virginia since 1964. you can see also pennsylvania there, ohio, right behind michigan. other states include wisconsin, ryan's home state. also arizona andin red, you ca's leading republican, blue, democratic. tacoma, washington. hi. caller: how are you? host: what do you think about it from me tonight? caller: i hope this speech is a good one, and i hope he talks about his plans. i think he is a great businessman. impressed when he

turned around the olympics. i am not too interested in his religious views. thank you for taking my call. host: will be hearing from some of romney's colleagues in the olympics, former athletes, people will talk about him tonight and give testimony about their feelings for him in the 9:00 hour this meeting, as the romney campaign has people who have worked with him speak to the american people tonight. it culminates in the 10:00 hour, when marco rubio introduces mitt romney, who will get his presidential nominee acceptance speech. in the tampa -- in tampa, c- span visiting special events altered out this week. we can talk with folks down here, members of the media, and

supporters of republicans, and people who can give us an insight into tampa itself. you can see the tampa bay times forum. joining us is jenny beth martin, and joining us now. thank you for being with us. how are things going? did you hear messages that you wanted to hear in representative ryan's speech last night? guest: things are going well. we heard about the economy. he is talking about how as americans we cannot sustain another four years of the same trajectory. most americans, regardless of party, agree with that. we have to make sure the american people can get back to work again. host: what does it mean to have

net from the as the nominee to the tea party? guest: we do not endorse candidates or even parties. we are nonpartisan. which support our core principles of fiscal responsibility, and free markets. we know governor romney is much more closely aligned to our core values that president obama is. we think our core values are what will solve the problems facing america today. host: do you think that the party was influential in the construction of the gop platform when republicans decided what their stance bwould be? how much does the tea party have been influenced? guest: our group did not work

on the platform, but other groups got 10 out of 11 or 12 planks adopted by the platform committee. the gop is saying the right things, we want to hear right now, but what we are concerned about at tea party patriots is how are they going to govern once they are in office. we hear a lot of campaign pledges and, promises a year after year, and this year we have to see results, and the results have to match the campaign promises. host: jenny beth martin is the ceo of tea party patriots. if you would like to talk to her, there are the phone numbers -- host: joe on the line from

atlanta. hi, joe. can we get you, joe? we will have to move on. a reminder to turn all down your tv. we want to hear what you have to say. barbara, orlando, hi. caller: good morning. i would like to say that i am absolutely and over the mood about mitt romney being our next president. i am looking forward to his speech tonight. i think he is a sensitive, honest man, who loves his wife, and i think with his experience at bain capital, creating jobs and being -- a guy, teaming up

with ryan, who is another numbers and information guide, i think the country will do well. i wanted to wish them luck with all my heart, and say, go, mitt, and go, paul. thank you so much, c-span. host: do you have any comments? guest: he is a numbers man, and that is one thing our country needs. in some places to run the country, the unemployment rate is much higher than 8%, and people working two and three jobs. i think governor romney has the skills to do that. host: do you think he has laid out a plan on job creation? guest: it sounds like he is doing a better job articulating

that, and i think we will see that tonight. his campaign is very focused on jobs and on the economy, and tonight that will be a large portion of his speech. host: charlie in flint, michigan, democrats line. go ahead. caller: hi, how ar eyou? i am trying to figure out, governor romney gets up on the stage and asked everybody to vote for him, and i am trying to figure out what can he do in four years that obama did not do in his four years that will turn everything around? guest: one thing i think can happen is we have to get the government to quit spending so much money. we are $16 trillion in debt as a

nation, and we cannot continue to withstand that. they're people across the country who are working very hard, many people who do not have jobs they are qualified for, many who are working more than one job to make ends meet, and we cannot continue to do this. if we get a government out of businesses' way and quit spending so much and taking so much of the responsibility that should fall on businesses to shoulder, then businesses can hire people again, and when they are hired, they can earn money, be able to pay taxes, and buy things. that is how you have growth in the economy. host: roberta, go ahead. caller: basically, i wanted to ask a question about the tea party, as far as the tea party is concerned, do you have any

