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furious" investigation. hannity starts right now. >> the presidential contenders collided last night. the round table, at first economic debate of the season was posted by the washington post and bloomberg report. let's look at the highlights. >> what would you do specifically to end the paralysis in washington? >> two things. present a bold plan to grow this economy, which i have put 9-9-9 plan on the table. >> i think it is a catchy phrase, in fact i thought it was the price after pizza when i heard it. >> it's time for another american declaration of independence, it's time for energy independence. >> you can't get the country in the right direction and washington to work if you don't have a president who a leader. >> it is nonsense to say we will disarm the united states unilaterally because we are too stupid to balance the budget any other way. >> i was the leading one against obama care. that's why i was the first member of congress to introduce that bill to repeal obama care. >> joining me from washington with retook last night's debate, minnesota congresswoman michele bachman. how are you? >> great, sean. good to be with you. >> newt has been saying this, and i know there are distinctions and right now herman cain is up and mit romney is up, but everybody on that stage would repeal obamacare, or at least on order as saying so, everybody would lower taxes and end regulation, and move toward energy independence, is it hard to find distinction? >> there is a real distinction. when it comes to obamacare, i have the commitment to do the actual repeal of obamacare. remember two governors on the stage. one governor, mit romney, put a plan in that was very similar to obamacare. he said he would issue waivers to that plan. that's very different than congress actually repealing obamacare. governor perry said he would issue an executive order. you can't issue an executive order and get rid of a bill that takes over one-sixth of the american economy. i understand and would understand as commander in chief from day one that what we have to do is we have to repeal this at the congressional level. and this is going to be tough. this is going to be very, very tough. it's going to require leadership from someone who understands this plan. i understand it from the inside-out. i understand that the federal government is involved in almost every agency obama care will infiltrate. the same it is in every state government. i get the bill and i know how to defeat it. we only have one chance, sean, in 2012 to get rid of it. that's why i believe i would be the strongest candidate for president because ubs did a study three weeks ago and they said the number one people that people aren't hired for job creation is because of obamacare. it's got to be repealed. i am the best candidate on that stage to do it. i understand it, and i know it's going to be done, i'm tough enough and i have the commitment to make it happen. as nominee i am not interested in being tied up in knots for four years in the white house. it will be my business to have 13 more like minded republican senators so we actually repeal this bill. >> what do you make of how topsy-turvies these polls have been? tim pawlenty up, down, out. you were up, now you have come down a little bit. herman cain is surging right now. mit romney has pretty much been stable the whole time. rick perry up. he comes in strong and he goes down. how do you think people will interpret that? >> well, i think that the media is intent on what they try to do every four years which is to choose the candidate. but the debates are wonderful for the people to be able to vet the candidates and see who they are. i am very pleased with the debates. i think they have gone very welch we get a glimpse into the soul of each candidate. i'm encouraging everyone watching the show tonight to go to my website. i have the 11 point economic plan for recovery and job creation. they can't wait 14 more months. we need millions of jobs created now. i just came from the united states capital where i just voted to pass the free trade agreements. this will create thousandings of jobs in the united states. these were negotiated under president george bush. he wanted to pass these so we could see job creation. we could have done it four years ago but it was stopped by pelosi and reed. we got it done. that's one of my points in my plan but we have so much more to do. we have to act now and i have the commitment and no-how and fight, and i have been fighting for five years on the front line. i know exactly what to do on day one as president of the united states. >> let me ask you this. we've been covering a lot the occupy wallstreet protests. we will put up video in a second. but i'm looking at this and saying balm bach is supporting nancy pelosi is supporting them. and i'm looking at a poll that came out in the new york magazine, and they say the united states is worse than al-qaeda, that capitalism doesn't work, it's not going to work, and i'm thinking, okay, is this the president of the united states supports these people down there? let's see, you have people having sex on the sidewalk, walking around topless, doing drugs in the streets. are we looking at barack obama's democratic party when at the look at this? >> it looks like it. and george has been behind it, who funded moveon.org and all these organizations. this clearly has nothing at all in common with the tea party, which was truly a grass roots movement. i think the president has to do anything but distract from his terrible program and agenda and job creation record. he's doing disastrously in the polls, but what is worst he's been a disaster for the viewers who are watching your show tonight because all across america people's houses are underwater. all across america they can't find jobs and he has no solutions. i want people to look at my job creation turnaround plan. we can do this. we can turn it around but we have to do it pretty quick. >> this is the worse housing crisis since the great depression. >> it is. 1 in 4 kids in poverty. american can do better and i think quickly. good to see you. we hope to see you out on the campaign trail. thank you. >> you will. thanks, sawn. >> coming up, more highlights and analysis of last night's gop debate and the green scandal surrounding the administration. with widens as another company is expected to get tons of your tax dollars despite their weak economic record. we have that coming up. babe, look. 