mrs. mcmahon. mcmahon: advertising free to talk about your issues in your plan carrier next two words are linda mcmahon. you say you have a plan, you don't have a plan. i think free to go through your plan. minus six-point. i've put it down. you can look at it, you can judge it coming you can see what i stand for. you can see what i'm going to do. my plan is to cut taxes for the middle class, lower the bracket from 25% to 15%. that's the only bracket have a touch for the rest of the bracket same place. if your plan were to go through what your policy relative to taxes and allow the upper income to increase, we lose about 700,000 jobs. that is not the kind of proposal need to get our country back on track. >> moderator: time for a new question from keisha grant, this time for mrs. mcmahon. >> you both touched on the fact of the middle class is hurting across the country. connecticut is simply no different. with one of the wealthiest states coming up with one of the highest poverty rates. do you view

mrs. mcmahon.you have 30 seconds to rebut. >> here is what the director of connecticut's mayor for economic analysis says about mrs. mcmahon's plan. it is a recipe to baloon the federal deficit at a phenomenal rate. it looks like her items were picked off of a menu of politically attractive items. they were, because they were like -- or picked off a list of items with it from someone else outside the state and you should be honest about the fact that these are not original ideas. these are ideas that have been tried and failed over and over again. >> it has not worked for this economy and it will not work for the future. >> we will have closing arguments at the end of the statement. we would invite you if you could to please keep to the questions. our next question is for mrs. mcmahon. >> let's talk about ways to improve social security. should payroll taxes be raised or should more income be applied to the payroll tax rate to improve social security? >> first of all, let me address that congressma

mrs. mcmahon. >> mr. murphy has suggested that if republicans gain the majority in the senate, women need to look out. many abortion proponents, including a top leader of an organization, say that they will vote for you. voters are confused about all of this. how do demonstrate and approve to doubtful voters that you truly are pro-choice? >> i have said from the beginning that i am a pro-choice candidate. that has not changed. i am a woman. i have a daughter. i have three granddaughters. i do not want to take any action that will be harmful to them on their health choices. those are the choices they should make and not the federal parliament. congressman murphy has top row where i am on this issue. i am pro-choice. it is important that we have health care in place for contraceptives and mammograms. i provide those are my company. i am proud of the record i have. i will do nothing that will impact the health and well- being of those closest to me, especially my daughter and my granddaughters. to say that i

mrs. mcmahon. i want -- >> i want to thank you once again. voters in connecticut will have a clear choice in november. a clear choice between a job creator has a plan to create millions of jobs and someone has never created job and does not plan to do that. someone who will raise taxes on the middle class, has voted to do that already, and someone who is going to reduce taxes, a class. someone who desperately wants to put our folks back to work, someone who wants to give an honest representation to the people of connecticut. i think congressman murphy does need to be honest. he needs to be honest about his special interest and special interest loans. i don't have that opportunity to have special interest loans and i would not take special interest money because i cannot be bought. congressman murphy needs to come clean. i would be honored to serve as your united states senator and ask for your vote on november 6. >> thank you to panelists and our student -- a studio audience. i may not be worth millions like linda mcmahon, but that's because

mrs. mcmahon. >> mr.suggested that if republicans gain the majority in the senate, women need to look out. many abortion proponents, including a top leader of an organization, say that they will vote for you. voters are confused about all of this. how do demonstrate and approve to doubtful voters that you truly are pro-choice? >> i have said from the beginning that i am a pro-choice candidate. that has not changed. i am a woman. i have a daughter. i have three granddaughters. i do not want to take any action that will be harmful to them on their health choices. those are the choices they should make and not the federal parliament. -- federal government. congressman murphy has top row where i am on this issue. i am pro-choice. it is important that we have health care in place for contraceptives and mammograms. i provide those are my company. i am proud of the record i have. i will do nothing that will impact the health and well-being of those closest to me, especially my daughter and my granddaughters. to