intention of basically continuing where you left off thus far, because a lot of people are stating about the two-party not having enough grassroots, although i do see some improvement with the tea party, and i know like the inclusion of women, hispanics, and blacks, and we'll see you continue mostly in the northern states, especially? guest: we are all over the country, and in every single stick around the country. we are strong and all the states, and we are international, so we are growing. then he said you liked the outreach we have done. we have not done a lot, we just stand for our core values, and those core values transcend race and gender and income

lines. americans love our country. they understand what makes it great and what we are standing for. we will continue to be that, and this year and next year we will look on repealing the president's health care law, and working to get the federal budget balanced and stop the over spending within five years, because we have got to get -- we have to make sure our economy is strong. we'd hate to say it for our children and future generations, -- we need to say it for our children and future generations. if we do not, we will see much worse economic times in the next decade. host: jenny beth martin is the ceo of the tea party patriots. we often hear tea party activists who say there is not really 80 party itself, not one solid organization. how are you doing grass worroots

work? guest: one thing we do is we are a leader-less movement and a movement of thousands of liters. all these groups have local coordinators'. they set the direction for what we do at two-party patriots, and we want to see the federal government do and go -- we do not tell states how you should do things within your own tea party groups. we let them tell us what they want to do, and they do what works best in their localinge r core values.

that seems to work. it is a way be want to see our government working, and is working for our movement. we made huge impacts in 2010, have seen a lot of differences in primaries, and we will see more success in 2012,. immediately following the election, as we begin to hold those elected accountable to make sure they do what they are promising to do. host: where were you during the spending years of george w. bush? as you reflect on past spending habits, were you stand on the history? guest: jack, what happened under president bush was a problem. in 2008, i quit being blindly loyal to the republican party.

i saw things happening in his administration, especially with the spending and the growth of government, that i thought was wrong. republicans claimed to be the party of less spending, and smaller government, but they were not acting that way. it hit us and they come up with the tarp bill passed, i realized there is not much difference in the parties. they want us to focus on the parties can be divided in party, racial lines, income lines, any kind of division they can find for us, social issues, whenever it is, so that we are distracted, paying to those issues, they can keep taking money and spending get out of control. that has to stop. it is not party versus party or citizen versus citizen, it is

making sure we exercised our authority over those who be allowed to govern us. host: good morning. caller: one of the things i would like to hear tonight is someone speaking about energy independence, and i know that is one of the things romney has expressed a view about. being a texas girl, i know mr. obama has lied when he said we cannot drill ourself out of this problem. we are sending so much wealth to the middle east that could be kept here in the united states and mexico and in canada. i think it is important we take a look at that and realize we are paying a dollar -- $1.89 per long a year ago, and

now we are paying nearly $4 a gallon. guest: i noticed you said you are from texas, and there are a lot of people concerned about energy and drilling in america. especially in texas. also have the people who live in coal country, back in ohio and pennsylvania, virginia, west virginia. they are concerned as well. they are losing their jobs. businesses are shutting down because of the war on coal, what is happening with strict regulations coming in. we have to be energy independent. we depend on energy in this country and we have to be independent, and when we do that, we will create more jobs. host: 20 breath martin, there is a started report re-- jenny beth marty, there is a story reported

over the weekend, has the tea party sold out to the gop? host: what is your response? guest: well, in our organization, we do what our supporters want us to do. they did not want us to have a rally before either convention. they want us to do the hard work to get people elected, the canvassing, and we have done here at tea party patriot is we have done events for our local

coordinators' and supporters who were elected delegates and alternates to the convention. , i have not been inside the forum at all. i do not have a convention -- credentials to get in. our organization has not sold out. the republicans seem to have embraced tea party people and tea party principles. it is what they are saying. we appreciate that, but the fact is how are they going to n?vernme we want a fiscally irresponsible limited government and we want to make do everything we can do to make sure we have that. host: hi, mary, from alaska. caller: my comments, first of all, i have been a democrat all my life.

