Page 2 - Romney Hitting News Today

Fanning out to different swing states. the president heading to iowa while vice president biden gears up for a campaign event in colorado. his gop rival, vice-presidential nominee ryan now at a rally in ohio. and governor romney has his sights set on virginia. so theyre all a move. virginia is a very important swing state. 13 electoral votes up for grabs. john roberts is just in front of mitt romneys arrival in leesburg, virginia, and he joins us with more. hi, john. >> reporter: hi, jenna. the ...

Challenged her directly, could i hear that again, candy and said it louder, she complied. that seemed -- >> i give you guys that. i dont agree her questions were too right or too left. i agree with jim, we ought to have lincoln-douglas style debate you about who in the american public attention span because of internet will listen to three hours or even two. >> plenty of people would listen to those debates. the point the press wants to be part of the show. they have, forced their way into this ...

I think they -- substantive answers. they walked away frustrated. obama and romney answer quickly the questioners question and pivot onto the attack point they want to make onto the other one. it is interesting question about whether, it is an open question, whether or not people like wendy are going to change their mind and actually get in a car on election day and vote for either romney or obama. jon: i think a lot of people maybe make the mistake thinking reproductive rights are the big issue...

Register to vote -- they do it. bottom line, these are much better informed, committed, committed, and dedicated than the civilian and dedicated than the civilian groups that can save it back to you. jon: colonel north, we wish you well in all the force as well as the continued great work for us in afghanistan. thank you very much be disabled so that they won last night. the debate between the president and governor romney. but its not a one inning ballgame. the yankees are feeling that way, too...

Stand here after a year of campaigning, when during the republican primary he stood on stage i will give tax cuts, he didnt say tax rate cuts, to everybody including the top 1%, you should believe him because thats been his history. >> reporter: governor romney hitting back against the president pointing out that he hasnt released anything like a concrete agenda for his next four years. reciting a long list of failed promises from his first term, making the case with all of that, why would you w...

Deficit. he just hasnt been able to put in place reforms for medicare and social security to preserve them. that is what this election is about. it is about who can get the middle class in this country a bright and prosperous future. reporter: for his part, the president, made sure to mention that mr. romney said 47% of the country are takers. the obama campaign short of its lead with women with a wet adages governor romney of being indecisive on equal pay for women and more. >> suggested that e...

People in democratic towns are excited, people in republican towns are excited. youll notice that where there president and ronnie go to visit. everyone i have talked to our campaign watchers. you know, they are coming to turn out voters. the interesting thing is that obama is coming to manchester. romney is having rand paul come to college town tomorrow. so there is some effort on mitt romneys part to reach out. jenna: it will be interesting to see if he can do that. i wanted to ask you about s...

As the first debate. he look confused at times. he was angry. i thought he looked a little tired on the air. a lot of the strength that romney got out of the first debate it was the strong performance. it wasnt the arguments. it was perception of him. that took a little bit of a hit last night. i dont think it was a good for romney, structurally. jon: talk about that, mary katherine. you said the snap polls that mitt romney won the economic arguments. >> if he stumbled so bad on the economy, one...

And all he is able to do now is make new promises, just like he did four years ago, saying that it will be different, a telling moment was when mitt romney look at the audience and said i think you know. that meeting, i think you know what the economy is like. meaning, i think you know better. we can do better than what obama was trying to extend. jon: charlie hurt from the washington times. and you so much. jenna: candy was not supposed to be the center of attention of last nights big event. bu...

Sign at least on one path. there was a line by, from governor romney which i thought was effective, he should have stressed it more, the road to greece. we are now witnessing here in the united states, if you bother to look across the atlantic, exactly what happens when an entitlement state grows too large and you combine that, too large entitlement state with a low-growth state. that is precisely what is happening with president obama and i wish the governor had driven this home. we have low tr...