mrs. mcmahon, you have one minute. >> i keep asking congressman murphy to talk about issues. you keep hearing "linda mcmahon." you do not hear what his plan is going to be to put people in our state back to work. you do not hear how he is going to grow the economy because he does not need to talk about his plan. we do not have a solid economy. we have higher taxes. debt has doubled since he has been in office. we cannot afford six more years of his failed policies. >> congressman. >> that is not true. we have lowered taxes. i do talk about my plan. no matter how many times he repeats it does not make it true. repetition does not equal voracity. my plan is rooted in a middle class tax cut and that end of the bush tax cuts. we need to have new energy security in this nation so we can be the world in energy. we need to put construction workers back on the job. we need to educate the next generation of business creators and job creators across this country. my plan is investing in the people in the state. no matter how many times linda mcmahon says i do not have a plan does not ma

mrs. mcmahon. [ cheers and applause ] >> quiet, please, we're almost out of time, everybody. hold on one second. >> and the former world wrestling executives followers cheered so loudly her closing remarks had to be cut short during the live tv debate. >>> and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. and now here's your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,424 after rising 95 points yesterday. the s&p was up 11. the nasdaq gained 20. overseas this morning, the nikkei jumped 123 points while in hong kong, the hang seng added 58. >>> news that americans shopped and spent more last month sent retail stocks on a tear monday. revised august figures and a 1.1% rise in september marked the largest gains in two years which adds up to good news for our consumer driven economy. citigroup drove bank stocks higher. the aclu is suing morgan stanley claiming it targeted african-americans for expensive and risky mortgage loans. >>> nordstrom has stepped up its support of gay and lesbian employees by endorsing same-sex marriage. >>> nature's rec

mrs. mcmahon. i want -- >> i want to thank you once again. voters in connecticut will have a clear choice in november. a clear choice between a job creator has a plan to create millions of jobs and someone has never created job and does not plan to do that. someone who will raise taxes on the middle class, has voted to do that already, and someone who is going to reduce taxes, a class. someone who desperately wants to put our folks back to work, someone who wants to give an honest representation to the people of connecticut. i think congressman murphy does need to be honest. he needs to be honest about his special interest and special interest loans. i don't have that opportunity to have special interest loans and i would not take special interest money because i cannot be bought. congressman murphy needs to come clean. i would be honored to serve as your united states senator and ask for your vote on november 6. >> thank you to panelists and our student -- a studio audience. i may not be worth millions like linda mcmahon, but that's because

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mrs. mcmahon's campaign while she was not talking about the issues and her aunt's --ad. r campaign manager said talking about the issues of the census. it would be for linda mcmahon. on the issues, she is a long. she is not where the state is one it comes to passing another tax cut for the rich. she is not where it is where it comes to protecting women's health care. when it comes to standing up to outsourcing. this campaign should be about this issue -- should be about the issues. i hope that the next three weeks are spent talking about the issue differences between linda mcmahon and i. the difference between our professional backgrounds and not the personal attacks would have seen in her ads. >> to you plan to change your approach. i have been talking about my jobs plan. the primary issue our jobs in the economy. congressman murphy talks about everything but jobs in the economy because he has no plan. he can talk about a plan based on his past record, but they are failed policies. it is doubling our debt. 23 million people and our country out of work or looking for work

mr. mcmahon, would you mind-- hi-oh! you are correct, sir! so, why do you wanna baby-sit my kid? i can't hale my own kid? no, that's not it at all. i think you're great with your kid. you're fantastic with your kid. in fact, if you want, you can baby-sit my kid. are we really doing this? 'cause i'll baby-sit the hell out of your kid. oh, bring it on, daddy. who needs a baby-sitter? i'll do it! you don't even have to pay me in cash. just pay me in hot showersrs. and u don't have to, like, wash me, unless you want to, but that could be weird. i don't know. newbie, i've got this one covered. come on, you two are interracial best buddies. i, too, have a black best friend. go outut. enjoy it. celebrate your uniqueness. i can do it! i'm sorry. did you just call me black? because the last time i checked, the correct term was african-american! well, turk lets me call him brown bear. who the hell is turk?! i should go. angry black man. [chuckles] never disappoints. i pull it out when i need to. heh heh! well, what d do you s? well, i do have a a lot of work to get done. you can watch nate