in 2008, i study obama for a months. the thing that concerns me is everyone is talking about ayn rand, but no one is mentioning -- and what they study. obama was a student of it. he is known to have said he learned more at mcknight than at harvard. most everything i saw in a recent movie was stuff that i had actually steady during those a months. the thing that concerns me the most is our military might. i learned through that movie that our military warheads have dropped from 5000 to 1500, and obama wants them to go down as far as 300, while our enemies

are building up their military might. this is why i think we need a change, because alinsky's rules is bring your enemy down. that is the path i have seen coming from obama. thank you. guest: marty, i have seen "2016" as well. there is another one coming out and a few weeks that talks about the alinsky message. we did not delve into military issues, and i am not an expert. i can say we want to make sure but never happens with the military that it is a constitutional duty of america to protect and provide for the

national defence. we have to make sure we do it in a fiscally responsible way. host: a story says the republican convention looks like a tea party gathering. host: steny beth martin is co- founder of the tea party patriots. which speakers online at best with your values put out the ec the tea party influence -- how do you see the tea party influence reflected in the convention? guest: what the convention chose is republicans elect republicans and they allow republican elected officials to speak. they are speaking and addressing our core values. it is not a grass-roots

convention. it is a political party's party, and the democrats will be the exact same way. each party will nominate their nominee and they are required to do that. it is good to see people who are talking about the things we care about. what we care the very most about is how will they cover and once in office. this week it is good for people to care from the elected officials. we are more concerned with what they will do, what kind of legislation they will pass while governing. host: any surprises in the lineupz -- in the lineup? guest: no surprises to me, and i did not have a lot of expectations for who the speakers were. the people who i talked to regularly were happy that scott walker spoke, people enjoy it

condoleezza rice d speech -- condoleezza rice's speech. they are concerned what will happen after the election. i am not kidding feedback from supporters about these were great speeches. they want to know what can we do to make sure we get america back to work. host: independent caller from illinois. caller: i will state my position very clearly. i'm a homeless veteran who lives in the state and a city that has double-digit unemployment and has for decades. i do not see either party doing much in a way to fix the saturation, and both parties seem corrupted beyond belief. it is scary. it is extremely scary, when

busey republicans skewing -- when you see republicans skewing hate. neither party seems to be working for the middle class, and there seems to be a growing sense of unease in the country. i am a god-fearing man, and when you talk about the last chapters that speak about armageddon, things have been taking for a worse. nobody seems to be addressing concerns of the comet middle- class, which is causing them annexed -- angst. and it seems like an uprising is in the works if people do not change the part dixon politics going on now. i would like to get your honest

opinion. host: i would like to ask you, had lined --s headlined -- host: did his visit influence you? caller: no, and judging by most of this dances, it is apparent he is going to continue some of the practices and most that led us to this economic recession. outsourcing, minimum-wage. we have the largest consumer economy in the war, but people are not getting paid, which cannot go out and spend. when everybody is expected to get a part-time minimum wage job, there's not much money out there to improve the economy.

we have to take a lot more balanced approach than either democrats or republicans are doing. both party lines seem to lead us to this gridlock we are in. host: let's get a response. guest: aaron, you are summarizing -- first by the way, let me thank you for your service. i appreciate that. a lot of what you are saying is what i have been saying as well. the parties -- the people who are ruined this country, they want to pit us against each other and distract us. i wonder if it is because they want to line their pockets and they are that's selfish, or are they truly not sure how to solve the problems facing our country. are they that incompetent?

with politicians what they have been able to do is pass the buck, put a little band-aid on the problem to get them through their tenure in office said they can resign and live their lives of able to lift it, and the next people can worry about it. now we are coming to the time where we have to pay for all those decisions. we do not have time for a trip or insanity. we have to find solutions to get our country back to work. this is -- business owners, they are not sure what to do next. should they expand and hire or will the government tax them more for that? they do not know what to do with the money, should be reinvested in gold and silver, should they invest in themselves and entrust the american system that they can live the american dream and succeed? i a understand what you are city, and there is this bubbling under current in our country.

