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Its exactly the opposite of what obama said he was in 08. its reactionary liberalism, holding on to everything theyve done since the new deal, that they dont have a new idea in their head. the economy is stuck in neutral, sliding backwards, high unemployment. they have no idea how to do anything new other than repeat the mistakes. we have new ideas, innovation, we are the future and progress. that was the reagan idea in 1980. it worked then. i think its going to work now. >> bret: kirsten, quick...

Guessing the secretary of state would say thats just a coincidence, but i would love a chance to ask him. even as questions remain about the cutoff of the last three days of early voting in ohio, so far john houston has not answered questions about the other election scandal in ohio for this year, the one i find hard to believe is not front page news all over the country. the bigger election scandal in ohio right now is on a county by county basis, election boards are deciding whether to allow e...

Firefighter robert s api en. >> trying to convince the public things were bad in the city because of employees. in some cases people have been accosted in grocery stores. >> from the firefighters and police officers perspective have you heard the stories they have been verbally abused and treated with scorn? >> there have been some instances of that but the facts are difficult and the facts are we have cut services over and over and over again to fund very expensive retirement benefits. >> last ...

Very expensive retirement benefits. >> last june despite strong union opposition, 70% of san jose voters, the same number that supported president obama in 08 vote the for measure b. reed got his victory the same day scott walker easily is survived a union led recall challenge. but the san jose democrat bristles at the comparison. >> lots of people tried to draw the parallel with san jose and wisconsin. it is not a good analcy. >> analogy. >> he says he wants to force the union to accept cuts wh...

But he was a critical person engineering the new governing philosophy for republicans in the house that he would like to now make national and now it is mitt romney who is embracing that by embracing ryan. >> so they can -- can they say, following this line of argument it wasnt their fault what happened in 08 and 09, the crash, it wasnt their fault there was deregulation, all that kind of stuff that led to it perhaps because theyve never really been tried as fiscal conservatives, their brand of ...

You cant go around voting whenever you want. we have standards. the fact that those standards are likely to result in longer lines in the big cities where democrats are favored, im guessing the secretary of state would say thats just a coincidence, but i would love a chance to ask him. even the questions remain about the cut-off of the last three days of early voting in ohio, the secretary of state has not answered questions about the other election scandal in ohio for this year, the one i find ...

the campaign season and hodding them up for a close examination. and, as always, were in the taking political sides here. were simply trying to figure out what is true and what is not. we begin tonight with the romney ad. >> in 1996, president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped welfare as we know it. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a program to gut welfare reform by gutting work requirements. you wouldnt have to work. they just send you your welfare check. >> ...

>> reporter: and then there is virginias governor, bob macdonald. your name is on the short list. [laughter] >> reporter: if asked, would you accept the job and what would you bring to the ticket? >> mitt romney -- its only his list that matters. >> reporter: and last but not least, the brash, outspoken governor of new jersey, chris christie. >> in the end, nobody votes for vice-president. they vote for president. no matter who governor romney picks, if the people of the united states are not co...

We will get to see the so-called blade runner and take it to another level in terms of those running. >> they decided they could participate and run in the 9th lane. it was a great decision. i was very excited. >> will you cry at the sight? >> i was very sad for him the fact that he wasnt going to be able to run. it was through no fault of their own. now they have reck fied the situation. >> i cried when iraqis werent going to be able to go in the 08 olympics because of a technical error. when i...

>> you mean most people want to see more tax returns? >> absolutely. independent voters want to see -- they want full disclosure. they want to know what happened when the market went south in 08 and 09, theres a chance maybe he didnt pay any tax. how would that fly with the american people? >> i dont think, though, the majority of people are going to vote based on how many years of tax returns he releases, and i think, in essence, when they go into that voting booth, they want to vote for the pe...