months. it s another hammer blow to the struggling middle class families in america. what the numbers say about business with bet founder bob johnson and former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. first today, mitt romney. gloria borger caught up with the nominee yesterday in indiana and he hit back on president obama s proposal to raise tax rates for people making over $250,000 a year. i think it would be an enormous mistake for us to raise taxes on anyone right now with the economy in the trouble it s in. i also hope people understand that when they talk about raising taxes on the wealthy, as the president does, he s also talking about the same tax rate that applies to small business. more of that romney interview in just a few minutes. but i wanted to bring in republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina. thank you for joining us, senator. glad to be with you. let me ask you first about the president