when i cannot tell you and what -- what i can tell you and what gives me hope is there are americans just like you and me all over this country, are seeing to the games that the politicians say, we are able to use the internet in a way we never were before, and we want what is best for america. we understand we are able to make that change happen. that is what gives me hope. , i have faith not politicians, parties, but in the people, and together we can restore the constitution, and get people back to work, and i will do everything in my power to make sure that happens. host: jenny beth martin is the co-founder of the tea party patriots. caller: republicans have been getting a bad rap. to answer the question from

ism,nois, it is progressiv which since wilson has been downgrading this country. it is like a cancer, to eat away our government from the inside. right now we are seeing republicans freed the slaves, they are getting a bad rap. they pass the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments, and wilson rescinded it. he segregated whites and blacks. he had the federal reserve, and all the stuff that is going on ever since then, and they snubbed jesse owens when he came back. fdr, they kept the slave trade going, they lynched black republicans and white republicans. blacks are supporting

the very people who put them in this position, and now we are trying to get the message out because the liberal media controls 98% of all began, and we cannot get the message out. i was watching msnbc yesterday, and everything was negative, negative, about everything they talk about, the founding principles of our country. guest: rick, i understand what you are saying. what -- especially i want to address what he said about the media right now. each station has their own mission and purpose, and we believe in free markets at tea party crape treats -- tea party patriots, said they can earn money to be successful. i do not have an issue with that. it is frustrating when one media

outlets or another sense things and does it the way they do it, and it happens on both sides. what we have today that is a huge advantage to us that we did not have 12 years ago, and not before that, is the availability to the internet to get information out to our friends, our neighbors, our co-workers, and we can find information and do research that is out there. the fact is if we want to save this country, it will be up to us to say it. it will take more than just saying to the mainstream media, it will take hard work to get the right people elected. at the party patriots, we will go door to door, where making phone calls come not going door to door, talking to the boaters, telling them what we think the problems are with our country, and how our corporation dahlias can solve the problem. i try myself not to use that

began as a scapegoat, and look and say what can i do to make a difference? this movement started when cnbc had a rant. that happens with cnvc, and we were able to organize within 24 hours of a grant to start this movement. together, working like that we can make a difference. host: jenny beth martin is the co-founder of the tea party patriots. prior to that, she worked as a computer program. -- programmer. the key so much for being with us. we will go to another guest who can give us a perspective about

the electric of floor -- elect perhaps. lectorate of court. tonight's schedules. you can see our website, c- span.org. taking a look who is on the docket, connie mack of florida is in the opening session at 7:00. we will also hear from newt and callista gingrich. he is now speaking at the event this evening. we'll also hear from craig romney, will talk about his

father. other speakers include jeb bush, former governor of florida, also bobw white. we will hear some stories about mick romney's time as governor, also personal reflections on him and his time working for the olympics. kerry healey speaks, and also jane edmonds. and former olympic athletes will talk about mitt romney and as well. it comes together in the final hour this evening with mitt romney speaking. he will be introduced by senator marco rubio of florida. but romney gives his acceptance speech after that. c-span is in tampa, florida.

you can see a live shot their of the tampa bay times forum, where things are getting ready. we have behind-the-scenes look for preparations of the speeches. over 13,000 members of the media are intact but this week covering this event. c-span is not the only one there. bringing you news from television, also all kinds of media are on hand. there are over 7500 volunteers to help out during the week. we have been learning about to get back, the city itself. we have to doing a spotlight on tampa series. this week we spoke with the mayor, a democrat, who is supporting the events here. tampa has over 335,000 residents, largest city in hillsborough county, the county

seat and the third most populous city in the state of florida. it is the 11th congressional district, represented by cathy kastor, and florida senators are marco rubio and bill nelson, a democrat. for that is of interest, but to us in washington journal. give us more perspective about florida is susan macmanus cannot and political science professor at the university of south florida, joining us from our studios in tampa. baker for being with us. give us a sense of how candidates are viewing floor that this year. how much of a tossup is it? --st: let's put it this way we have had massive amounts of tv ads for months on end. polls have shown florida

