the single, simple purpose of winning the next election. here is her plan. driving is off the fiscal cliff as long as they are behind the wheel of power, than we thought. we believe that the majority of teachers in america know that our system must be reformed to put students work so that america can compete. they don't teach to become rich or famous. they teach because they love children. we believe -- we believe that we should honor and reward the good ones while doing what is best for our nation's future. demanding accountability and higher standards and demanding the best teacher in every classroom in america. [cheers] [applause] get ready. they believe they will that they will always put themselves ahead of children and self-interest will trump common sense. they believe in pitting education and teachers and lobbyists against everyone. they believe in teachers unions. we believe in teachers. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> we believe that if we tell the people the truth, but they will act bigger than the pettiness that we see in washington dc. we believe it is possible to force bipartisan compromise and stand up for our conservative principles. you see, because it has always been the power of our ideas. not our rhetoric that attracts people to our party. we win when we make it about what needs to be done. we lose when we play along with their games of scaring and dividing. make no mistake about it, everybody. the problems are too big to let the american people lose. the slowest economic recovery in decades. a spiraling out of control deficit and an education system that is failing to compete in the world. it doesn't matter how we got here. there is enough blame to go around. what matters is what we do now. [applause] i know we can fix our problems. when there are people in the room who care more about doing the job they were elected to do then they worry about winning the election, it is possible to work together and achieve compromise and get results to the people who gave us these dots in the first place. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] people have no patience for any way anymore. it's simple. we need politicians to care more about doing something and less about being something. [cheers] [applause] >> believe me, if we could do this in a blue state like new jersey with a conservative republican governor, washington dc is out of excuses. [cheers] [applause] leadership delivers. leadership counts. leadership matters. here is the great news that i came here tonight to bring it. we have this leader for america. we have a nominee who will tell us the truth and will lead with conviction and now he has a running mate that will do the same. we have governor mitt romney and congressman paul ryan. and he will be the next president of the united states. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] you see, because i know mitt romney. i know mitt romney and he will tell us the hard truths that we need to hear to put us back on a path of growth and create good paying private sector jobs in america. mitt romney will tell us the hard truth we need here to end the torment of debt that is compromising our future and burying our economy. mitt romney will tell us the hard truths we need here to end the debacle of putting the world's greatest health care system in the hands of federal bureaucrats and putting bureaucrats between american citizens and your doctor. now, we don't have leadership that principle and purpose in new jersey. i'm here to tell you tonight that it is time to end this era of absentee leadership and some leaders back to the white house. america needs met romney and paul ryan and we need them right now. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] >> we have to tell each other the truth, right? listen, there is doubt and fear for our future in every corner of the country. i have traveled all over the country and had seen this myself. these feelings are real. this moment is real. a moment were some skeptics wonder if american greatness is over. how those who have come before us have the spirit and the tenacity to bring america to a new era of grace in the face of challenge. but to look around and say yes. me. i am an answer for the skeptics and naysayers. the dividers and the defenders in the status quo. i have faith in us. i know that we can be the men and women our country called us to be tonight. i believe in america in our history and there is only one thing missing. leadership. it takes leadership that you don't get from reading a poll. mr. president, real leaders don't follow polls. they change polls. [cheers] [applause] and that is what we need. that is what we need to do now. we need to change the polls due to the power of our convictions. tonight, it is our duty to tell the american people the truth. the problems are big in the solutions will not be painless. we must share in the sacrifice and any leader that tells us differently is simply not telling the truth. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] i think tonight, the greatest generation, we will look back and marvel at the courage in overcoming the great depression, fighting nazi germany, standing up for freedom around the world. now it is our time to answer history's call. make no mistake, every generation will be judged. so will we. what will our children and grandchildren say about us? will they say that we buried our heads in the sand? that we have assuaged ourselves with creature comforts? that someone else should make a difference because we can't? what will they say of us. that we stood up and made the tough choices that needed to be made to preserve our way of life. you see, i don't know about you, but i don't want my children and grandchildren reading the history book was like to live in an american century -- where their only inheritance is enormous government, over tax and overspending and second-class citizenship. i want them to live in a second american century. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] a second american century. of strong economic growth for those who are willing to work hard. those who have good paying jobs to support their families and reach their dreams. a second american century were real american exceptionalism is not a political punchline. but it is evident to everyone in the world just by watching the way that we conduct business everyday in the way americans live their lives. the second american century where our military is strong and our values are sure in our work ethic is unmatched. and our constitution remains a model for anybody in the world struggling for liberty. [cheers] [applause] standing strong for freedom, we will make the next century the great american century as good as the last one. we have never been victims of destiny. we have always been the masters of our own. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] i know that you agree with me on this. i will not be part of the generation that fails that test, and neither will you. all right. it is now time to stand up. everybody stand up. because there is no time left to wait. if you're willing to stand up with me or america's future, i will stand up with you. if you are willing to fight with me for mitt romney, i will fight with you. if you are willing to hear the truth, the truth about the hard road ahead and the rewards for america, the truth will bear, i am here to begin with you truth telling tonight. tonight we choose the path that is always defining our nation's history. tonight we finally and firmly answer the call that so many generations have had to answer before us. tonight we stand up for met romney as the next president of the united states. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause]

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