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Again. >> vote. >> vote. >> vote for barack obama. >> robert, i'm wondering if this is a problem for mitt romney whose frankly position on abortion has been a little fluid. >> there's a cup ku cup he will inaccuracies. the president cannot overturn row v. wade. when you take a look at the cross tabs, wecomen are saying like governor romney, i'm willing to give him a second look, i didn't understand where he stood during the primary season, but now that i understand his positions during the debates, i actually think i may want to give this person a second chance. so the facts simply don't gel u...

Calling for shake-ups at some point, even in successful campaigns. all inside baseball. but the one thing that robert said that's absolutely right is it does contribute to the image of a man who has no consistency, who doesn't believe in anything and who flip-flops across the board. what he just said is exactly the position that governor romney should take. look, the conservative base is coming at in my judgment to vote against president obama. what governor romney has to do to that 15% of the electorate undecided, he has got to give them a reason a vote for him. they're inclined to look elsew...

>> robert, you heard the poll i mentioned a few moments ago with 46% of the majority thinking that the health care law is going to hurt the national economy. as an economist, do you think that's true? is there going to be the money to pay for what we need? >> i think a poll of voters asking what they think the effect of of the health care law will be on the economy is not a very good way to figure out what the effect will be. they've heard hostile advertisements for the last two years about the health care law. nobody really knows what's in it. most people don't have an informed opinion. >> th...

Robert, thank you for being here. >> nice to be here, alex. >> so this first half of your piece provides a really simple explanation of why the current health care system does not work and how it came to be. give us a very short version here. >> okay, i think every economist begins with the idea that private insurance markets are, if anything, the worst possible business model for providing health coverage. the basic problem is that, if an insurance company can predict that you're going to need expensive care, they're not going to sell you a policy. any company that can exclude people who are ...

Every other sector of the economy, when there's more competition for your dollar, the firms step up and provide better quality at lower prices. there's every of reason to expect that to happen here, too. >> robert frank from cornell, we appreciate your time. thank you. >> it's a pleasure. in a moment, the price of vanity. during these tough economic times, are americans willing to pay up to look good? ♪ the glamorous mouth may startf as an irritant. it'll cause cavities, bad breath. patients will try and deal with it by drinking water. water will work for a few seconds but if you're not dr...