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Joining us now, the chairman of the democratic national convention, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. welcome to "fox news sunday." >> good to see you again, chris. >> you may be the chairman of the democratic convention but you like to say and i will read the quote you take on stupid whereever is exists. what is stewed by with romney and the republicans. >> i dont want to describe either governor romney or the republicans as stupid but i will say this. if you look at their platform, the 2...

There are slight leads in the battleground states. we expected a close race and we are doing everything that we can to make our chase t case te american people and charlotte is a big part of that. >> chris: thanks for talking with us and we will see you on the campaign trail. >> look forward to it. look forward to it. >> chris: up next, the chairman of the democratic convention, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. well be right back from

Joining us now, the chairman of the democratic national convention, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. welcome to "fox news sunday." >> good to see you again, chris. >> you may be the chairman of the democratic convention but you like to say and i will read the quote you take on stupid whereever is exists. what is stewed by with romney and the republicans. >> i dont want to describe either governor romney or the republicans as stupid but i will say this. if you look at their platform, the 2...

>> chris: i could go back at you and i would love to do it. running out of time. talk about politics, not issues. the tracking polls, so far, many seem to show that romney got about a 3 to 5 point pounce out of his convention according to one poll. new loading by three points and was trailing by two. what does your poll show in terms of the bounce the republicans got? >> i dont really see any bounce, chris. i actually -- you know, i havent seen numbers this morning but throughout the week i saw ...

>> chris: i could go back at you and i would love to do it. running out of time. talk about politics, not issues. the tracking polls, so far, many seem to show that romney got about a 3 to 5 point pounce out of his convention according to one poll. new loading by three points and was trailing by two. what does your poll show in terms of the bounce the republicans got? >> i dont really see any bounce, chris. i actually -- you know, i havent seen numbers this morning but throughout the week i saw ...

Open and accessible. it is going to be a working convention. >> why do you think it will be such a tough election? >> it will be a tough election for a lot of reasons. one everybody is divided and has been for a long time. we had a badder year in 2008. we are not going to have that time of year this time around. they have a lot of money. they are raising over a billion 3 in these super paks engaged in a smear. in the end i think we are going to win. >> mayor we have to leave it there. thank you ...

College education. so yes, this is the worst economy since the recession. we have created more jobs. we had 29 straight months consecutive months by the way of private sector job growth. 4.5 million jobs. we still got to do a lot more. according to moodys analytics if we keep down this path we will create another 12 million jobs in the next four years. >> chris: that is what romney says he will do, too. >> moody anna littics said it about us and that is where he got the number. >> chris: what do...

Joining us now, the chairman of the democratic national convention, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. welcome to "fox news sunday." >> good to see you again, chris. >> you may be the chairman of the democratic convention but you like to say and i will read the quote you take on stupid whereever is exists. what is stewed by with romney and the republicans. >> i dont want to describe either governor romney or the republicans as stupid but i will say this. if you look at their platform, the 2...

Diverse open and accessible, also a working convention. >> chris: why do you think this will be a tough election? >> well, it is going to be a tough election for a lot of reasons. one, the country is evenly divided and has been for a long time. two, we had a banner year in 2008 and obviously are not going to have that kind of year this time around. they have a lot of money and raising over a billion three in -- super pa prime minister s super pacs that engage in super smears. i think in the end ...

There are slight leads in the battleground states. we expected a close race and we are doing everything that we can to make our chase t case te american people and charlotte is a big part of that. >> chris: thanks for talking with us and we will see you on the campaign trail. >> look forward to it. look forward to it. >> chris: up next, the chairman of the democratic convention, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. villaraigosa. well be right back from