mrs. mcmahon, he filed for bankruptcy and walked away from that.an connecticut voters feel confident you were going to be able to exercise good judgment on federal budget decisions effecting connecticut taxpayers when at times you have missed manage your own personal finances. >> thank you this question. i have made mistakes in my personal finances. i'm not perfect. i made those mistakes and affix them. the fact is, everyone who has looked into these allegations linda mcmahon is making says they are false. everyone from the -- every independent financial expert. what makes a lot of these attack ads we have seen from linda mcmahon especially troubling is that during the exact same time, linda mcmahon had not paid back the $1 million she owed her creditors from a bankruptcy 36 years ago. she echoed $28,000 on property taxes on her home in stanford. here is what i hear when i am talking to people out of the state. they don't want this race to be out about allegations or personal finances. they want this race to be about them. they want to know which o

mr. murphy, your rebuttal. >> what are all these republican senators coming to connecticut to campaign for linda mcmahon? because they know she will vote for them. the look of what she stands for. she stands with the national republicans on the amendment. she stands with the national republicans on more tax cuts for the wealthy and when it comes to drilling rather than investment in renewable energy. on issue after issue, she stands with them which is why they are so enthusiastic about coming to connecticut to hope that she is the 51st vote for a tea party republican majority in the senate. >> thank you very much. our next topic is one the u.s. senators deal with extensively -- foreign affairs. >> mr. murphy as we wind down the american presence in afghanistan and the troops come home, other problems are rising in the middle east. we saw that images of the u.s. embassy under attack in in -- and libya. how aggressive to the united states be when it comes to getting involved in internal affairs of these and other countries? >> i ran for congress in 2006. i cannot sit back and that my congresswoman at the

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mr. murphy, your rebuttal. >> what are all these republican senators coming to connecticut to campaign for linda mcmahon? because they know she will vote for them. the look of what she stands for. she stands with the national republicans on the amendment. she stands with the national republicans on more tax cuts for the wealthy and when it comes to drilling rather than investment in renewable energy. on issue after issue, she stands with them which is why they are so enthusiastic about coming to connecticut to hope that she is the 51st vote for a tea party republican majority in the senate. >> thank you very much. our next topic is one the u.s. senators deal with extensively -- foreign affairs. >> mr. murphy, as we wind down the american presence in afghanistan and the troops come home, other problems are rising in the middle east. we saw that images of the u.s. embassy under attack in libya. how aggressive to the united states be when it comes to getting involved in internal affairs of these and other countries? >> i ran for congress in 2006. i could not sit back and let my congresswoman at the time co

mcmahon and republican strategist mark mckinnon. i'm going to start with you, mark, because i was impressed with mr. presenting himself. he was like an actor who came on playing a bigger role than he normally does, like a big guy, "master and commander" russell crowe. he grew when he came on stage, and he stayed in character as if he wanted to do a couple more hours of it. so prepping him -- and i hadn't seen that mitt romney before. that guy has not been out there. what happened with him? how did he get so ready for that thing? >> i think he and the campaign totally understood what the stakes were, and they prepared and they prepared a lot. i have watched mitt romney over the years, and he has steadily improved, and, you know, people like stuart stevens and beth myers took a lot of heat over the last couple months about the campaign, but those -- i have worked with stuart before in many campaigns, and he's a debate preparation fanatic, and they understood that this would be an opportunity to shift the gears, to reframe the race, and one guy showed up and one guy prepared, and it showed. it really d