>> in 1940, harry truman was the 10-1 underdog -- 1948, at harry truman was the 10-1 underdog to thomas dewey. a guy in the senate walked to the midwest and came back and said, " harry truman is going to wind." only person in washington. joe biden will win that award on november 2 if the democrats retain control of both houses. he is alone, virtually, in that prediction. >> charles? >> the sage of wilmington strikes again. i am glad to hear him say that, because the republican chatter of how big of weight is going to be already measuring the drapes for the speakership is that, because it means that if the republicans in do well but not overwhelming, it will be considered a defeat, the same way that in the new hampshire primary of 1992, where the flowers scandal broke and clinton, the front runner, collapsed, and he came in second, he was the winner, essentially, as the comeback kid. the more the democrats want to talk up their chances, bring it on. >> colby? >> i think the vice president is probably wrong on this, although i have been saying that i thought the democrats would retain bot

>> just to set historical perspective, in 1948, harry truman was a 10-1 underdog to thomas dewey, and it was a guy in the senate who put on old clothes and a battered hat and went through the midwest and said, "harry truman is going to win." only person in washington. joe biden will win that award if democrats retain control of both houses. he is alone, virtually come in that prediction. >> charles? >> this age of wilmington strikes again. i am glad to hear him say that, because the republican chatter about how big it will be, measuring the drapes support speakership, is that, because if the republicans do well but it is not overwhelming, it would be considered a defeat. the same weight is in new hampshire primary of 1992, when the flowers scandal broke and clinton, the front runner, collapsed, but he came in second grade he was the comeback kid. -- but he came in second. he was the comeback kid. >> colby? >> i think a vice-president is wrong -- [laughter] although i said all along that i felt democrats would retain both houses, at. in the house, you have 38 possible contests -- 38 to

obama can be clinton in '94 or he can be harry truman in' 46. >> couric: okay. richard norton smith, beverly gauge, thank you both very much for the lesson. >> thanks, jim. >> ifill: next, the youngest victims of the pakistani floods. we have a report on maternal health from special correspondent saima mohsin. >> reporter: today and everyday 1,700 babies are born in the flood affected areas-- around 250 of them will experience complications. the u.n. estimates half a million women will give birth in the food affected zones in the next six months. those that make it to the camps are relatively lucky. they should get some medical assistance. others are still wading in the water, with no access to even basic health care, the unseen and unlucky. our cameras followed the pakistan medical association which has set up tents in the camps they can get to. a midwife monitors the pregnancies and keeps a check on the women. ameerun nisa is having her seventh child, she's anemic and a high risk patient. >> ( translated ): our concern is that ameerun lost a lot of blood durin

obama can be clinton in '94 or he can be harry truman in' 46. >> couric: okay. richard norton smith, beverly gauge, thank you both very much for the lesson. >> thanks, jim. >> ifill: next, the youngest victims of the pakistani floods. we have a report on maternal health from special correspondent saima mohsin. >> reporter: today and everyday 1,700 babies are born in the flood affected areas-- around 250 of them will experience complications. the u.n. estimates half a million women will give birth in the food affected zones in the next six months. those that make it to the camps are relatively lucky. they should get some medical assistance. others are still wading in the water, with no access to even basic health care, the unseen and unlucky. our cameras followed the pakistan medical association which has set up tents in the camps they can get to. a midwife monitors the pregnancies and keeps a check on the women. ameerun nisa is having her seventh child, she's anemic and a high risk patient. >> ( translated ): our concern is that ameerun lost a lot of blood durin

host: harry truman said if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. did those comments surprise you? guest: a little bit. i think he's expressing his frustration on the trail. he said some thing that is sound perhaps defensive even or frustrated. he said at a recent fund raiser, look, it takes time. it took time to free the slaves, it took time to give women the vote. which is comparison, equating what he is doing with some pretty big things in american histy. but i think it must be tough to be a president given all of the things that come your way. and all of the knocks that come your way. he has at the moment not a lot of friends that he can rely on. he doesn't have a solid base of support at the moment that he would like to turn back to at the time of this. >> host: one of the pictures in your article, one of a series of a backyard townhall meetings, in richmond, virginia, in a home because of rain that particular day. but we've been seeing the president in these informal seings. we've been covering them. what's the message and the pr behind that?

