nebishish. i guess that a word? there you go. thanks for watching us tonight. i'm bill o'reilly. please always were the spin stops here. >> tonight we fact check president barack obama's deceptive debate performance. >> i don't believe people believe that's the case. >> we break down the president's libyan lies, and dick morris is here to unveil the only truthful statement made by the anointed one on tuesday. >> there's some that won't come back. this is not just a women's issue, but a family issue. >> sean: also michelle malkin corrects the record after team obama claims romney is waging an or women. and frank luntz.

major developments on the campaign trail as governor mitt romney has extended his lead over president barack obama. look at this. according to the latest gallup poll romney now holds a majority 51% of the vote over obama's 45%. that is a six-point advantage, not even close to being within the margin of error. this bombshell poll comes one day after more than millions of americans witnessed the president of the united states mislead you, the voters, about everything from his own record to his opponent's views. now thanks to president obama, the truth went untold for more than 90 long minutes during the second presidential debate, and on "hannity," we're going to fact check the president's claims. we're going to set the record straight. heated exchange of the evening, and that of course being the terrorist attack. here's how it went down inside the debates hall last night. >> on the day following the

assassination of united states ambassador, the first time that's happened since 1979, when we have four americans killed know what happened, that the president the day after that happened, flies to las vegas for political fundraiser. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror. >> i think it's interesting the president just said something, which is that on the day after the attack, he went in the rose garden and said that this was an act of terror. >> that's what i thought. >> you said in the rose garden, the day after the attack, it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration. is that what you're saying? >> please proceed, governor. >> i want to get that for the record, because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in banghazi an

act of terror. >> get the transcript. >> he did in fact, sir. let me call it's an act of terror. >> can you say that louder, candy? [applause] >> he did call it an act of terror. >> sean: not only was the president wrong, so was the moderator candy crowley. she's already admitted it. >> right after that, i did turn around and say you're totally correct, but they spent two weeks telling us this was about a tape, that there was a riot outside the banghazi consulate. he was right in the main, i just think he picked the wrong word. >> sean: crowley failed to fact check the president, so we correct the record. yes, it is true the president did utter the words in the rose garden "acts of terror" the day after the banghazi assaults, however he did so only after he referenced 9/11 2001. and if he really intended to call banghazi an act of terror why in that very same speech,

for the very first time in public did he blame the event on a youtube movie trailer movie? that's the same youtube video that he wanted us tok believe sparked an impromptu riot, which by definition is not a premeditated terrorist attack. >> since our founding the united states has been a nation that respects all faiths. we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but there's absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence. none. >> sean: blaming the video and apologizing for hurting the feelings of radical extremists continued, not just for days, but for weeks after this attack. and through it all, the president was asked, and asked repeatedly, if this was an act of terror, and he flat-out refused to say yes. in other words, he lied at that debate last night, and the cover-up continues. and so does the president's deliberate indifference to matters of national security. now, we've hammered the president for attending a

fundraiser in vegas the day after that libya attack. today after the news broke the feds foiled a blow to blow up the federal reserve building by a muslim extremist, how does the president respond? with a full day of campaigning, including events tonight. joining me with reaction is former speaker of thes house, newt gingrich. welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> let me play for you, including joy behar, this is 14 full days after the terrorist attack. just a little montage of the president blaming the internet video, and refusing to say five days after he had his ambassador to the u.n. saying it, jay carney saying it wasn't a terrorist attack, nine days and 14 days after the president refused to acknowledge it's a terrorist attack. watch this. >> what we're still doing an investigation, and there are going do be different circumstances in different countries. i don't know yet. so we're going to continue to investigate this. >> i heard hillary clinton say

it was an act of terrorism. is it? what do you say? >> well, we're still doing an investigation. it was a crude video that sparked outrage in the muslim world. i have made it clear that the united states had nothing to do with this video. >> sean: 14 days after the attack, still couldn't say it was an act of terror, but we now know they knew within 24 hours. what does this mean for you? >> two different things. one is in a very serious way, what is there about barack obama's psychology that makes it so difficult for him to deal with the reality of islamic extremism? why is it always somebody in america's fault? why is he always apologizing for islamic extremists? i think this is a very serious question about the whole nature of his approach to that part of the world.

