the questions come from a panel representing different areas of the economy. each will give one minute for summation. all of the candidates were invited at the same time several weeks ago and made adjustments for their schedules to be here. >> ron paul declined our preeted invitations to be here for tonight aer foes r-- tonight's . first fox business correspondent charles gasperino. also labor secretary under george bush and distinguished fellow and fox news contributor elaine chow and business owner dave mcarthur who owns and operates mcarthur's bakery in st. louis, missouri. >> charlie, you are going to be looking for specific things from these candidates tonight. tell me what you are hoping to hear them say? >> well, basically i want them to go beyond the numbers. i deal with numbers every day.