other cable network. rich, white, republic guys. it s the truth. more women and young people. we just do. laura: we had a woman run in new york one of the smartest women i know wendy long she made inroads and lost. nikki haley and other great women by susanna martinez. i think we are during all of those things. the fact that republics should become racial or gender bean counters is a loser. not bean counters. laura: i think we are doing a great job at that you work for george bush the majority of voters still tag george w. bush with this down economy. and, look, i mean, we couldn t even win the argument on foreign policy in part because a lot of people are sick of the two wars that george w. bush got us into. that s just a fact. gorgeous george w. bush s type of republic party mitt romney as todd akin richard mourdock
and more negative campaigning. it s not about me, it s about keeping the other guy out. i think that s what s going on here. savannah, we think about the question, why is it that incumbents lose? you go back to the first president bush. he had a problem with his base. no new taxes. he breaks that pledge. but also a down economy. jimmy carter has a down economy as well. and the reality is, that this president still is facing a down economy. but you can overcome a down economy with the graph you showed. it s really the trajectory that matters. but to me the signature weakness of the obama campaign has been the lack of a second term message. i think that people fire incumbents when they don t show the energy and the passion for the job. that s to me why that first debate was so devastating for president obama, because it underscored people s worst views of what the president could be, kind of listless, lacking fight, lacking passion. i remember the 1992 campaign. that was kind of the
the support there, it s the state to state polls that have obama up a little bit. right, particularly in ohio, virginia, and that s what depends what article you read, an article this morning, president obama, we re winning, winning this race. look at the numbers, two hefty polls, rasmussen and the gallup poll saying they re neck and neck, says a lot about romney s campaign, because it s hard to beat an incumbent. it says something about president obama in this down economy that he s leading mitt romney, a candidate insurgency right now. he in wisconsin in a rain storm says he basically needs more time, needs another term to get things done. take a listen. from the day we began this campai campaign, but more importantly, from the day i ran for this office last year, or four years ago, seems like
greg, that the teachers, with these students that have such poor scores, i mean some of them here, 20% of the eighth graders in public schools are 14% below the national average. they expect a raise. they re getting one. rahm tried to give them a 16% raise over four years in a down economy, i don t care if i m a republican, democrat, anybody, i d be ticked off at that. greg: bob, here is what i am concerned about. they are angry, even if they win this strike, do you think they will be unbiased when they teach the students about what went on? is the strike the least of our worrys? is their attitude in the classroom? that bugs me. eric: you know, i m bob: i m a strong union supporter, strong supporter of teachers unions. having said that, the idea they re not willing for a long time, i have supported means tested for teachers. testing for teachers. they want the people who have been let go of the school system to automatically come
greg, that the teachers, with these students that have such poor scores, i mean some of them here, 20% of the eighth graders in public schools are 14% below the national average. they expect a raise. they re getting one. rahm tried to give them a 16% raise over four years in a down economy, i don t care if i m a republican, democrat, anybody, i d be ticked off at that. greg: bob, here is what i am concerned about. they are angry, even if they win this strike, do you think they will be unbiased when they teach the students about what went on? is the strike the least of our worrys? is their attitude in the classroom? that bugs me. eric: you know, i m bob: i m a strong union supporter, strong supporter of teachers unions. having said that, the idea they re not willing for a long time, i have supported means tested for teachers. testing for teachers. they want the people who have been let go of the school system to automatically come