from the united nations ambassador, as you pointed out telling the american people a falsehood on the sunday after the attack, to vice president biden on a national debate, who repeatedly misleading the american people to the president last night completely misleading the american people. question here that you have a president of the united states who is commander in chief, will not be honest with himself about the problem of radical islam, will not be honest with the world about it. his united nations speech was a disgrace. for an american president to go to the u.n. and apologize six times for a youtube video by some nut case, first of all, we should be defending the right of free speech. we should be saying to the muslim world, yes, if you want to be in the modern world, guess what, you're not going to have islamic supremacy, not able to dictate to the rest of us, you're not going to have an

american president census owner eor on your behalf, yet the obama state department has gone in the opposite direction, meeting with muslim groups and promised in effect to try to censor americans. >> let me play a video of president obama and hillary clinton, paid for by the state department, apologizing to countries in the middle east for this video. it's almost breathtaking. watch this. >> since our founding, the united states has been a nation that accepts all faiths and rejects the denigration of all faiths by others. there is no justification to this type of senseless violence. none. >> let me state very clearly -- and i hope it is obvious -- that the united states government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. we absolutely reject its content and message.

america's commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. >> sean: and fort hood was workplacfv violence, and terror attacks a man-caused disaster. there's something wrong -- go ahead. >> three or four things wrong with this. first of all, i was told that the u.s. government paid $70,000 of our tax-paid money to put this on pakistani -- to make it and put it on pakistani television. if you're the average taxpayer, you wonder about the deficit, what a waste ever your money, what an outrage to have this kind of thing put on with your money. second, they don't believe in religious liberty when they're attacking the catholic church. ask cardinal dolan about the war on religion being waged by the obama administration. they only believe in religious liberty when they're apologizing to islamist to things that might offend them. third, it's not senseless violence. s this is the heart of what's wrong with the entire obama

approach. if you are al-qaeda, and you have an opportunity to kill an american ambassador, that is from their standpoint a very intelligent rational thing to do. it's precisely the inability of president obama and his team to come to grips with the fact that we are at war with an extremist movement on a worldwide basis that wants to kill us. so from their perspective this isn't random, senseless violence. this is a deliberate when 100 people get organized to attack your consulate, that's not senseless. that's terrorism. >> sean: what do you make of thes numbers, 51-45? >> i think they're going to get better. i think we've -- this is the beginning of the collapse of obama. i think facts are going to weigh him down and he's going to lose this election by a surprising margin. >> sean: all right. former speaker of the house, newt gingrich, always a pleasure to have you with us. >> thank you. >> sean: still to come, dick morris fact-checks the economic

numbers. and michelle malkin is here. but first what the president said last night, liz cheney will help us sort through all of this, and we'll show you mitt romney's best moment straight ahead. >> when people in the consulate first saw armed men attacking with guns, there were no protests. why did that go on? >> that was what we were told by the intelligence community. the intelligence community told us. people and the world?3%3wçokwd out exactly what happened.

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>> as we continue this fact-checking edition of "hannity," there are more layers to this banghazi cover-up. with each passing debate the evidence grows stronger. seems the president and vice president, they're not even close to being on the same page. watch this. >> what were you first told about the attack?

why were people talking about protests when people in the consulate first saw armed men attacking with guns, there were no protests. why did that go on for weeks? >> that was exactly what we were told by the intelligence community. the intelligence community told us that. we said exactly what the intelligence community toda tols that they knew. that was the assessment. as the intelligence community the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we are going to find out exactly what happened, that this was anñ act true, mr. president, then why days later would you again not call it terror when asked by univision, then later on "the view" with joy behar, why after the debate in private did you tell the very man that asked you that question last night that it took you so long to call it's a

still gathering more information. s common of this adds up to the truth, president obama. joining me now with more, fox news contributor liz cheney. so this is like finger-pointing every. student is blaminthe state depan real time. the intelligence community knew within 24 hours. none of this is adding up in any way, except this is a major cover-up. >> right. >> sean: go ahead. >> it's a lot easier to keep your story straight, sean, when you're telling the truth. clearly they can't keep their story straight because they're not telling the truth to the american people here. either the president was lying last night or the president spent ten days after he first declared it, according to him, an act of terror lying to the american people, saying it was caused by a video. but win of those two things has got to be true, and clearly the

