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4. [ cheers and applause ] so here is the choice, here is the choice in 2012, mitt romney out of touch at home, out of his depth abroad and out of the main stream. barak obama, a president who is getting new life and truth to america's indispensable role in the world. a commander in chief who gives our troops the tools and training they need in war, the honor and help they have earned when they come home. a man, a man, a man who will never ask other men and women to fight a war without a plan to win the peace. let me say something else. let me say something else.
he's failed and working with the republican congress and the democrat senate in passing a jobs bill that will actually make a difference, so, now, the proof is in the pudding and he has to put forth true policy that will create a better america and seemed a bit detached. >> kelly: jehmu, we hear angela loud and clear and what they stated the government or i mean, the president's policies have failed and we also heard the president talk about that congress has to be doing something about getting a decent jobs bill passed. >> exactly, kelly. now, there's no denying that governor romney, governor christy, mitch mcconnell, they have a lot of fun with the six words that were taken out of context. now, some people say he dialed it back, i think it's more a matter of putting it into context and actually, making sure that people understand the nuance of what he was saying. don't we just like lament the death of nuance in this new
president's comments, responding just minutes after that. >> he said the private sector is doing fine. is he really that out of touch? i think he's defining what it means to be detached and out of touch with the american people. >> kelly: so just who has it right? joining me to discuss this is angela mcglowan, a fox news political analyst, jehmu green, fox news contributor and former president of the women's media center. thank you for jong me. >> thank you for having us. >> kelly: let's get your perspectives what unfolded on friday as the president delivered the press conference and dialing it back after realizing what he said made him appear to be in the words of mitt romney, or governor mitt romney out of touch. angela, what say you about this? >> well, goes to show, kelly, this liberal strategy that the president's had in his campaign of saying what they think the american people want to hear isn't working anymore. he failed in his policies to create more jobs.
conference yesterday, about the economy. the remarks creating a backlash from critics after the president said that if the private sector is doing, quote, doing fine. take a listen. >> the truth of the matter is that, as i said, we created 4.3 million jobs over the last two-- 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector is doing fine. >> kelly: hours later, mr. obama immediately backed away from those comments, hoping instead to clarify his earlier point. >> the economy is not doing fine. there are too many people out of work, and the housing market is still weak and too many homes underwater. and that's precisely why i asked congress to start taking some steps that can make a difference. >> kelly: on the campaign trail, as you can imagine, presumptive nominee, mitt romney took aim at the
going on out there in terms of people. 8.2%. >> right. >> kelly: you both are stating that something has to be done, the question is, will congress and the president agree between now and the election to get something done. >> they should. congress is getting paid to go to work every single day. instead of working at really looking at how they can make sure that teachers and firemen and women and policemen and women are not laid off. i mean, when we're talking about things taken out of context, look at four words that governor romney said, i like firing people, his response to president obama's comments in the press conference, i think that was the real news of the day. >> kelly: all right. >> he basically said the president wants to hire teachers and firemen and policemen and the-- >> and the final word. >> and mitt romney is not the president-- mitt romney is not the president and the only proven way that we can increase prosperity and reduce poverty is individual responsibility,
president obama is kicking off his campaign for re-election with speeches in ohio and virginia today. the president called presumed gop contender mitt romney out of touch with the middle class. >> governor romney doesn't seem to get that. he doesn't seem to understand that maximizing profits by whatever means necessary, whether layoffs, outsourcing or union busting might not always be good for the average american or our economy. why else would he want to spend trillions more on tax cuts for the wealthiest americans? >> romney resumes his campaign monday after taking the weekend off. 9/11 master mind and four
housing market and the jobs, both in crisis in nevada. nevada has the nation's worst unemployment. yesterday we got a down-tick in the unemployment rate down to 8.3%, not anything to celebrate according to romney and gingrich. both punch president obama hard on the economy and gingrich put in a shot or two at mitt romney. listen to this. >> this recovery has been slower than it should have been. people have been suffering longer than they should have had to suffer. will it get better? i think it will get better. i don't know how long it's going to take. >> i want to pit paychecks against food stamps and i want every american to have a paycheck. we now know governor romney joins obama, obama is big food stamp, he's little food stamp but they both think food stamps are okay. >> reporter: we're going to see a lot of those similar punches going forward. now, not a lot of rest for these world-weary candidates. fourory states vote between now and next saturday including maine, missouri colorado.
west. the gop caucuses in nevada today, in a las vegas church newt gingrich went after mitt romney again for those comments romney made about the very poor because they have a government safety net. romney has since said the comment was a misstatement. well, here's newt gingrich. >> at least one of my opponents doesn't seem to think he should be concerned about the poor, except after he got beaten up about it he decided he really was concerned about the poor and didn't mean to say he wasn't concerned about the poor because if he had said that it wouldn't have been right so thereof he never quite said it even if he did. >> ron paul is is defending romney's comments on the poort. here's what he said during an interview on cnn. >> i don't believe for a minute that if mitt romney was sitting here, if he released everything in his heart, he says, you know what? the truth is, i really don't care about poor people. >> no. but -- >> that isn't -- >> but what he did say -- >> a new poll shows president obama ahead of all the gop candidates in new hampshire, the
folks will be coming out later. a beautiful scene out here. the ski resorts most of them west of the continental divide got little, if any, snow out of this. it was more front range, foothills and out towards nebraska and iowa. >> but it's enough to put some skis on. thank you for the happy picture that way, mike seidel. politics now. the nevada caucuses under way in a matter of hours. former house speaker newt gingrich is in las vegas. >> why is it you're so excited? is it you just think it's time? you're ready or are you positive about the outcome? >> i'm positive about the outcome. you know, governor romney has been here for five years campaigning and he is very
>> absolutely, they are worried. this is the worst kind of news for a party trying to kick somebody out of the white house. the candidates are going to try and figure out a way to twist arguments around to say, well, okay, yeah, this is good news. you know? you go for months attacking the president for bad news. look what just happened, it's his fault. then when the news is good, you say look what just happened but it would have been a lot better if not for what he was trying to do. speaker boehner put out a statement yesterday on behalf of the republicans saying the president's policies haven't worked as advertised. that's a lot different from saying they haven't worked at all. so it's particularly threatening to mitt romney, though, because mitt romney's argument is obama doesn't know what he is doing about the economy and i do. the better news you get and the more that's ratified by positive reaction, say, by the stock market had a robust day in the stock market yesterday, all of president. you, if this economic trend continues and