. >> look, i come from a household where whenever there's a recession, somebody around hi grandpop'sot of people are still hurt because of this god-awful recession we inherited that cost 8.4 million jobs before we could really get going. so i don't blame people. they are frustrated, they are angry, but at the end of the day they are going to decide, is the way back to their employment, is the way back to them being able to get a job and raise a family, is that under the values set under romney or under ours? and we feel confident we'll do just fine. >> anything about what he said did you think this indicates vice president biden is going off script again here? >> i don't think he was going off script. he was trying his best to actually reconcile how a convicted felon could end up getting 40% of the vote in west virginia in a democratic primary. and it does really highlight in what biden was trying to talk about is trying to reconcile why president obama struggles so much in a state like west virginia compared to some other states where president obama hasn't had any trouble. the othe

i am not an optimist as my grandpop would say.i love this when you pick up the national press and refer to biden as the white house optimist like my grandpop said i was the guy who fell off the turnip truck yesterday. i've been there longer than all of them. i'm an optimist because i know you and i understand this country and the american people given half a chance have never, ever, ever, ever, ever let their country down, but they need a chance. they need an even playing field. they need an opportunity. , and, ladies and gentlemen, the deck has been stacked on them. we're unstacking it. folks, you know firsthand. you know what it means to give people a chance. you have seen it here in new new hampshire, here in keene. you watch what happens when you give opportunity, what happens when you create the environment for people to take advantage of new technologies, when you have a nurturing environment to invite companies and people with new ideas to come in. you've seen it. well, ladies and gentlemen, the whole country's ready. the w