president and vice president biden seemed to have been getting different information. it is a mess. it's a mess because they're trying to cover up the fact that it was a terrorist attack because if they admit that al-qaeda's resurgent, that al-qaeda was involved in attacking our consulate and killing our ambassador, then the president can no longer claim to be this effective national security leader. >> sean: well, our own ed henry reported tonight that the president's stump speech, where he was saying, al-qaeda is on its heels, on their last legs, they've taken out of the stump speech of the president. now, he didn't attend intel briefings either before or after. he went campaigning right after this happened. five days after we have, you know, jay carney and ambassador rice saying it was spontaneous, it was due to this youtube video. nine days laterkw he's saying e same thing. 14 days later he's saying the same thing on "the view." now he's saying to this other

guy, well, i knew early on, but i couldn't tell the american people. >> no. he wants to have it both ways. the other very interesting part of that answer last night -- and jen rubin pointed this out today on her blog -- was the president saying as soon as i heard i got on the phone, and i told my national security team, you know, these are the three things i want to have happen. was there not a meeting? did they not getting the national security council together? was he too busy heading out to nevada for his fundraising that he didn't pull together his national security team and say get here right now so you can explain to me why we've got an american ambassador killed by al-qaeda? >> sean: chris wallace asked david axelrod the question, did he bring together his national security team. chris, i can assure you that he spoke with all the appropriate people. >> right. >> sean: that means no. let me translate that. when pressed on it, he still gave the same answer. >> yes. >> sean: so why do you think that they are obviously in a cover-up mode here, obviously

lying, the president was caught last night, and what impact do you think it will have on the campaign? >> i think it will have a significant impact. a lot of people say we're focused on the economy, focused on jobs. that's true. i would make two points. one is the president's record on national security is at least as bad as his record on the economy and jobs. secondly, the american people don't appreciate a commander in chief who lies to them. we're now to point where we've got to be very clear that that's what's happening here. the president is not being honest with the american people. i think the voters won't think highly of a man who wants to be re-elected who can't be counted on to tell them the truth about something as important as a terrorist attack that kills an ambassador and three other americans. >> sean: on the campaign, you've been through a couple yourself with your dad, more than a couple. you seagal lu see gallup today. what's your feeling?

>> i feel good. i think we're seeing a wave of movement toward governor romney, people realizing he's the man to bring us back where we ought to be coastline and internationally as well. >> sean: liz cheney, always good to see you. thank you foróbób being with us. >> thank you, sean. >> sean: michelle malkin, but first mitt romney had an indictment of the president's indictment of the president's record to date. hahahaha! hooohooo, hahaha! this is awesome!

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>> sean: at last night's second presidential debate, governor romney held president obama for every single one. his failures overs last five-on-four years, by far the single best indictment president obama has faced yet. the media should learn from this. here some of the highlights. >> we just can't afford four more years like the last four years. he said that by now we'd have unemployment at 5.4%. the difference between where it is and 5.4% is 9 million americans without work. i wasn't the one that said 5.4%. this was the president's plan. didn't get there. he said he would have by now put forward a plan to reform medicare and social security, because he pointed out they're on the road to bankruptcy. he would reform them, get that done. he hasn't even made a proposal

on either one. he said in his first year he'd immigration income families would have a reduction in their health insurance premiums by $2,500 a year. it's gone by up by $2,500 a year. 5 million jobs. jobs. the entire record is such that the unemployment has not been reduced in this country. the unemployment, the number of people who are still looking for work, is still 23 million americans. there are more people in poverty, 1 out of 6 people in how about food stamps? people were on food stamps. today 47 million people are on food stamps. you might say, got an example of

when it worked better? yeah. in the reagan recession when unemployment hit 10.8%, between the end of that recession, equivalent period of time to today, ronald reagan's recovery created twice as many jobs as this president's recovery. 5 million jobs doesn't even keep up with our population growth. median income's down $4300 a family and 23 million americans out of work. that's what this election is about. >> sean: joining us now is the author of the brand-new book "who come the black helicopters," former clinton advisor dick morris. that was the single -- this is where the media -- i mean, barack obama has a pulse compared to being coma toes. oh, he showed up, so he gets a 3 on a 10 scale. romney goes up from the last debate as far as i'm concerned. that was a devastating indictment of what the last four years have beens. >> yes, absolutely. obama had no responses. he was basically telling people,