basically tied. one week you will see a pole with one candidate up, and the next week it will be the other way. it is an incredibly close state, and a presidential visits have intensified, and more of the polls show it is a tossup, and the more than candid its look at the 29 electoral college votes, the more visits we have had. host: put on your florida cap. what is the attention you are getting, candidate rolling in town? guest: people who have lived here have been apprehensive about the possible protests and congestion and road closures and all that, but there is a great deal of community pride. my university is thrilled we have this wonderful political

event in our backyard and a swing state in a swing part of the state. yeti's yes and here in the area -- the enthusiasm here, once the convention got here, as it intensified. people love seeing the beautiful shot of our area, and many people have learned a lot about their own city and region that did not focus too much on that before. we have had big events here before. we have had super bowls. this is a hockey, football, baseball town. a lot of excitement, and people absolutely brevet a sigh of relief when the convention did not have to be canceled. so many people had gotten jobs here that were important to their income, so if has been a roller coaster, apprehension, and now is sigh of relief with excitement and pride. host: are the numbers to call to

join the conversation -- host: we're talking about campaign 2012, and florida. let's look at the numbers of how floridians voted in the last elections. in 2008, it went to obama. 50.9%. in 2004, bush, 52.1%. those numbers from the u.s. election at this. professor, read into what those numbers mean to you as you look forward now to 2012? how much will we be looking back guest: a danger in looking back and tried to say what happened four years ago can be replicated for years later.

what those statistics do say is florida is a swing state at has been for quite some time, and both camps are looking at it like that this time out. initially everyone thought that ford up was the absolute state for republicans. now the obama campaign has had some polling in places like north carolina and wisconsin and other states that may signal they will not do as well this time out, suddenly florida has become much more important for the democrats. you see it reflected in the amount of attention here, the number of visits, people from both parties. host: that's here from a republican in aberdeen, maryland.

caller: i am calling to talk about how i feel like both parties have started to put the parties before the progress of america. the democrats i feel like our kind of ignoring the constitution in some ways, and the republicans are ignoring the constitution in other ways. i do not agree with a lot of the policies and things that the democrats are coming up with, but the republican leadership is flat out lying about a lot of things. bald faced lies. i feel basically what is doing is making our party look bad, because the way to win an election is with winning a ideals and acting on them, not things like acting like voter fraud is a big problem when it is technically not, and different "tricks" for us to

win. we can win with our ideals and great leaders, not necessarily with lying and trying to make people believe something that is not. host: what is your response? guest: certainly, the comments about being disappointed in both parties is something that i hear constantly, and i know a number of your other guests have reemphasized that same point. i think what is kind of inflated that view is the massive numbers of television ads, which, if you are in a swing state, it is nonstop. you will hear things from a party and vice versa, and none of them particularly positive. i think there is a study that shows 85% of all the ads that have been run so far have been negative. what that does is for the casual

voter, who only votes in a presidential election year, looks at both of these and begins to question who is telling the truth, and then begins to think to themselves, neither is talking about the things that are affected me and my family and my friends. i think a really big worry, and this is something that i have heard articulated by both party leaders is they are worried about what this might do to turn up in the fall, because in a close election at under other kinds of circumstances, you would think that it would make the turn up the up, but there's a big question mark about whether the negativity in this election cycle, i just predict unintended consequences of lowering turnout, and that could hit both parties. host: susan macmanus is a political science professor at

the university of south florida. the first dimension she attended was in houston in 1992. we have a special line for set up for a florida residents. let's go to miami. caller: what to say to obama, thank you very much for being able to be the first elected black president of the united states. we waited long and hard. which could not only wait -- as can be done in the united states. obama has opened doors for people to understand things about politics that we never knew that was in existence, who are able to finally find out what politicians ordinance before, where before we were just watching things on tv. the time is now for obama to do the work that he said that he

