barack obama has failed america. he tock office when the country was in recession and he made is worse. >> he came out swinging against president obama's economic policy and kicked it off in a new hampshire farm. he would reign in washington spending and put the country on a course for economic recovery. congressman anthony weiner is done talking about the lewd photoposted on his twitter account. weiner maintains the account was hacked. it was stored on a media sharing site that allows users to tweet bypassing the twitter website. >> len hours of answering questions that anyone wanted to put i will get back to work doing the job i am paid to do. >> a republican lawmaker said his twitter account was hacked support for liberal causes. the account is managed by campaign staffers. >> the f.b.i. is all over it. the u.s. government's response on g-mail by chinese hackers. >> time to pose your questions. michael finney is checking his facebook to see what you want answers to. go to abc7 news.com. >> and skyway in downtown s

barack obama has failed america. >> before romney can have a shot at beating president obama, he must face his republican opponents in the lead off primary state of new hampshire. that's where romney announced and candy crowley is there. we all listened to the speech carefully. does he sound like the front-runner for the republican nomination right now? >> reporter: completely he sounded like the front-runner. not a mention of any other republicans that are in this race or thinking about getting in this race, which is not all that unusual, i think, at this stage of the game. they have only had one debate. they will mix it up soon enough. but the fact is, he was very strong and he came out almost with a totality of his speech, you came away with what really was a broad side against all things of the obama administration, foreign and domestic. this was a very tough speech by a man who was ready really for the season finale rather than going through all of these other stages that obviously this contest has to go through

barack obama came to office, we wish him well and held for the best. in the third year of his four year term, we have more than slogans and promises to judge him by. barack obama has failed america. mitt ro -- >> mitt romney looks the part, but why does he not sound like it? he is a little dull. more damaging is his stance on health care. the plan he introduced in massachusetts is almost identical to the 1 barack obama introduced to america, a plan headed by republicans. he has tried to run from his past policy, but the habit of changing positions led to flip- floping in the 2008 campaign. met ronnie -- mitt romney was the front runner, but this woman was due in the same staet. -- state. dull, not at all. if she decides to run, all bets are off. >> he mitt romney - -h- he says mitt romney is not the only republican presidential candidate that are scared of sarah palin's intentions. >> she is out there, not campaigning or with any official business and she is sucking up all of the political oxygen. it is cause to worry with other candidates, including a romney. -- governor romney. >> what about in 2008 when the candidacy went to a john mccain? the rights, abortion, etc.? he says

barack obama has failed america. you know, if you want to create jobs, it helps to have actually had a job. and i have. >> he excoriated all things obama, foreign and domestic, including the president's health care plan, not unlike the one romney signed as governor of massachusetts, an uncomfortable similarity he tossed off in a single line. >> not perfect, but it was a state solution to our state's problem. >> reporter: from hey bales to hot dogs, the trappings were pure americana. on the banner beneath his name, the words believe in america. >> president obama's european answers are not the solution to america's challenges. >> his economy centric bid comes amidst headlines of home prices dipping downward again, a stubborn jobless rate. good timing for an opposition launch or maybe not so much. look who else was in the neighborhood playing rough with a swing at the massachusetts health care plan. >> health care plan in my opinion any mandate coming from government is not a good thing. so obviously, and i'm not the on

barack obama has failed america. >> why doesn't he sounded? as he says, these are serious times, where damaging is this history of one of the biggest issues. health care. the plan he introduced is almost identical to the 1 barack obama introduced to america. the plan much hated by republicans. he is trying to run from his past policy, but that have been a changing position led to a flip-floping in the 2008 campaign. he left the republican front- runner, but this woman was due in the same stake. if she also runs for the presidency, all bets are off. david, a senior editor is there for us. let's pick up where the report ended. how worried should he be about sarah palin's intentions? >> of the other declared candidates have reason to worry because you just love that the amount of attention she receives, she is not campaigning or with any official business. she is sucking up all of the political oxygen. it is cause to worry for these other candidates including governor romney if she chooses to run? >> it went to john mccain, her present position o

