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Place a tax cut that adds to the deficit. >> governor romneys central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut. for 18 months, hes been running on this tax plan. now, five weeks before the election, hes saying his big, bold idea is never mind. >> all right. what whats the deal here? >> this is a complicated one. we have from the romney campaign a plan that has been analyzed by an independent group that said it would lead to around $450 billion a year in revenue thats cut from the -- revenue...

Running on this tax plan. and now five weeks before the election he is saying that his big, bold idea is never mind. >> joining me now is esra. he says he doesnt have a $5 trillion tax cut. >> mitt romney has existed in a state of what we say quantum uncertainty. the way you break this down. i dont think he has been inconsistent on this. he has a tax cut. if you implemented it, what he says though, and has said from the beginning is that he will pay for that tax cut. when you include that senten...

Scale that you are talking about. >> for 18 months he has been running on this tax plan. and now five weeks before the election he is saying that his big, bold idea is never mind. >> joining me now is esra. he says he doesnt have a $5 trillion tax cut. >> mitt romney has existed in a state of what we say quantum uncertain uncertainty. the way you break this down. i dont think he has been inconsistent on this. he has a tax cut. if you implemented it, what he says though, and has said from the beg...

Governor just said about his own plan? >> well, for 18 months hes been running on this tax plan. and now five weeks before the election he is saying that his big, bold idea is never mind. when i got on the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy and yet the fellow on the stage last night who looked like mitt romney said he didnt know an...

Families. throw the studies out there. the bottom line is, i want to bring the rates down, at the same time, lower deductions and exemptions and credits and so forth so we keep getting the revenue we need. you thinks, why lower the rates? and the reason is because small business pays that individualerate. 54% of americas workers work in businesses that are taxed not at the corporate tax rate, but at the individual tax rate. and if we lower that rate, they will be able to hire more people. for me...

Really didnt help mitt romney. if its a better than expected number, a lot of the commentary is still about last nights debate. >> well see what happens in the next 24. thanks, mark. instant polls show mitt romney was the clear winner last night. in a cnn survey they picked romney 67% on to 25%. uncommitted voters polled by cbs picked governor romney 2:1 over the president. how did governor romney do it. past the energy and theatrics we talked about today. ezra kline writes in the "washington po...

The president out at that rally seemed more enthusiastic. he said that was not the real mitt romney who showed up at the debate last night. so the question to you, was it the real president obama who showed up last night? >> great question, because the president obama at that rally is not what i saw on the debate stage last night. one lingering question in my mind and i even tweeted it in real time. did he know he was on a split screen the entire evening? because style matters, tamron, and the s...

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Election, hes saying that his big, bold idea is never mind. >> you said you get a deduction for taking a plant overseas? look, ive been in business for 25 years. i have no idea what youre talking about. i maybe need to get a new accountant. but the idea that you get a break for shipping jobs overseas is simply not the case. mr. president, youre entitled to your own airplane and your own house, but not to your own facts. i dont have a plan to cut education funding. is the program so credit its wo...

different direction every morning. >> come on, white chocolate. >> oh, no. yup. he can explain that one, soledad. soledad. bye, guys. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com im going to try to compose myself here. it is top of the hour. 9:00 a.m. eastern time. we begin with five days until floridas republican presidential primary and just hours from the cnn debate there. mitt romney and newt gingrich are locked in a dead heat in the polls. this debate could be a game changer. the votes...