according to the latest gallup poll but when he joined the race about a month ago, built up a lead in the mid teens. that s now been basically cut about in half. is he down to a 7 point edge. that leaves mitt romney back in second place. bret? bret: carl cameron live in orlando. see you wednesday, bud ysm the president s deficit plan will no doubt be a topic in that debate thursday night in orlando that carl mentioned. join us the 9:00 p.m. eastern time. co-sponsored by google and the republican party of florida. now, let s get some analysis. senior political analyst brit hume has the latest take on this plan. good evening, brit. good evening to you, bret. for the second time in a week president obama has submitted a plan that cannot possibly pass and that he almost certainly does not expect to pass. last week s jobs bill was simply a stimulus of the kind that he and his party ran through two years ago manifestly do what it said it would do.
according to the latest gallup poll but when he joined the race about a month ago, built up a lead in the mid teens. that s now been basically cut about in half. is he down to a 7 point edge. that leaves mitt romney back in second place. bret? bret: carl cameron live in orlando. see you wednesday, bud ysm the president s deficit plan will no doubt be a topic in that debate thursday night in orlando that carl mentioned. join us the 9:00 p.m. eastern time. co-sponsored by google and the republican party of florida. now, let s get some analysis. senior political analyst brit hume has the latest take on this plan. good evening, brit. good evening to you, bret. for the second time in a week president obama has submitted a plan that cannot possibly pass and that he almost certainly does not expect to pass. last week s jobs bill was simply a stimulus of the kind that he and his party ran through two years ago manifestly do what it said it would do.