what are you going to believe your own eyes or my statistics and my speeches when he tried to say i'm pro-oil drilling. you know, forget the last four years. we created lots of jobs. your future is very bright. everybody understands that that's not correct. >> sean: two things on the gas thing. do you realize this is a president who said, making case against drilling, he actually said, all you need to do is inflate your tires and get a tune-up. i mean, then last night he actually said this remarkable thing. just amazing. he actually said the reason gas prices were $1.84 a gallon when i took office because the economy's-l bad. plants, the economy's bad based on your notion it should be a dollar a gallon. >> but the $1.81 was an increase, gradual increasing, and under him it's soared. >> sean: nearly doubled, nearly $4 a gallon. >> the dollar lost half its value. gold is still where it was in terms of oil.

any constant measurement shows that hasn't changed. the dollar lost half of its value. >> sean: you told me before we started this interview, you said romney -- i know you've been very optimistic, frankly too optimistic. i think you're over the edge. >> i've been completely accurate. >> sean: all right. but i saw this debate the way you did. i thought this was a knockout. i thought just because the president shows up, he wasn't in a comatose state, give you, mr. president, the espresso worked, i'm glad you didn't take uncle joe biden's happy pills, so he shows up with a pulse. you know, the liberal media goes nuts. i saw this far differently. i thought romney just shredded him. you could see it on the president's face. >> well, yeah. but i look at a debate through different eyes than others do, because i'm not so much concerned about who looked good, who didn't look good, who sounded good, and so on. what i'm focusing on is the strategic mix of the issues involved.

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a broader action i'm not sure. but there is something that i think romney ought to do. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations last week said that the u.n. is on the verge with american consent of taxing the internet, imposing a fee on internet users. i talk about that in "black helicopters," the book. the point is where is romney on this issue? you want an issue to get young people to vote for mitt romney, to turn on barack obama?

try telling them the internet will be taxed every time they go to google. they'll have to pay $1.50. >> sean: dick morris, congrats on the new book, another "new york times" bestseller. >> yeah. what's important, the issues are not being talked about, and they've got to be. >> sean: well, i agree with you. good job. >> thank you. >> sean: still ahead tonight, tea party favorite senator ron johnson fact-checks the president. also frank luntz and his focus group is here. but fixture is this administration championing women's causes? if that's the case then why did one of the president's female employees label the white house a, quote, hostile work environment for women"? [ male announcer ] with 160 more miles per tank, the distances aren't getting shorter. ♪ the trucks are going farther. the new 2013 ram 1500.

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i mentioned 3.5 million women more now in poverty than four years ago. what we can do to help young women, women of all ages, is to have a strong economy, so strong that employers are looking to find good employees and bringing them into their workforce, adapting to a flexible work schedule that gives women the opportunities that they would otherwise not be able to afford. >> sean: that was governor romney defending his record last night to female voters, but while the obama campaign attempts to accuse the governor of waging this phony war on women, we must not forget it was one of the president's former aides who once called the white house, quote, hostile to female employees. ironically that person served as the moderator during obama's debate prep in recent days, former white house communications director, anita dunn. in "confidence men," she was quoted as saying "this place would be in court for a hostile workplace because it fit all of the classic legal requirements

for a genuinely hostile workplace to women. joining me, the author of "culture of corruption," michelle malkin. michelle, first of all, there was a story that came out from the free beacon in april of 2011 that women in the white house were paid 18% less than their male counterparts. since obama's been president, we have a half a million fewer women working, .5% increase in unemployment for women. the poverty rate for women in this country, 16.3%. 25 million american women live in poverty, an increase of 3.6 million women under obama's policies. >> yes. >> sean: those are staggering numbers. >> they are. and of course if this record existed under a republican administration, it would be branded miscegenist with a

capital "m." it's not economic havoc they've wrought on the wrest of the country, but it's the griping of the women within the administration. that was amazing about mao chairman anita dunn's complaint -- >> sean: by the way, you say that literally. >> no joking here, he's a mao cheerleader, radical left wing, fox news basher, talking to valerie jarrett, the point woman on trying to paint republicans as the most antiwoman institution in america. look, anita dunn and valerie jarrett were whining about how their own bosses were shutting them out, denying them access that men had.