. >> barack obama has failed america. >> those five words may be resonating. a new abc news/washington post poll shows him in a dead heat with president obama among all americans. looking at just registered voters, mitt romney has a slight lead. but the biggest challenge for mr. obama may not be a republican but rather the e economy. 89% of americans say the economy is in bad shape. 59%, and a new high, disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. a 66% of americans consider the country seriously on the wrong track. 25% are flat out angry about the way the federal government is operating. the last time americans were so frustrated in washington was 1992. that years democrats -- the choice between george bush to bill clinton was down to a slogan, the economy stupid. will history repeat in 2012? the nation added just 54,000 jobs last month far less than expected. the challenge for the white house will be boosting americans' confidence while also acknowledging their frustration. >> i think when he talks about the positive moves, i think it makes people a

. >> barack obama has failed america. >> reporter: the former businessman took off the tie -- do younymore? >> absolutely. my favorite item of apparel for a man is a necktie. i don't wear them all the time. >> reporter: but the republican front-runner took a pass on the issue of sara h palin. >> reporter: you think it's just a coincidence she's here today? >> i do. >> reporter: she's done this before. in 2008, he was a big, ocean pensive also-ran. but this time, he says, it's different. and it's not just the tie. the campaign t-shirts are cheaper. only two of his five sons came to the announcement today. >> things are leaner today. a campaign has to be wiser and leaner. we'll not be doing all the fancy stuff we did last time around. and want to make sure that people understand why it is i'm running for president. and this is about creating jobs, fixing our economy. >> reporter: jobs and the economy. romney made it clear that is what he wanted to talk about. >> from my first day in office, my number one job will be to see that america once again is number one in job creation. >> repor

barack obama took office, we wished him well and hope for the best. now in the third year of is four-year term, we have more than slogans and promises to judge him by. barack obama has failed america. [applause] >> so mitt romney it asks us to believe he is the man to save america. a single poll asks for a single word to describe the republican field, and the word chosen most was "unimpressed." this is not encouraging for mitt romney, mark. >> the person who does emerge from this crucible, whoever he or she is, the american people have a history of saying, "ok, this is a serious person." that lies ahead. right now, obviously, little enthusiasm. that will be overcome. >> colby? >> he had an interesting reception in new hampshire. he ended up on page 3 of "the manchester union leader." page 1 had sarah palin. he talks about being the kind of candidate who can create jobs in massachusetts. massachusetts was 47 out of the city-state's as far as job creation was -- 47 out of the 50 states as far as job creation was concerned. >> nina? >> romney has done this before, he has a good team he has assembled, and he cannot do better than that for his introduction? palin -- everything is frame

barack obama has failed america. >> romney announced his run for the 2012 republican nomination. ease considered the front runner -- he's considered the front runner. this is his second attempt. he lost out to john john mccain in 2008. >>> john edwards could be charged today to keep his mistress in hiding. a source with knowledge of the investigation says there are also still talks of a plea deal. prosecutors say the hundreds of thousands of dollars that two edwards donors gave to help keep his mistress in hiding should have been reported pubically. he says the funds were gifts in order to keep the secret from his late wife elizabeth. >>> italian auto maker plans to buy out the government stake in chrysler. president obama is expected to announce the deal when he visits the chrysler plant in ohio later on today. they almost also pay $70 million to buy chrysler shares. that will give fiat a majority stake. >>> chrysler has claimed they have hit another group of sony. it pulls off what it calls an elementary attack to highlight the disgraceful security. the group posted names, pass