. >> his presidential role model has been harry truman who left office incredibly unpopular and only decades after he had been out of the white house did history begin to give him a second look. >> president bush also talked about the election but does not criticize president obama. >>> airport security agents are changing the way they pat down passengers. the transportation security administration says it's adapting more of a hand gliding motion to go along with the traditional patdown. the tsa wouldn't say what prompted the change, only that it regularly reviews procedures. on the "cbs moneywatch" big drops for asian stocks this morning. ashley morrison is in new york with the latest on that. good morning. >> good morning to you, betty. asian markets fell after some disappointing earnings news. japan's nikkei shed nearly 2 percent while hong kong's hang seng was also mostly lower. today, wall street finds out how much the economy grew last quarter. thursday, stocks struggled to a mixed close, the dow slipping 12 points and nasdaq added four. after the market closed, microsoft repor

the best example of this, to keep this brief would be harry truman. when he left office in 1953, we remember him as a great president. he left office in 1953 with an approval rating of about 23%. 23% in 1953 was about 8% nowadays, because people were shy about telling people they didn't like a president. it is not our problems americans have had the last 10 years or more. you look at the numbers. why was he unpopular? one of the reasons was that people said that truman was too angry about his opponents. it is true that in 1952, he was asked by a reporter what he thought of richard nixon, in his reply was, i think richard nixon is full of the door. not very simple. -- full of manure. not very civil. the response was, you have no idea how long it got me to get him to use the word "manure." [laughter] this was a guy that worked with republicans to do the kind of things that began our response to aggression that allowed people -- that is why we honor harry truman and the fact that he was able to deal with the other side on a matter of absolute national se

he can take the same position harry truman took on in 1948. if there is a do-nothing congress that will not support his positions. tavis: i could argue for the sake of argument that he has accomplished everything he wanted to get done in this first term because this obstructionism is only going to get worse. >> that may or may not be true. i am an optimist. i am looking at the possibility of a better relationship, because the republicans will now have to answer to the public as they go through a 2012 election, for what they do in washington. the have gotten away with murder, you might say, political murder, these past two years. in the future, holding the house of representatives, picture speaker reinhardt -- john maynard -- boehner, is going to have to say this is how republicans are voting in the house. in the past two years, they have just voted against everything obama did. many republicans will have to assert a little more responsibility. tavis: do you think our political system is broken? >> it is worse than it has been in my lifetime, a

lewis, the trouble he had with harry truman, because they could stop america, the mine workers, a timeack in that era, over a third of all workers were part of a union, and unions had real power and real strength. beginning in 1981, under ronald reagan, when he fires the air traffic controllers, destroyed that union that set a real tone and unions have been on the downside ever since. >> larry: have you ever investigated the mines as a subject? >> no. what gary said is true. i grew up in a factory town, flint, michigan, and people, your grandfather worked in the factory, your dad worked in the factory you, were supposed to work notice factory, and i'm sure it's similar in west virginia like that. no one in sherman oaks is thinking, i can't wait to grow up to be a miner. >> larry: no one travels to get a job in the mines but it's well-paying. >> it's a good-paying union job. >> larry: yeah. >> but it is dangerous. and since -- during the bush years, when mining safety was regulated and safety standards were relaxes that's when you started having incidents, again, massey energy which own

. >> the difference betweenç my position right now and harry truman's was that congress explicitly passedlaw that took away the power of the executive branch to end this policy unilaterally. so, this is not a situation in which with a stroke of a pen, i can simply end the policy. i agree with the basic principle that anybody who wants to serve in our armed forces and make sacrifices on our behalf, anybody should be able to serve and should not have to lie about who they are in order to serve, so we are moving in the direction of moving this policy. it has to be done in a way that is orderly because we are involved in a war right now, but this is not a question of whether the policy will end. this policy will end and end on my watch, but i do have an obligation to make sure that i'm following some of the rules. i can't simply ignore laws out there. i've got to work to make sure that they are changed. >> alex, back to you. the racial climate seems to be deteriorating in this country, but seems the question is right there. you saw those people. very attentive, very respectful. but not an arm

the first chief of staff, harry truman's chief of staff.as his name. he served the longest because he didn't know that you can get out a little earlier, that trend was started much later. and that brings us to his replacement, the new chief of staff, president obama's new left hand, he's left-handed. his name is pete rouse, he's not quite the ball buster that rahm emanuel was, but he was the senate chief of staff, people called him the 101st senator when he workinged for majority leader tom daschle. now if more and more people are getting their news from comedians these days, well then exactly what are they getting? stick around, we'll hear who's getting roasted by the late-night comedians. [ printer whirs ] done. ♪ thanks. do you work here? not yet. from tax info to debunking myths, the field guide to evolving your workforce has everything you need. download it now at thinkbeyondthelabel.com. >>> welcome back to what the week, i'm pete dominik and this section is called why this person is better than me. haley is only 12 years old and she

will let obama go directly to the people more to plan his staff, his flag among the people like harry trumanid in 1948 when he won the presidency re-election because he character ied the congress as a do nothing congress. i think obama has that chance now as he didn't before. >> let me pay tribute to your diary, mr. president. clear for me even reading a bit of it that you had no help from speech writers for this. that no one got in your way. this was pure jimmy carter and anybody wants to know what you really think, all they have to do is read this book. thank you, mr. president. it was an honor to serve you and have you on tonight. >> thank you. >>> up next, why is a democrat running for governor, these are hid words, to shove it. check out the "sideshow" straight ahead. discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at restaurants. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. but basically, i'm a runner. last year. (oof). i had a bum knee that needed surgery. but it got complicated, because i had an old injury. so i wanted a doctor who had done this before. and unitedhealthcare's