18% disparity in the wage gap? maybe someone out to file a lilly ledbetter lawsuit. >> sean: already equal pay laws on the books. so small little details matter. >> that's right. >> sean: let me ask you about candy crowley who moderated the debate. she interrupted romney more times than obama, and falsely stated about the president's comments in the rose garden. cnn brass came out and defended her today. now, you know, this is a network that prides itself fair, balanced, down the middle. we don't have opinions, etc. van jones, a vowed communist, 9/11 truther guy was on there, and he accused romney of acting like -- help me out. how do i say the word without saying it? something horrible and a word

that shouldn't be uttered on national tv. >> that's right. >> sean: and not a peep out of cnn on that. what your thoughts on her? >> well, as we always joke in my family with my kids, put on your shocked face. who is surprised this is the way this debacle turned out, given cnn's woeful history of journalistic malpractice over last several decades. i pointed out the day before the debate how they planted so many democrats who were posing as undecided voters in one of the 2007 high stakes presidential campaign debates, and so the fact that candy crowley herself was the plant, acted as the wing man and tag team partner of barack obama, and then only after the debate admitted she was wrong and tried to walk it back, these people ought to be throwing themselves under the bus. it's a shame what they committed. a shame. >> sean: honestly, i think rush said earlier today, something to the evening, you know, anybody

else would have been fired over this. you know, it's unbelievable, but she's praised by her organization. >> not even an apology. >> sean: i'm not suggesting she should be fired, but in all honesty that's biased, but after her comments on paul ryan's selection i'm not surprised. all right, michelle, good to see you. >> you too. >> sean: coming up, the fact-checking continues with wisconsin senator tea party favorite ron johnson is here, and then they are the undecided, and they are from the all-important swing state of nevada, frank luntz and his focus group on last night's focus group on last night's debate next. [ female announcer ] think a thick cream is the only way to firm skin?

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>> the president's spending, the president's borrowing, will cost this nation to have to raise tanktaxes on the american peopl. not just on the high-end. a recent study has shown that people in the middle class will see $4,000 higher a year in taxes as a result of the spending and borrowing of this administration. i will not let that happen. >> sean: there you have it once

again, governor romney came out swinging on the economy in the second presidential debate last nights, and it worked. joining me with reaction tea party favorite wisconsin senator ron johnson. senator, good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> sean: you enjoying washington? >> didn't do this to have fun. it's interesting, it's very important, sean. >> sean: just talking earlier, i think the president with his hundreds of millions of dollars that he spent demonizing mitt romney, you know, just was wasted, because then here come the debates. people get to see governor romney. they're, like, he doesn't want dirty air and water. s seems like he really cares about his country. he's really serious about issues. he's very well informed. he obviously cares about kids with autism and down's syndrome. >> right. >> sean: that's one ever your points, you think governor romney -- you know a lot about him personally. >> sure. well, you know, you're right, that caricature that president obama's spent hundreds of millions of dollars, you know, creating, it was shattered. i mean, went up in smoke on the first debate. i think last night just continued that momentum. and you're right, i mean

governor romney is, first of all, a man of integrity, of intelligence. you know, actually has a plan. you know, what a concept, a plan. what i really liked about the second debate, the vice president's debate, when paul told the story of that accident, that family. i heard my own story when governor romney's brother came to town, scott romney, and as an employer this really resonated with me, because one of governor romney's partners, at obtain ban capital came in, concerned about his 15-year-old daughter, hadn't been seen for three days. what governor romney did was extraordinary. he didn't just take time off. he didn't say, well, i'll hire you a private eye. he shuts down bain capital. he took the employees, i think 30 employees back then, brought them here to new york, set up a command center, presented 300,000 flyers -- printed 300,000 flyers, set up a grid pattern, and found that daughter. that's an extraordinary example of leadership, of generosity, and that's the type of

leadership we need in this country that we have to opportunity to elect. >> sean: hive heard that story, but not many other people have. why do you think that is? >> because governor romney's modest. you know, he's not going to beat his chest and say, aren't irgreat? that's why i came on here to tell those stories. i'm hoping the last 21 days here, there are dozens of those stories, that helps shatter that very false character that president obama painted. >> sean: you know, one thing that has -- i've found fascinating is that he took it to obama. >> yeah. >> sean: in both debates. and he wasn't going relent and he was -- he just -- it was like a prosecuting attorney. he just tore him up and shredded what's been a horrible record in last four years. >> that's the disadvantage president obama has. he has a record that's impossible to defend. the metric that i think sums it all up is the fact that median household income has declined by $4500 during president obama's