but the three years later barack obama has failed america. >>> quite a few clouds in place. even a few light showers across parking lots of the bay area this morning. here's our camera looking towards the south bay. san jose reporting temperature of 65 degrees. you can see the scattered clouds over the hills. basically going to hold onto this theme as we head into the afternoon hours. here's a look from up above with the help of live storm tracker 2 showing you the cloud cover up in the north bay also right around concord, san jose and san francisco. the latest ground observations reporting for the most part partly cloudy skies. and the overall weather story for today somewhat of a break but just a chance of a few showers. tomorrow increasing clouds, showers redeveloping in the weekend. we're still tracking a storm that will bump up our rain chances. and we could be talking about at least a potential for some heavy rain as we head into the first weekend of june. current numbers just updated. santa rosa 59. fairfield 63. livermore 65. and san francisco in the upper 50s right

barack obama has failed america. gwen: and palin took aim at romney. >> health care plan -- in my opinion any mandate coming from government is not a good thing, so obviously, and i'm not doing what -- but there will be more explanation coming from former governor romney on his support for a government mandate. gwen: as it happened she was on her way to new hampshire when she said this on the same day that romney was making his well-publicized in advance formal announcement. >> she was going to a clambake and i think she rubbed salt to four -- pour in the wounds. of course there was offense intended. but if she was arriving in new hampshire one day early -- but i think at the end of the day governor romney got a lot of attention for the message he was giving. he finally announced he was run for president. of course, this is his second bid for the republican nomination and he's been kind of in a shell for at least the six months or so, only holding one campaign event every month. he's taken a different approach in his

. >> barack obama has failed america. when he took office, the economy was in recession. and he made it worse. and he made it last longer. >> reporter: romney knows how to grip and grin. >> that's my job here. >> reporter: he was governor of massachusetts but before that made millions as an investment banker and is giving credit for rescuing the salt lake city olympics. >> turning around a crisis takes experience and bold action. >> reporter: romney rejected what he called the obama european approach, higher taxes and stimulus spending. >> the american ideals of economic freedom and opportunity need a clear and unapologetic defense. and i intend to make it because i have lived it. >> reporter: also in new hampshire today was sarah palin, going right to a romney weakness. as governor he backed a health care plan that, like obama's, mandated that everyone buy in. >> there will be more of the explanation coming from former governor romney on his support for government mandates. >> reporter: but does mitt romney lead the gop field? >> i don't think anybody should be considere

. >> barack obama has failed america. when he took office, the economy was in recession, and he made it worse. >> the latest jobs report was a dismal one. >> i have been really worried and really stressed out. >> with unemployment now up to 9.1%. >> i've been looking for a job now for maybe about six to eight months. >> consumer spending is down, as food and gas prices remain high. still, president obama insists the economy has just hit a bump in the road. >> we've got a ways to go. even though our economy has created more than 2 million private-sector jobs over the past 15 months and continues to grow, we're facing some tough head winds. >> but republicans say the administration has failed and that it is time for new leadership to fix the damage. >> you try telling that bump- in-the-road analogy to those families out there trying to keep their homes, trying to keep their businesses afloat, trying to fund their child's college education and just fuel up their own vehicle. >> no president since fdr has won re-election when

. >> barack obama has failed america. when he took office the economy was in recession and he made it worse and he made it last longer. >> reporter: aides to romney say he has learned important lessons from his primary fight four years ago, when he won in 11-- mostly smaller-- states and then bowed out early after blowing through $113 million in campaign funds. >> limiting marriage to relationship between a man and a woman. >> reporter: his reversals on gay rights, gun control, and abortion dogged him on the trail back then. >> mitt romney flip-flops, get them while they're hot. >> reporter: so this time he's standing firm on the health insurance mandate he signed as massachusetts governor, even though it angers the right. >> it's not perfect, but it was a state solution to our state's problem. >> reporter: gone are the stuffy suits, replaced by button-downs and jeans and-- in a nod to the power of the tea party-- romney has adopted some of its rhetoric. >> president obama's european answers are not the solution to americ

