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Everybody? and then there is the economy, john. the economy has not done what the president wanted it to do and he said, if it doesn't move the way he wants to move it along, to get it better, that he doesn't deserve a chance to be reelected. >> the solution obvious. the obvious solution is being blocked by the republican leadership. 92% of economists polled by the university of chicago said that the first stimulus worked to reduce unemployment. we need to reduce it further. look north texas one wants to hear about more government spending. but the reality is, what you need to do -- austerity ...

>> kelly: i'm glad you brought that up because a lot of people who are criticizing governor romney wld like to see specific plan. but john, getting back who to what you were saying about republican leadership and then democrat leadership, how about just good old american leadership where we all roll up our sleeves, across the aisle, left and right, everybody working together to get something done to help this country get back to work? >> i fully endorse that. i think this should be the kind of thing where we can sit down and in about 15 minutes figure out we need more spending now while we're ...

>> kelly: welcome back. two major economic indicators out adding fuel to governor romney's presidential campaign and putting president obama, well, on the defensive. first, the u.s. economy growing just 1.5% in the second quarter and then the white house releasing its new deficit projection for 2012, $1.2 trillion. yes. making this the fourth consecutive year of a trillion dollars-plus deficit. what does this mean for the race for the white house? john linco is the founder of left action and a consulting group and sabrina, executive director of independent women's forum. thank you both for joi...

Binge spending and hyper regulation is not what this economy needs. they want to see senate democrats, they want to see this white house really tackle these economic problems head on to cut -- make the tax cuts permanent across the board for all levels of the tax ladder. they want to see entitlement reform tackled. they need a leader now who is ready to make real change. not more of the same welfare situation. >> kelly: as john pointed out, though, the president wanted to make real change and he was stifled by some of the members on the right who said that they didn't want to move forward. >> ...