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Deftly done opening monologue which is are the republicans intentionally tanking the economy? and he didn't answer the question straight up but i think the evidence does mount. i don't even say that to impugn the good faith of the republican party. i can imagine a scenario in which you think that the president is such a disaster for the economy. right? you think he's so bad long term that a short term -- that contributing to the short-term demise of the economy is actually for the greater good of rescuing america from a second term of barack obama. but i think it becomes harder and harder and ...

>> the economy has been the central focus of the romney campaign and friday's numbers offered the gop candidate further ammunition. the campaign saying today that voters trusted the world inventory largest economy to a man with no executive experience, president obama. the president's people telling a different story, however. they say president obama saved the economy and put it on the right track. but one democratic knowledge today the president has not made great progress on entitlements. >> he has not yet been specific. >> in three and a half years? >> well, it has only become really a rip...

>> chris: neither has the president. >> he had other things on his agenda more urgent. the stimulus act. the healthcare and dodd frank bill. all of those were important agenda items for him to deal with in his first two years in office. he recognized that entitlements is something to be dealt with. >> chris: you may not leak the romney plan but at least he has a plan on entitlements, the president does. >> if you want to say a plan that would viscerate medicare and turn into a private pro-am in which seniors pay 25% of the costs today to paying 68% of the costs is a better plan than a commitme...

President george w. bush passed a stimulus act. what? republicans, a stimulus act? yes. george w. bush passed two stimulus acts. he did it in 2001 as well. reagan had a big act and so did george h.w. bush. that is the way you deal with recessions. it's normal no matter what you hear on fox news or the crazy part of your radio. the political geniuses of the george w. bush administration decided to get money out into the economy, to pursue stimulus and get money out that merns would spentds, they decided to distribute that money just by sending everybody a check. a check made out to you from the...

Which this is the greatest recession in the history of america short of the depression. if these guys would get out of the way. for example, had they passed our jobs bill it would have created 2 million more jobs. 2 million more jobs. these guys wouldn't even let us put back to work 400,000 teachers, firefighters and cops by a 0.5% tax on the first dollar after the first million you made. come on, man. >> you can't guarantee jobs. it was this administration that said you keep 8% unemployment if you pass the stimulus act. you can't go by those predictions. >> here's what you can go by. you can ...