>> you've got to give mitt romney credit. he's a job creator -- in singapore, china, india. >> this guy outsourced jobs. >> he's been very good at creating jobs overseas. >> what we know is that the president failed to lead. >> we've seen this with mitt romney time and again. >> we're growing desperate for him to say something interesting. >> this economy runs on freedom, not on government. >> freedom is the answer. >> we have to get government a little smaller and freedom a great deal greater. >> he's for freedom! and who can argue with that? >> the romney campaign is in trouble. >> facts are irrelevant. >> they're only talking about the economy and not putting forth proposals -- >> as are actual plans for governing. >> this economy runs on freedom. >> adjective, verb, economy. >> this is all part of the mitt maneuver. >> his attempt to be a pretzel. >> cast blame, ignore the facts, obscure the truth. >> the president failed to lead. the path we're on is leading us to greece. what we're left with is a bit of a muddle. i'm not familiar, precisely, with exactly what i said, but i stand by what i said, whatever it was. >> if you don't run chris christie, romney will be the nominee and we'll lose.