there are two sets cahal of economic ideas. one is more government spending, more activist and that is the liberal view but the conservative is lower tax rates, curbed government spending and deliberate the economy of tight regulation. there is some truth to the argument he would take us back to those policies but it sounds bad. i'm sure we will hear a lot. gerri: is there a political advantage republicans going first. >> doing second is the advantage. last time we saw a wonderful example. brock obama's convention, the speech outdoors by the builders and you would say he was the new world damper. then sarah palin as a running mate coming days after stomped on the obama about six and mccain and pale then came out ahead and intel mid september when the crisis hit hard then they we're done. gerri: you say democrats make the point* we just go back but doesn't the president have to explain gdp, housing market and unemployment? >> he cannot argue that we are better off but he will say we're better off than we would have been if we st