bush administration, and ed paisley is also with us, a longtime journalist. he is currently vice president for editorial for the center for american progress' action fund. and, mr. paisley, if we could start with you. how would you describe president obama's overall philosophy when it comes to tech and communications issues? >> guest: i would include tech communications and science because i think all three go together. i think it's a mistake to try and separate the one from the other or the two from the other. the overall philosophy really is trying to figure out the best way in which the federal government can work cooperatively with the private sector in improving u.s. economic competitiveness in whatever range it is. and the administration's done a number of different public/private partnerships in a lot of arenas trying to boost our science and innovation capabilities, you know, as a broad philosophical focus for what he thinks of as a progressive agenda to help boost our economic competitiveness around the globe. on telecom and communications in paragra

. >> our guests are john kneuer and ed paisley from the center for american progress's action fund, and josh smith is our guest reporter from "the national journal." >> governor romney has not set out a specific proposal about cyber security, just general proposals. he has called for greater involvement of the intelligence and defense communities and officials in those intelligence and defense communities are some of the more vocal voices calling for the republicans in congress and chambers of commerce -- do you see a president romney taking the side of business, i guess, against the defense department and the national security agency? >> i am not sure there's that kind of opposition between the entities that you laid out. i think that looking to the military, defense department, and intelligence community, i think it is simply an acknowledgement that that is where the real expertise is in the government. they have the human capital resources. and they can look to this in a much more pro-active way for a much longer time. the issue of cyber security has been one that has been very brigh

romney's agenda and ed paisley who supports president obama. but neither is an official campaign spokesman. ""the communicators" here on c-span duoat 8:00 a.m. -- indiana u.s. senate debate. republican state treasurer richard murdoch goes against joe donly. they rate the race a tossup. >> this isn't about governor bush, it's not about me. it is about you. and i want to come back to something i said before. if you want somebody who believes that we were better off eight years ago than we are now, and that we ought to go back to the kind of policy we had back then, emphasizing tax cuts mainly for the wealthy, here is your man. if you want somebody who will fight for you, and who will fight to have middle class tax cuts, then i am your man. i want to be. now i doubt anybody here makes more than $3 30,000 a year. i want to ask you. if you do you would be in the top 1%. >> it would be in violation of the rules. >> i'm not going ask. if anyone here in the audience was dead on in the middle of the middle class, then the tax cut for every singling one

. >> host: ed paisley, john kneuer, josh smith thank you for being on ""the communicators" this week. is the second presidential debate form live on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. watch and engage. .. tea party supporters are united on economic issues but divided on social issues it's not about me. it's about you and i want to come back to something i've said before. if you want somebody that believes we were better off eight years ago than we are now and we ought to go back to the policies back than emphasizing the cuts for the wealthy. if you want somebody that will fight for you and will fight to have middle class tax cuts when i am your man, i want to be i doubt anybody here makes more than $330,000 a year. but if you do you are in the top 1 percent. >> i'm not going to asked. but if everyone here in this audience was dead on in the middle of a middle class and the tax cuts for every single one of you all added up would be less than the tax cut his plan would give to just one member of top wealthiest 1%. you judge for yourself whether or not that is fair.

and ed paisley is also joining as. he is from the american center for action fund. mr. paisley, if we could start with you. how could you describe president obama's overall philosophy when it comes to detect and communications issues? >> i would include text, communications, and science. i think all three go together. the overall philosophy really is the overall philosophy really is

. >> host: ed paisley, john kneuer and josh smith, thank you all for being on "the communicators" this week. >> guest: thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> watch and engage with c-span's road to the white house coverage as the presidential candidates meet this tuesday for a town hall-style debate. just ahead, a discussion on the economic effects of potential cuts to the military. after that, a debate between the candidates vying to succeed new hampshire governor john lynch. then, a firsthand look at the political unrest in egypt, syria and libya by a fellow with the new america foundation who recently travel today the middle east. traveled to the middle east. and later retired supreme court justice john paul stevens speaks to a conference about gun laws, gun violence and his dissents in the court's cases involving the second amendment. >> c-span brings a special perspective into what's happening in washington, particularly your coverage of the house and the senate. so if something is going on in the house and the senate -- andw something will go on in the next five years, maybe not this