saying "barack obama has failed america." >> you want to take on president obama in this race. there are a number of other republicans who would like to do that as well. you need to get past them. your party didn't choose you in 2008. what makes you think it's going to be different in 2012 and that you are the right nominee for the republican party? >> back in 2008, the issue that really motivated our voters at the primary time was iraq, whether the surge would work and john mccain very wisely made that the centerpiece of his campaign. that was in his wheelhouse. he did a great job. but this year, this time the american people recognize what's happening in the economy is the most important thing that america faces. we've got 16 million people without work or have stopped looking for work. we have home values continuing to decline, record levels of foreclosure. the president said if he let him borrow over $700 million, he would reduce the percentage rate of the unemployment rate. >> in 2008, you said, quote, we should let detr

barack obama has failed america. >> mitt romney sure looks the part. so why doesn't he sound it? well, he is a little dull. but as romney said, these are serious times. more damaging is his history on one of the biggest issues of this election. health care. the plan mitt romney introduced in massachusetts is almost identical to the one barack obama introduced to america. a plan much hated by republicans. romney has tried to run from his past policy but that habit of changing positions led to searing charges of flip-flopping in the 2008 campaign. mitt romney left this new hampshire stage the republican frontrunner. but a few hours later, this woman was due in the same state. dull she certainly isn't. and if sarah palin also runs for the presidency, well, all bets are off. >> so what should we make of the presidential field that's taking shape? the question he put with michael duffy, the washington bureau chief of time magazine. supposed to be mitt romney's day and somehow sarah palin even then managed to steal his thunder. >> in fact, she told people she wasn't going to get to new

. >> reporter: mitt romney told cheering supporters at a new hampshire farm quote barack obama has failed america. romney lashed out at the president and his policies. he says unemployment is still above 8%. >> families are buried under prices for food and higher prices for gasoline. >> reporter: romney is joining a crowded field of announced candidates, his opponents include newt gingrich, tim pawlenty and ron paul. >> if he personally would be offended in stepping in a state that he is in, but i don't believe it that governor romney is offended at all. but we happened to have it on our schedule. >> reporter: sarah palin is holding a clam bake. and even though she's been repeatedly asked, she has not confirmed that she is running for president. >>> google says hackers tried to steal hundreds of pass words of officials. the company says it was able to stop the hackers from getting the pass words. the fbi is now investigated. the state department has created a cyber security coordinator to respond to these type of attacks. >> we take them seriously, we're looking into them. >> reporter: china deni

barack obama came to office, we wished him well and hoped for the best. now in the third year of his fourth year term we have more than slogans and promises to judge him by. barack obama has failed america. >> joining me now on the phone is a man that might be mitt romney's rival. rudy giuliani. rudy, how are you? >> how are you piers? >> i'm good. >> you've all ended up in new hampshire at the same time. the theory that mitt romney finally now, that he's running for presidency, two of his big rivals pitch into town as well. was that coincidence? >> it was, absolutely. i was going to give a speech tonight, the republican fund-raiser in dover with the chairman of the republican party and didn't know that romney was going to announce today. so that part was just pure coincidence. >> i mean, mitt romney said today that he pledged to bring this country back. he says he's the best candidate to turn around the unstable u.s. economy. you know him best. is he the best candidate for this job, do you think? >> well, we're going to have to see. my objective is to see that a republican president is elected in 2012 because i do not think we can sustain another four years of obama's handling of our e

america, and i'm running for president of the united states. >> you've heard what mitt romney says about president obama. >> barack obama has failed america. what he did did not help the economy get out of the slide it was in. in afghanistan, the surge was right, but announcing a withdrawal date, that was wrong. >> well, tonight, i'll ask him what he'd do to fix america. what's he really think about sarah palin, and what makes him think he'll win the second time around. tonight, in the wake of weinergate, is america ready for a man who doesn't drink, doesn't do drugs, has been with the same woman since high school, and may just be the cleanest man in politics. that's mitt romney, this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. congressman anthony weiner finally confessed today, just one week after insisting a hacker had posted a lewd photo to his twitter account. the new york democrat finally admitted he had sent the photo himself and that he lied about it. >> last friday night, i tweeted a photograph of myself that i intended to send as a direct message as part of a joke to a woman in seattle. once i realize i had posted to it twitter,