recovery. >> sean: and more americans in poverty and on food stamps. to say it face-to-face before 60-plus million americans, and the presidents, look him right in the eye, and eyeball him and say, your policies failed. >> and what's so sad, so sad, sean, it didn't have to be that way. you know, president obama came into office, and he had to make a choice. and he could have chosen to concentrate all of his efforts on growing the economy, which is what mitt romney is talking about, creating jobs, but instead he decided to grow government, which has grown our debt to unsustainable levels. >> sean: want to know why that's true? i said this from the beginning. the president is radical, he hides it, and he's arrogant. the president was mad, you could see it. i thought it might turn into a hockey game last nights, it was getting so personal. >> the other thing that i've seen, been there 21 months now, and let's face it president obama simply doesn't even know how to lead. when he came into office, he had total control. what did he say to republicans?

bipartisan. now with divided government, unlike mitt romney did in massachusetts, he's unable to work with people. >> sean: senator, good to see you. thank you. coming up, frank will you tell us

>> sean: welcome back to "hannity." while governor romney and

president obama were facing off during the second presidential debate, pollster frank luntz was with a focus group in nevada getting their reaction to the 90-minute showdown. here's more of last night's focus group. >> sean, something magical happened tonight. i want to do it by a show of hands so the people at-home can understand it. raise your hands if you voted for barack obama in 2008. keep your hands up. that's most of you. now raise your hands if you're still going to be free-throw barack obama in 2012. that's not many of you. one more question. tonight who was more presidential? i use that word deliberately. who says barack obama was? but you voted for the guy. what's the issue? was it romney's success or obama's failures? explain it. felt so comfortable in his skin, romney. >> presentation. >> explain that presentation.

>> he comes across very positive, knows what he's talking about. >> he's forceful, fluent, understands the issues,i knows how to articulate them. >> romney in. >> romney. >> yes, he's very articulate and >> calvin coolidge said the business of america is business. >> and she knew calvin coolidge. [laughter] >> he just exudes success. >> he answers the questions much better. his answers just seem more thought out. ewpkru@;)oa >> hold on. explain it. >> it just seemed like he was more calm up there, his answers were just flowing better. >> i feel that romney is the better salesman. he had a better close, but that doesn't necessarily make him presidential. >> elliott, salesman? the matter of point they would ask barack obama what time networks and his answer was partly cloudy with a 30% chance

of rain. >> elliott, i do the jokes here. [laughter] david? >> as i say, he just -- it's an aura of success about the man, that he's a leader. you just want to follow him. you know he's going do for the country what he says he's going to do. >> he makes you feel confident and secure. >> you walked in here undecided. you voted for barack obama. i don't understand it. >> i don't think it's so much about what romney did as to what obama didn't do. >> that's right. >> didn't smile, didn't -- >> romney in the private sector was a turnaround artist. he took companies who were failing, made them productive. the united states right now needs a turnaround. so he's been very substantive on the issues. >> people dialed, the relevant represents republican, the green line represents democrats. there was one specific moment where romney did really well, when he was talking about his own background, and how that affected what he believed in washington.

let's take a look at that clip and get your explanation for why. >> as governor of my state i was able to get good job. >> that was one of the rare moments when both democrats and republicans agreed. they appreciated what mitt romney had to say. all three of you voted for barack obama. but you like what romney said tonight. why? >> you know, he has a great

business mind and track record. cares about money and businesses. obama cares about people. so you have to decide what's more important. >> what's more important? >> i'm not sure yet. >> very successful businessman who knows what he wants to get done. he proved it in the olympics, which he didn't take a salary. i think he's a very sincere man, be good for country. >> vicki? >> he's got a great business sense, but he also has a soul and lets people know. >> but you voted for obama. >> i did, because he had a gut instinct, was going to go afford and make the changes and he had his chance. >> sean, let me end it with a question that i know you care about most. how many in this room went from undecided to decided? raise your hands. we just wiped out the undecided. how many of you went from undecided are now voting for mitt romney? and how many for barack obama? it was a good night for mitt romney. not such a good night for barack obama. back to you.