promised he would do. he first had to clean house in order to prepare the house for us to move forward in this type and date. host: professor, how much of a sentiment like kevin's is going to influence florida voters this time around? guest: african-americans and minorities make a around 30% of the registered voters -- blacks make around 13% of registered voters in florida. the african-american " is much more cohesive weak democratic than the hispanic vote, which tends to be spread out between the partyers ies. certainly, one of the things that drove a lot of new voters and young voters and minority

voters to the polls in 2008 was the history-making nature of obama's candidacy. historically, path breaking candidates to drop the young, and in this case, the african- american community to vote, but as your of your suggested, there is a bit of disappointment, particularly among younger voters, about the fact that things have not changed as fast as they had hoped. the older you get the more you understand that change cannot term on a dime necessarily. a big question mark this time around is whether the disappointment in the fact that things have not improved dramatically, economically, college students are stressed like everyone else, where watching very closely whether it can beung girl ber vote reenergize, and that speaks the importance -- speaks to the

importance of about going to college campuses. host: professor, is that fair to say? guest: that has been the pattern for quite some time, only to the couple of exceptions, and the bottom line is people think it will be another close election. inlorida, you have some suggesting we could have such a close election that we could be reminded of the 2000 election. we would have to clarify we do not have this punched card footing machines anymore, thank you. it is the case that far back as his reputation as a word that goes, so goes the nation, and what is interesting is that had a paid media markets has been the best bellwether predictor about how florida will go, and that is interesting to people

who wonder about why the tampa bay site was selected for republicans. this is a swing part of the swing state. it is a diverse area. it is culturally and economically and politically quite diverse, so i do that is another thing that sort of, from a historical perspective, is one of the reasons for selecting it here, but it is important to remember, as florida it goes, so goes the nation, and we expect to see in the same pattern this time out. host: jacksonville, florida, now. caller: hey. i was an army tvet, was in the army six years, the ploy to both iraq and afghanistan. when i got back in 2010 and saw how the politics kind of change, i started to pay more attention

to politics. i voted for bush in the past. 2008, i voted for obama because i wanted to see more of a change in government. now that i am out of the army, i have done more research and have looked into how politics actually works, and i read an academic journal by jonathan morris he talked about how fox news and negative tv ads can have a brainwashing effect on republicans -- and i would just go on to say it -- it seems like republicans kind of tend to see the same -- tend to say the same things over and over, because it looks like brainwashing. they have this social judgment about things that go against their beliefs, and they have this acceptance, this latitude of acceptance of what they believe and what they should not believe, but they do not see it back for what it is. i was wondering if i could get

susan's opinion on that, and i would like to see the media look into things like that, because it has an negative impact on the country. host: what is the role of media, professor macmanus? guest: well, is talking about the criticism on one side of the ideological spectrum. there are equal criticisms on the other side as well. there have been many more recent studies about the ideological and disposition of people who listen, reid, and viewed different media. it has gone to the point in this country where literally if he tell me what newspapers you regularly read and what radio shows you listen to on television, especially cable, i can almost with certainty predict what your party and ideological sentiment is. the media has become segmented

ideologically and politically. people tend to select a media that most batches their own ideology. and to believe that mediacom and to think the others are untruthful and brainwashing. there is equal plan to grow across all of the media in terms of treating this idea where this imagery of this disposition of ideological split. as i remind my students, because i teach media in politics, media is a business, profit-making center for the most part, and what has happened with cable and radio and even newspapers is they have selected which ideology's seem to match more of this constituency that they are recruited to watch a lot of you, reid, and there you go. read, and there you go. caller: i am absolutely livid

and have no respect for the media anymore, because it is totally one-sided. i think it is despicable way they are tearing apart everything -- every speaker in the republican convention. i want to ca all over the united states and want to scream public up, america. you know, the man that called earlier acknowledging president obama for being the first black president, almost every day now i have to talk to myself and really work at not becoming prejudiced, because of the way these people are bringing their race card into everything. my husband and i, i am 66, my husband is 61. we worked seven days a week, and we built our a business, and the economy has been the worst it and do theenen,