. >> now in the third year of his fourth year term or his four-year term, barack obama has failed america you want to create jobs, it helps to actually have had a job. and i have. >> reporter: he excoriated all things obama, foreign and domestic, including the president's health care plan, not unlike the one romney signed as governor of massachusetts, an uncomfortable similarity he tossed off in a single line. >> not perfect, but it was a state solution to our state's problem. >> reporter: from hay bails to hot dogs, the trappings were pure americana. on a banner, the words believe in america. >> president obama's european answers are not the solution to america's challenges. >> reporter: romney's economy centered bid comes amidst discouraging headlines. home prices dipping down, a stubborn jobless rate. good timing for an opposition launch. but look who else was in the neighborhood playing rough with the massachusetts health care plan. >> a health care plan, in my opinion, any mandate coming from government is not a good thing. so obviously, and i'm not the only one to say so, but there

barack obama came to office, we wished him well and hoped for the best. now, in the third year of his four-year term, we have more than slogans and promises to judge him by. barack obama has failed america. when he took office, the economy was in recession, and he made it worse, and he made it last longer. three years later, over 16 million americans are out of work or just quit looking for jobs. millions more are unemployed. three years later, unemployment is still above 8%, and that was the figure he said his stimulus would keep from happening. three years later, foreclosures are still at record levels. three years later, the prices of homes continue to fall. three years later, our national debt has grown nearly as large as our entire economy, and families are buried under higher prices for food and higher prices for gasoline. it breaks my heart to see what's happening to this great country. these failing hopes make up president obama's own misery index. it's never been higher. and what's his answer? thess -- i'm just getting started. -- he says this -- i'm just getting started. no, mr. president, you've had your chance. we the people on this farm and citizens across the country are t

barack obama came to office we wished him well and hoped for the best. now in the third year of his four-year term we have more than slogans and promises to judge him by. barack obama has failed america. >> he went on to rip the president's foreign and domestic policies, fairly negative. can you explain why your candidate is launching his campaign with an attack on the president rather than focusing on a positive vision of what he would do for the country? >> well, i think that the positive vision is, governor romney's positive vision is bringing jobs back to america. and this is a president who promised that unemployment wasn't going to go below 8% -- go above 8%. it clearly is above 8%. it's a president who has failed in most of his foreign policy endeavors. we don't know what his foreign policy is most of the time. and you have to draw the contrast. and this is a campaign we believe of a very clear choice. that governor romney will present over the next 16 months to show the american people that the record that barack obama has has been -- has failed as governor romney said. >> 16 months. sounds like you guys are already looking ahead to the general election assuming that the prim

barack obama has failed america. (cheers and applause) now, we're going to return the responsibility and authority to the states for dozens of government programs. and that will begin with a complete repeal of obamacare. (cheers and applause) from my first day in office, my number-one job will be to see that america once again is number one in job creation. >> rose: mitt romney already has a strong fund-raising apparatus and campaign operation but he faces tough questions fr his party out the health care plan he passed as governor of massachusetts. meanwhile, sarah palin and rudy giuliani also made stops in the granite state today. neither have announced whether they will run. joining me now from washington, hunt, executive editor of bloomberg news and john harris, editor-in-chief of politico. i am pleased to have both of them here. how is mitt romney in 2012 differt from tt romney in 2008? >> he's goods that have been on the shelf a pretty long time. that can be an asset in republican politics, but so-called pry mow

