posters glen bolger and three lutz participated. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats and direct your attention to our screens for a special presentation. [inaudible conversations] [cheers and applause] >> since capturing a strong majority in 2010, republican governors have already transformed the nation's politics. they've provided a clear contrast between republican executive leadership and barack obama. lower taxes. balanced budgets. >> we can create an environment in ohio where we can create jobs rather than listing them. >> a laser like focus on jobs on one hand. >> versus higher taxes, record deficits and uncertainty and indecision on the other. but in 2012, the republican governors association's impact will grow even larger. republicans love a governor or election for governor in all but one of 2012 critical swing states. in the rga will be on offense in aid of the 11 states holding governors races next year. of those 11 states with governors races next year, nine of them will also b

and glen bolger has done tremendous work for rga and glenn's public opinion strategies one of those premier public polling firms. want to say thanks for the work you've done, including what he presented to us this morning. and then maybe tell us a little something about politics. bobby jindal was held at 66% of the vote in his reelection campaign. you may think 66, the other guy got 34. actually the person who finished second finish 48 points behind bobby. so i think you're going to enjoy hearing from each one of them. and i'm not going to let them have an opening statement. we are going to straight out and regular discussion. i'll just start off with you, glenn, because of the survey did this morning. the 2010 election was the biggest repudiation of the president's policy in a midterm election perhaps in american history. the election is almost exclusively about jobs, the economy, taxes, spending, deficit, dad. what about the 2012 election? >> well, those are the same reason issues along with health care, obamacare to that coming to your list of issues. and look, and this is a situation wh