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Been solved as part of the public consciousness. crime is very, very low in terms of what voters in new york city care about because we don't have a lot of crime here. the issue of welfare reform as a political issue that republicans were able to use against democrats, welfare rules are down significantly in new york city and around the country. and that's not an issue that republicans can use anymore against democrats. so at least in new york city, with basic core government functions being delivered in an honest competent way, with crime down with the perception of government spending out of...

And really not drilling down. the other thing they do is they really go back to newt gingrich and grover norquist. as you've talked about both these things, changing the culture of washington and making compromise impossible. >> here's something really naughty, i think in terms of policy. who can forget back in august not a million years ago when the romney pollster neil newhouse said the following. we're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers. think about that. fact checkers meaning facts. >> right. >> i was on the show with you the other night. we talked about the quotes ...

Romney pollster neil newhow said the following. we're not going to let our campaign be kick a at a timed by fact checkers. think about that. fact checkers meaning facts. >> right. >> i was on the show with you the other night. we talked about the quotes of the year. 47%. >> that's a good one. >> i thought this should be the top two of three. that showed their view towards reality. it was an arrogance that we can say whatever we want to say. and i think in years past, this is what's changed. campaigns would not be so brazen. if caught in a lie they maybe feel some shame. here's neil newhouse te...

I'm in the school that guys had to go out and raise my money to compete with a machine, to compete with a guy who has the presidency who each day gives away something else. "new york times" said a list of new giveaways, who takes welfare rules and makes them easier. >>neil: why do you think, i never buy the polls i don't know why it is important but it is out there, the president seems more likable, whatever that means than mitt romney. >>guest: for the life of me i cannot figure it out. the president certainly is smooth. he is a very effective smiling politician. but he can say almost anythin...

Is make sure people get educated and not get on welfare. we tested both sides. romney's attack for changing the welfare rules. out of all the welfare ads this one ran the best. let's take a look. >> in 1996, president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. on july 12, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by gutting it. under -- you wouldn't have to work. welfare to work goes back to being welfare. mitt romney will restore the work requirement because it works. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>...