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governor romney is the only one who has declared his record off limits. we think this is going to be a choice between two different economic records and visions. mitt romney is an out sourcer in chief. he s got a tax plan that adds incentives for companies to ship jobs overseas. the president wants to end tax credits to businesses who shift jobs overseas. governor romney is campaigning, the central premise of his candidacy is that he was a job creator in the private sector. he says he knows how jobs come and go, and we now know the answer to that, he does know that because he was own out sourcer in the private sector. he profited off of outsourcing american jobs. bill: i hope you come back, the invitation is always there for to you come and prevent your side. thank you, bill i appreciate it. bill: ben lebow with the obama ....
virginia about these pending defense cuts. recent surveys suggest virginia is number one in the country in terms of defense spending in its state. republicans are saying to president obama where is your plan to deal with these defense cuts. bill? bill: mike you, thank you. to our viewers at home, hear a lot about virginia. it flipped in 2008. we had not seen that in 40 years. go back to 2008 on the map. red is republican. blue is democrat. blue is the way virginia went for president obama over john mccain by seven points. that was a stunner in that state. look where he is going today. red is now for mccain and blue for obama. john mccain won west and southwestern part of the state overwhelmingly. up in washington, d.c., president obama as senator was very strong. this is norfolk and virginia beach, it was really a split here. go to virginia beach in small little county. you will find something quite telling. 50% for mccain and 50 for president obama. just to the west th ....
bill: mike emanuel at the white house. what issues do we expect him toe emphasize. reporter: real clear politics average shows president obama up by three in virginia. he won by six in 2008. everyone is expecting a closer race. part of the bus tour is president obama trying to invigorate and energize key constituencies, latin american voters, african-american voters and young voters. let s agree on that. that does create an important amount of economic certainty not just for the recipients of of that tax cut, but for the broader economy. it address as portion of the so-called fiscal cliff. let s do it now. let s continue to debate the issues where we, whether it is, contention and disagreement. reporter: how big is virginia? well the ad-spending between the two campaigns has been huge. the third most ad spending of any of the states in this election cycle. bottom line, it is a critical state and so, that is why president obama has been there 15 times since announc ....