and the truth of it is that barack obama has failed america. and i say that recognizing that he's tried. but i am reminded of that old saying that ronald reagan said, not that the liberals are ignorant but what they know is wrong. and what he did is wrong, he did not help the economy get out of slide it was in. but instead he extended the downturn and made it deeper. and now today three years in his term we have more news that unemployment is ticked up again. and we have 16 million out of work or just stopped looking for work. millions more are in jobs well below their capacity. three years later we have record foreclosures and higher prices. the obama prescription for the economy didn't ail what hurt us, instead it made things worse. i think it's time for someone who has a job to do the job and get the jobs for the american people. [applause] that's not my sister, i promise. so i am committed and devoted to making the number one job i would have as president of the united states going to work to get the american people back to work. and as ann

and the truth of it is that barack obama has failed america. and i say that recognizing that he's tried. but i am reminded of that old saying that ronald reagan said, not that the liberals are ignorant but what they know is wrong. and what he did is wrong, he did not help the economy get out of slide it was in. but instead he extended the downturn and made it deeper. and now today three years in his term we have more news that unemployment is ticked up again. and we have 16 million out of work or just stopped looking for work. millions more are in jobs well below their capacity. three years later we have record foreclosures and higher prices. the obama prescription for the economy didn't ail what hurt us, instead it made things worse. i think it's time for someone who has a job to do the job and get the jobs for the american people. [applause] that's not my sister, i promise. so i am committed and devoted to making the number one job i would have as president of the united states going to work to get the american people back to work. and as ann

excerpts of his speech that abc got, the former massachusetts governor will say barack obama has failed america. we're only inches away from ceasing to be a free-market economy. also sniffing around new hampshire today, rudy giuliani, meeting with fund-raisers and considering whether a second run for the white house might turn out better than the first. he spent $59 million and ended up with zero delegates. not coming to new hampshire today, new jersey governor, chris christie. he ruffled feathers tuesday by flying a state helicopter to his son's baseball game. while the chopper costs about $2,500 per hour, the new jersey state police says there are no costs to the taxpayer because these are flight hours that would be logged in any event. unclear whether this would dampen calls for christie to enter the race. he still says he's not in, but he is headed to iowa in july. and what about a possible reentry from donald trump? maybe as an independent. he told fox news -- >> if the republican puts up a stiff, i would consider running in a three-person race. >> reporter: now, the romney team says they

barack obama came to office, we wished him well and hoped for the best. now in the third year of his four-year term, we have more than promises and slogans to go by. barack obama has failed america is in new hampshire for the formal announcement. good morning, candy. >> reporter: good morning. >> go ahead. take it away. >> reporter: i was going to say that little part that you just put out there is -- tells you a lot about where mitt romney is going with this. in some ways he couldn't have picked a better week for his official announcement because he's going to try to focus on the economy. that's where his expertise is. he was a successful businessman. he brought the olympics out of what looked like pure disaster and made a success. so they want to run on jobs and the economy. they think he has the resume to power up against president obama. look at this week when we've seen bad news in the housing market might be a double dip for prices. we saw wall street in that horrific day yesterday. on that score, romney's picked a pretty good week to put out his message, which is, look, this was great. we voted for hope. we voted for change. really his economic policies have failed. that'

>> he's going to go after pretty hard on president obama and jobs, the economy saying barack obama has failed america of that strategy now, candy? >> reporter: well, it does a couple of things. first of all, as you mentioned, he's often been called the front-runner or weak front-runner. nonetheless, a lot of money in name recognition. so he is the presumptive front-runner. certainly in the polls here in new hampshire, he has a nice healthy lead. so what do you do when you're that? you go after the president. he's not going after anybody else in this race or people who might be considering getting into this race. so there's that. but it also plays to what the romney camp wants to play to this entire election season, and that is the economy and jobs. romney will position himself as i'm like the businessman. i know how to create jobs and contrast that with the experience that he believes president obama did not have kw coming into the white house. and he believes that's why it's led to what he says is an economy that's still in trouble. one thing i want to point out. i don't know if you can see behind m

