"wall street journal" assistant editorial page editor, james freeman. looks like the president had a bounce and today the bounce bounced. what is going on? >> depends on what poll you look at. i like to trust the gallup daily tracker has him up six points. another poll had him up only two or three points, you like the ones well in the lead and abc news, excuse me if i may. just for a second. i will allow me to utter a few words. you don't trust the "abc news/washington post poll" that show him a point a part. >> i trust all the polls. average them all together. clear average will have them neck and neck throughout. but only polls that matter are state polls. i have him up five points in ohio. >> dismissing everything? lou: you're happy -- >> even though the "gallup poll" -- >> if you guys want to pretend there is santa claus for couple more months. >> obama administration is suing "gallup poll." did you realize that. >> yes, they are. because they do not --. lou: by the way you made yourself a friendly witness on behalf of gal lup against the obama admi

bringing up the rear, james freeman. he will be leading from the front, i'm sure. [ owner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here to listen, offer guidance and provide you with options tailored to your business. we've loaned more money to small businesses than any other bank for ten years running. so come talk to us to see how we can help. wells fargo. together we'll go far. lou: joining me now "the a-team", former prosecutor and fox legal analyst, lis wiehl. fox news political an least, chris hahn. "wall street journal" assistant editorial page editor, james freeman. looks like the president had a bounce and today the bounce bounced. what is going on? >> depends on what poll you look at. i like to trust the gallup daily tracker has him up six points. another poll had him up only two or three points, you like the ones well in the lead and abc news, excuse me if

jason riley, editor james freeman and washington columnist kim strassel. jason, let's start with you. how effective was the president's case for reelection? >> i don't think it was very effective. i thought was a pretty-- a performance last night typical liberal change, shared responsibility, but i think it was more significant for what he didn't talk about, paul. obamacare, not a lot on jobs, not a lot on the stimulus. these are that defined his presidency and not using them to make the case for his reelection. >> paul: he didn't defend some of the core programs in an elaborate way for his first term. what is the case for reelection. what did he say, why should we elect him again? >> things could have been worse, but for me-- >> okay. and for the next four years, it could have been worse, is that the-- >> you have to ignore the first term, basically of the obama administration. there's a cons standpoint look to the future saying things are going to be better, but i thought it was interesting, it seemed to be narrowly targeted messages to interest groups a

we're back with dan henninger, james freeman and kim strassel., bill clinton says that was all about expanding work. is that true? >> no, it's not true. the actual, you know, progressives to have been upset about welfare reform since bill clinton passed it. i was going to say it's a little shameless for the president, but clinton, you know. >> paul: that's what he does. >> that's what he does. it's all about the-- i mean, it's very kind of bureaucrat particular, but it's about the definition of what the work requirement is and they are proposing to expand it in such a way that it virtually has no meaning. as for that 20% increase in employment, this is the sort of thing that the bureaucracies themselves self-define. and the problem, the biggest problem here, paul, is thatted good thing about clinton's welfare reform, it prevented the states or anyone, hhs from gaming the system like this and causing spending to increase. >> it was one of the forms of this sort that doesn't let the bureaucracies, game it and that's why spending always rises. this

let's ask wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, james freeman and washingtonolumnist kim strassel. so, kim, what do you think about this new strategy? and i guess maybe start with the question of what does it say about the campaign that they feel they need a new strategy or a new direction focus two weeks after-- three weeks after the republican convention? >> well, they have had this perfect form over the last couple of weeks, they saw their poll numbers going down, following the democratic convention. there was this flap over mr. romney and his comments about egypt and libya, and then, you know, now the latest thing that he said about the 47% out there. so, there's been a lot of nervousness in the republican field and the silver lining of this, if there is one, it does give them an opportunity to go out and reboot and try to buck up some of those conservatives who are worried. what their strategy seems to be, is more mitt. we're going to put him out there more and have him talking more. i think the test is going to be, whether or not people are just seeing h

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jason riley, editor james freeman and washington columnist kim strassel. jason, let's start with you. how effective was the president's case for reelection? >> i don't think it was very effective. i thought was a pretty-- a performance last night typical liberal change, shared responsibility, but i think it was more significant for what he didn't talk about, paul. obamacare, not a lot on jobs, not a lot on the stimulus. these are that defined his presidency and not using them to make the case for his reelection. >> paul: he didn't defend some of the core programs in an elaborate way for his first term. what is the case for reelection. what did he say, why should we elect him again? >> things could have been worse, but for me-- >> okay. and for the next four years, it could have been worse, is that the-- >> you have to ignore the first term, basically of the obama administration. there's a cons standpoint look to the future saying things are going to be better, but i thought it was interesting, it seemed to be narrowly targeted messages to interest groups a

the man who comboiled the data james freeman. james? go ahead and take it away. >> good to be here.ped out on this but not the only one. you want to look at the distortions . 10 percent is a made up number . that is not coming from the congressional budget office. really the president is responsible for 100 percent. he decides every year what the government and congress is going to spend it is it all his. i inherited stuff, he didn't inherited it, he helped to create it. 2009 fiscal year which he troys to throw on president bush includes the stimulus and another big spending bill that president obama signed shortly after that. like i said this is not actul math. this is a number that i think he thinks sounds good. >> gretchen: he said two wars gone and we had to pay for them. and he said that tax cuts that we did not pay for and stimulus, i guess he would say that the country faced a fiscal cliff, do you agree? >> no, the tax cuts and wars all happened in the bush term. in 07, you are running a 161 billion deficit and then blows out a trillion in the obama years and the affect of al

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