obama-esque care about this? look at the amount of money they are spending, when people are working two and three jobs putting food on the table? michelle obama is more interested in what the children in the schools are eating rather than the education they are getting. yes, i am glad we finally broke through and had our first black president, unfortunately, our first black president is the worst president we have ever had, and i will be frank with you, i am scared to death what will happen if this man gets in for another four years. host: the exact opposite opinion then the last caller. she expressed a lot of anger and frustration. the you hear people take that kind of a tone of a lot? guest: absolutely, and there was a lot of attention a couple weeks ago that show a majority

of americans believe the media is trying to throw the election to a president obama. there is a hardening of attitudes toward the media, which is why many people have gone to the other kinds of alternative sources of information. that is what the internet has done for making different viewpoints accessible. the thing that a social scientists worry about, we worry about the fact that we are not at the point anymore where you have sort of any kind of media that can have an overreach to the entire population. it has become as we said earlier so ideologically segmented/ gone are the days when i was reared in politics, when you had the evening shows, that could bridge with their

conversations the entire country. that is gone, and what is happening is our media reflects the political polarization in this country. people see that, so they are upset with it from both sides of the aisle. about thes talk florida voter i.d. law, and the impact. must have a ballot photo id. do you think this will have an impact on the election? guest: no, not in our state. we accept a white form of voter identification, and we have had a lot of lawsuits already about various aspects of our election system, but the voter he is not part of it. we had more concerned about changing the days of early voting and the purging of our election rolls from removing non-citizens from our rolls.

there are losses on both sides were both parties are positioning themselves legally if the election is contested in our state, if it is that close. you have on one side republicans who are concerned about fraud in our state, and we have had a number of arrests already for absentee ballot fraud this election in certain communities, more than others. on the other side, you have democrats concerned that the changing of the voting hours and a purge process it's out are intimidating and discriminatory. each side has enough out there to get a little bit of the to the seat to their arguments. but people who have followed florida politics, and a former senator yesterday, an icon of florida politics, warned about the possibility of what would happen if we have another close election in florida.

host: welcome. caller: a couple points at would like to make. one is about who's failed policies are we living with now? second is, i know how to fix the economy. it is not liberal or conservative, a democratic or republican, his pure capitalism at its finest, and if you listen to that part of it, i would be more than happy to explain it. as to my first part, what i do know is ever since ronald reagan, 1981, when he went into office, the republican party has had the same platform, and if has not changed, even today. the historical results are day $13 trillion in debt, there trickle-down

economics mathematically does not work. there is 1000 150 billion years in united states, according to "forbes" magazine. if they make a reasonable 10% profit, the bush tax cuts which they promised would be temporary, and it now has become a lie, they do not pay $39 billion just this past year, and it takes 4.5 million brand-new jobs in order to cover that $39 billion that they did not pay. host: dr. mcmanus, in the comments? guest: your caller absolutely captures what this election is about. not only who is to blame for the economy's downturn, but what is the right way to fix it, but

that speech this morning will be the focus point. can he convince people he is the right one to fix the economy and how will he do it, and next week i believe back at the charlotte convention, which i will also be attending analyst for the nbc affiliate in tampa, i expect the same kind of commentary their, they have to tell their public and sell themselves on the fact that the obama fix it plan is better than the republicans'. it boils down to this. , undecided voters, that will be the key on how they are swayed. host: what should be watching for right after the convention? you will see a short-term influence after the republican convention, but what hints can you give us watching for the couple of weeks that come after that? guest: absolutely, where the candidates go, what their

message is in swing states, and, again, what specific plans do they have for the election -- for the economy, to fix it. up to this point, it has been all about identifying problems and point figures for who is to blame for it. once we turn away from the conventions and labor day is past, is the kickoff for the real season at campaigning, and in that real season, and that is where the personal contacts, the communication, and the absolute message that will drive people vote, andr not secondly to which candidate they will support. it is about message and turnout. when you have a state like ours with 5% to not know which direction they will link, you need to make sure that the people you are depending