barack obama came to office, we wished him well and hope for the basket. now, in the third year of his four year term, we have more than slogans and promises to judge him by. barack obama has failed america. [applause] when he took office, the economy was in recession. he made it worse. he made it last longer. three years later, over 16 million americans are out of work or just quit looking for jobs. and millions more are unemployed. three years later, unemployment is at 8% which is what he said he would keep from happening. three years later, foreclosures are still at record levels. three years later, the prices of homes continue to fall. three years later, our national debt has grown nearly as large as our economy and families are burdened by higher prices for food and gasoline. it breaks my heart to see what has happened to the great country. the scaling hopes make president obama's own misery index. it has never been higher. what is his answer? he says this. i am just getting started. no, mr. president, you have had your chance. we, the people on this farm, and citizens across the country, are the ones who are just getting started. [applause] >> i visited with a family who live in a

barack obama has failed america. [applause] when he took office, the economy was in recession and he made it worse and he made it last longer. three years later, over 60 million americans are out of work. they just quit looking for jobs. millions more are unemployed. three years later unemployment is still above 8% and that was the figure he said his stimulus would keep from happening. three years later, foreclosures are still at record levels. three years later, the prices of homes continue to fall. three years later, our national debt has grown nearly as much as our entire economy and families are buried under higher prices for food and higher prices for gasoline. it breaks my heart to see what is happening to this great country. these failing hopes they got president obama's own misery index. it is never been higher and what is his answer? he says this. i am just getting started. no, mr. president you had your chance. we the people on this farm and citizens across the country are the ones who are just getting star

the truth is barack obama has failed america. i say that recognizing he has tried. i am reminded of ronald reagan. he said it is not the liberals are ignorant. it is just that what they know is wrong. what he did simply was wrong on almost every dimension, what he did not help the economy get out of the slide it was in. instead he extended the downturn and made it cheaper. today, three years into his term, we have more news -- unemployment has ticked up again. we have 60 million people of work or stopped looking for work. -- 16 million people. we have home values continuing later.incline three years a record number of foreclosures, higher gas prices, higher food prices, people feeling more squeeze. the obama prescription for the economy did not ail what hurt us. instead, it makes things worse. i think it is time for somebody who actually had a job to do the job of making jobs work for the american people. it's not my sister. i promise. i'm committed and devoted to making the number one job i would have as president of the united states going to work to get the ameri

barack obama came to office we wished him well and hoped for the best. now in the third year of the four year term we have more than slogans and promise to judge him by. obama has failed americals show romney as the early gop runner. does he or the other republican candidates have a chance of defeating barack obama in 2012? joining me the polster to former president carter and former senior counselor to bill clinton. >> let me start with you. let's look at the field of the people in the gop, do you see them rising to the opportunity to defeat barack obama next year? >> i do. there is a generic candidate and that is a southern border state form are governor who is a moderate on social issues and fiscal cob servative and appeal to the christian community and he's hosting this president and not running for president. [applause] >> i was onering who that guy was. thank goodness and i am sure pat would agree with me you would make a strong candidate and two remaining ones we fear the most getting the nomination is mitt romney and tim pawulently and john hunts man who is unknown could emerge. those have the most appeal to the middle of the road where elections are divided. >> is la

barack obama came to office, we wished him well and hope for the best. now and the third year -- now in the third year, we have things to judge him by. he has failed america. when he took office, at the economy was in a recession. he made it worse. he made it last longer. three years later over 16 million americans are out of work. millions more are unemployed. unemployment is still above 80%. that is the number he set his stimulus to keep from happening. foreclosures still at record levels. three years later our national debt has grown. families are buried under higher prices for food and gasoline. it breaks my heart to see what is happening. this makes the president obama's on misery index. it has never been higher. what is his answer? he says i am just getting started. no, mr. president, you had your chance. we are the ones who are just getting started. [chairs] >i visited with a family who lie in a suburb of las vegas. big bear in their early 40's. now they have lost their homes. there are abandoned homes. they do it they can to make it to the end of the month. it does not matter if they are republican or democrats, and depended libertarian. they are