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And education and reducing our deficit in a sensible way, using the savings from ending wars to rebuild america, putting people back to work, making sure that we are controlling our own energy, but not just the energy of today, but also the energy of the future, all those things will make a difference. so the point is the commitments ive made ive kept. and those that i havent been able to keep, its not for lack of trying. were going to get it done in a second term. but under pay attention to thi...

I believe. jon: mitt romney pointed out that the president has not kept a lot of the promises he made in 2008. he promised us a lower deficit, that hasnt happened. lower unemployment, that hasnt happened. the president tried to answer that. when he talked about the promises that he says he has kept, and he wrote about it, i want to play that clip and get your opinion. >> the point is that the commitments i have made, i have kept. those that i havent been able to keep, it is not for lack of tryin...

President chose his verb tense poorly here. >> the way were going to create jobs here is not just to change our tax code but also to double our exports, and were on pace to double our exports. one of the commitments i made when i was president. >> as carl cameron mentioned yesterday, vice-president biden claimed in his debate he was one of eight negotiating with ronald reagan over social security reform. abc news said that was not the case. former senator bob dole said biden is a good friend of ...

Youve got to pay even the reduced rate that governor romneys talking about. that will create 800,000 new jobs, the problem is theyll be in china. or india or germany. thats not the way were going to create jobs here. the way were going to create jobs here is not just to change our tax code, but also to double our exports. we are on pace to double our exports. one of the commitments i made when i was president. thats creating tens of thousands of jobs all across the country. thats why weve kept o...

Appointing women. >> we fixed that. thats an example of the kind of advocacy that we need. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had background who could be qualified to become members of our cabinets. i went to women groups and said, can you help us find them and they brought us binders of women. >> awkward for governor romney on several questions one man stumbled and one pounced. the president was asked by a 2008 supporter why he should be elected for the second term. >> w...

Speech. and it was packed full of lies about the presidents policies. blaming the president for an auto plant that shut down under george bush. you know, saying that the president was weakening the work retirement, welfare to work. a whole number of different things that paul ryan said. the only thing that anybody remembers about that speech is that he la lied. you know, going into tomorrow night, were prepared for that. paul ryan has a choice to make. and he has years of strong commitments and ...

>> well, lets just take a look at paul ryans convention speech. and it was packed full of lies about the presidents policies. blaming the president for an auto plant that shut down under george bush. you know, saying that the president was weakening the work retirement, welfare to work. a whole number of different things that paul ryan said. the only thing that anybody remembers about that speech is that he lied. you know, going into tomorrow night, were prepared for that. paul ryan has a choice...

Night, were prepared for that. paul ryan has a choice to make. and he has years of strong commitments and convictions that hes laid out, on everything from abortion to taxes to medicare to medicaid. we know where he stands. so tomorrow night he has a choice to make. does he stand by what he has said and done over the course of his career? or does he do what mitt romney did and try to run from those positions and hide them, because he knows that they will ultimately hurt him in a general election...

Strong command of the issues and an excellent jab, but his challenger, paul ryan, is just as adept at ducking the issues, moving quickly away from any of the callous commitments hes made in the past. but how will they address their potential weaknesses in tonights debate? for that we turn to nbc news senior political corredrukter m murray and professor michael eric dyson, an msnbc political analyst. welcome to both of you. mark, paul ryan does not have the name recognition of joe biden, and prio...

His cues from foreign aid from rick perry. >> one of the things we have to do with our foreign aid commitments, the ongoing foreign aid commitments, i agree with governor perry. start everything at zero. >> another strategy is to keep things deliberately vague. this week marks the 11th year for the war in afghanistan. the new mitt romney finally has a position on the war. >> in afghanistan, ill pursue a real and successful transition to afghan security forces by the end of 2014. >> that just hap...