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Surmountable. youre saying that goods organizing can overcome the legislative hurd? >> yes absolutely. i want to back up what you said and also say, look, part of the history lesson in this country is that it wasnt like being an auto worker in 1920 was a great job. what happened is unions came along and workers decided to fight collectively to make the auto sector a good job. the same thing has to happen right now and we need -- we went from an weve gone from manufacturing industrial economy to ...

Auto sector is alive and well and made a comeback, the fact it hasnt. the only way michigan can be competitive with its neighboring states and global economy is have a right-to-work state. gregg: president obama said yesterday when he was there in michigan, they want to take away your to earn more money. what say you? >> well i think essentially the idea is if there is prosperity, a lot of prosperity, more people will have the opportunity to make a whole lot of money, not a handful of people. wh...

Michigan, charles, what do you make of that? >> and ben makes the great point. the unions feel like their back has been against the walls and have for a number of years. in michigan, this is the way we can be competitive. listen, everyone talks about the great comeback in detroit in the auto sector, thats a mirage. michigans in trouble, detroit is in trouble and this is how they compete on the national scale, ultimately, a global scale. >> neil: dagen? >> very significant that this is happening ...

Obviously, defense. and because these are long-term projects, those defense cuts will be felt well into 2013, into 2014. whats doing well? health care is doing well. were living longer. living until 100 years old. thats a positive. its not a crisis. its a positive. so we are in need of 1 million nurses, health care professionals in the coming years. technology doing very well. a lot of start-up technology. innovation going well. thats a positive. manufacturing coming back a bit as well. the auto...

Whats the economy doing well? whats it not doing as well? and what will we see over the next four years? >> we are moving at a slow pace. at this point in the recovery, you would expect faster growth, which we are not going. if we go over the cliff, we will go into recession. a couple of industries will feel the hurt more so than others. obviously, defense. and because these are long-term projects, those defense cuts will be felt well into 2013, into 2014. whats doing well? health care is doing ...

Into 2014. whats doing well? health care is doing well. were living longer. living until 100 years old. thats a positive. its not a crisis. its a positive. so we are in need of 1 million nurses, health care professionals in the coming years. technology doing very well. a lot of start-up technology. innovation going well. thats a positive. manufacturing coming back a bit as well. the auto sector. however, everything can change in a nanosecond. yes, its resilient. i agree with the secretary. howev...

Every poll shows that the enthusiasm -- 16 point-swing. >> vinot seen the enthusiasm gap in favor of romney. i see one path that mitt romney has to the electoral college, through ohio. unfortunately, barack obama is going to take ohio. he has been consistently up there. one in eight jobs there is in the auto sector and detroit and ohio dont forget. mitt romney will lose the election, largely on the basis-- thats what you want to happen. but we dont know -- >> in fact, go ahead. >> between fail...

If you write a check, you can kiss them good-bye. >> mr. mitt romney cannot hide from his record on auto loan, no matter how hard he spins it, he wanted to let them go bankrupt. he said it and he wrote it. he also tried to michigan voters by telling them hes from detroit west. >> i represent southern wisconsin. we lost four auto factories in the area i represent in just the last four years. trust me, i come from detroit west. we know we need a healthy auto sector. >> lets trust him. well, one of...

Actually fight for the u.s. automobile industry. he made this pitch to michigan voters on monday. >> know this -- we want the strongest auto sector, we want american manufacturing to have a comeback, and the way we do that is we stop sending all of our decisions to washington with a government-driven economy. >> awe, the government-driven economy paul ryan is talking about, well, brought our auto industry back to life. president obama 2009 auto loan saved gm and chrysler along with hundreds of t...

National organization for women on mitt romneys war on women etch a sketch. bob shrum on the candidate without a core. >> its very important for folks to just make sure that they understand that as long as people stay focused, we will win this thing. >> the president is rallying the troops as joe biden gets ready to take on lying ryan. >> trust me, i come from detroit west. we know we need a healthy auto sector. >> howard fineman and john nichols have the debate preview. and from the coal mine...