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>> mit romney was hit on all sides on the subject of romneycare. >> your chief economic advisor, glen hubbard, who you know well, he said that romneycare was obamacare. >> i care about people. our plan isn't perfect. glen hubbard is a fine fellow. i'll take a look at his quote. some people say that and just because they say something doesn't mean it's true. if the people of massachusetts don't like it, get rid of it. right now they favor it three to one. we all agree with repeal and replace and i'm proud i put together a plan that said what of i am going to replace it with. >> your plan is not going to do anything. >> and joining me is the author of the brand new sex thriller called "it's classified." nicole. and lori is with us. good to see you both. >> thank you. nice to be here. >> i say that because it's the first female president, the first -- it was in episode one and she has an affair in episode two. >> something like that. >> i haven't read it yet. >> i know. i don't want to ruin it for you. >> good to see you guys. all right. you got the two frontrunners here right now. this has been up and down. we just had michele bachman on. herman cain, mit romney, 9-9-9, romneycare, do you think anybody scored points? >> the liberal rick teak against the republican party, and the media goes along with it, we don't have any new ideas. you have to give cain credit for putting out a new, bold idea. he set the frame of the debate on the economy. they were all talking about his idea. washington is so broken i don't know why people would overreact to a bold, new idea. and it's what people are responding to. >> if at anytime in history i think the american people would be open to scrapping the income tax all together, it seems like this might be the moment. do you agree? >> i do agree. and the 9-9-9 plan is brilliant by herman cain. he's ahead in the latest poll that came out tonight. it's fascinating because it resonates, it's easy to understand, income tax, corporate, and national sales tax. but herman cain, and this is my problem with it, when he was challenged on it and they did analysis, he just said that analysis is uncorrect. >> what do you want him to say, i agree, i was totally wrong? >> no, i wanted him to defendant it. >> the economists that support him in this. >> they do but he doesn't have an actual economist on his team right now. >> he referred to one guy. he did say an economist has broken it down. he will have to answer questions about is it really revenue neutral. here's a concern that some conservatives called into my show on radio said, what if 9-9-9, once you open door to consumption test and income tax, what if it becomes 14-14-14? >> and that's not cain's fault, that's washington's fault. this is a moment we hold all institution, but especially the levers of the federal government in the the lowest esteem since our country's founding. that's not an unreasonable concern on the part of your callers and listeners. here's the other thing that i think was made really clear last night, that romney is looking stronger and stronger. and he is showing us the benefits of having done this before. and i feel better and better about his strength as a voice for our party every time i see him. >> i thought he was very sharp last night. i thought newt was very sharp last night. >> newt is always sharp. >> he's a great debater. his numbers are slowly creeping up. he's now at 11, 12%. >> he's improved his standing and he's also had a following in the republican party. but more people are -- again, the liberal critique of the party as a party of no ideas, couldn't watch the debate last night and not think we have ideas. >> this is a point that newt made in previous debates, that all of those guys on that stage would repeal obamacare, they would all cut tooks and they would all end burdensome regulation and all help us become energy independent so we have a dramatic contrast with this administration. >> absolutely. this is why question, why does the gop does not seem to be content with mit romney even after the chris christie endorsement this week? >> thank you for inviting me on your show. >> we are pandering here. and the stakes are so high. it's so emotional. but i think it's misread sometimes for discontent. we just want to get it right. >> that's why -- somebody called today, and said i have not decided, and people do not believe me, people say i think you are supporting herman cain, and another say no, i think you are supporting this one. the next 100 days is going to separate the men, women and the boys and girls. and in one sense it's going to make whoever gets the nomination stronger. and they are going to need it with the billion dollars of obama money be thrown at hem, right? >> absolutely. and it is interesting now covering wall street, wall street was his biggest backer and they are totally not there at all. in fact they are watchling a lot. there's a huge war right now or a lot of competition as to who is going to garner the most of the campaign dollars right now from wall street and banks. and with everything going on with the occupy wallstreet protesters. >> and who gets the nomination in the end? i will put you on the spot. >> i feel good about romney now but i would be proud to have cain represent our party as a nominee as well. >> definitely on the spot. i think cain because he has come out with a plan. >> i think it's too early to tell. >> you tricked us. you tricked us! [laughter] >> well, you know, that's my job. i was suppose to trick -- no. go back to 2007, it was rudy and fred thompson. >> and wesley clark and howard dean in '03. >> and this 100 days is important. >> nobody really shot them he was in the foot last night, which is interesting. >> good point. guys, good to see you. >> thank you. >> congratulations on your sex thriller. >> my dad heard that. >> he is going to kill me. >> and will it tarnish the white house once again? michelle is on the case. let's just say her momentum may be build be across the country but several african americans say they are not about to jump onboard the cain train. we are going to tell you why. and why are liberals attacking herman cain? that next on "hannity" straight ahead. endless shrimp is ourn at red lobster. there's so many choices. the guests love it. 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[laughter] >> but obama defeat is my number one goal right now. >> but there's a human side. >> and we talk about kids, and my kids play sports, and we can disagree. i think we may actually agree on this. i've known herman cain for over a decade now. i am not surprised by his rise, his personality, his warmth, what you see, his gregarious spirit. it's real. >> here's the thing. i was down in florida right after the florida straw poll and then i went to iowa as my new job here as a fox news analyst, and he said you don't appreciate herman cain people sadism don't understand what is going on. it's not that he's the flavor of the month, trump was at the top and bachman was at the top and rick weary.