harry truman didn't go to college. >> what's worse, a clean-shaven marxist or bearded marxist? >> he called himself -- >> i want to know your calibrations. you think this is better, here's the mcmahon campaign. a devastating ad right before last night's debate. we're going to show you the ad followed by blumenthal addressing it. let's see who won. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learned something very important since the days that i served in vietnam. >> dick blumenthal did, again and again. >> i'm proud of my military service. on a few occasions, out of hundreds, when i commented on it, i described it inaccurately and i regret it. i take full responsibility for it. it was not intentional, but that is no excuse. and i want to say that i am sorry, particularly to our veterans and most especially to the veterans of vietnam. >> can you explain the fact that i take full responsibility for it but it was not intentional? how do you say you served in vietnam unintentionally when they have the quotes, just like they have on o'donnell? >> the interesting thing about

. >>> flashback, president harry truman delivered the first televised presidential address asking americans why? to help stockpile grain for starving people. can you imagine if a sitting president did that today, the outcry you would hear. >> well be right back. hi. you know, if we had let fedex office print our presentation, they could have shipped it too. saved ourselves the hassle. i'm not too sure about this. look at this. [ security agent ] right. you never kick off with sales figures. kicking off with sales figures! i'm yawning. i'm yawnsome more. aaaaaaaand... [ snores ] i see your point. yeah. [ snores ] [ male announcer ] we understand.® you need a partner who delivers convenience. next time use fedex office. [ cellphone beeps ] [ tires screech ] [ cellphone beeps ] and if you've got cut-rate insurance, you could be payin' for this yourself. so get allstate. [ tires screech ] [ dennis ] dollar for dollar nobody protects you from mayhem like allstate. >>> before we go, we'll take a dip in the shallow end for some seriously odd expressions of political engagement. first up, naked amb

. >> harry truman didn't go to college. >> what's worse, a cleanhaven marxist or bearded? you think it's better -- here's the mcmahon campaign. a devastating ad right before last night's debate. we're going to show you the ad followed by blumenthal addressing it. >> would you lie about serving in a war? >> we have learned something very important since the days i served in vietnam. >> blumenthal did again and again. >> i'm proud of my military service. on a few occasions out of hundreds when i commented on it, i described it inaccurately and i regret it. i take full responsibility for it. it was not intentional. but that is no excuse. and i want to say that i am sorry. specifically to our veterans and most especially to the veterans of vietnam. >> can you explain the fact that i take full responsibility for it but it was not intentional? how do you say that? >> the interesting thing about this, chris, even that in some of the same speeches, he said it right sometimes and wrong. he contradicted himself really within five, ten minutes of one another. it doesn't seem it was a

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>> one of my real heros is harry truman. difficult decision to compel the racial integration of the armed forces at a point when most of the generals said, for exactly the same reasons, unit cohesion, performance on the battlefield, we should not have a racially integrated military. it's made one of our militaries the most progressive organization in our country. as you said earlier, most of our nato allies have realized that we are giving up on the service of thousands of potential volunteers who could be serving our nation at home and abroad. i don't think it makes any sense, because of a narrow social agenda to continue to exclude them from open service in our military. [ male announcer ] "dear focus... "be careful out there. "as you know, we have more standard safety features "than you. "10 airbags... daytime running lamps... "onstar automatic crash response. "in case ya didn't see it, that's probably why "msn autos called the cruze "the class of its class right now. that seems pretty clear, doesn't it?" the all-new chev

also the natural archive, songs that uplifted soldiers' spirits and the time of lincoln and how harry truman's containment policy resulted in an statement. >> we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books and american history. it is all available to you on television, radio, online and on social media networking site refine their content any time through the cspan video library. we take cspan on the room with their digital bus local content vehicle, bringing content to your neighborhood. now available in more than 100 million homes, created by cable and created but as a public service. >> this year, florida has a three-way race for the florida senate. republican mark rubio, kendrick me, and charlie crist who is running as an independent met for their first debate last night in orlando. abc news political correspondent and good morning america a host george stephanopoulos hosted the hour- long debate. >> "rubio plans to fight the president's agenda. >> i think washington is robert. >> democrat kendrick meek defeated a billionaire to win the nomination but loves being an unde

>> one of my real heroes is harry truman. truman made a very difficult decision to compel the racial integration of the united states armed forces at a point when most of the leadership, most of the generals said for exactly the same sorts of reason, unit cohesion we should not have a racially integrated military. that was a brave decision, it was an important decision and the ultimate long-term impact has made our united states military one of the most progressive in terms of promotion advancement opportunities for racial hurt minorities of any organization in our country. as you said earlier most of our nato allies long ago realized we are giving up on the service of thousands of potential volunteers who could be serving our nation at home and abroad, i don't think it makes any sense because of a narrow social agenda to continue to exclude them from open service in our military. [ female announcer ] the healing power of touch just got more powerful. introducing precise pain relieving cream. it blocks pain signals fast for r

point number two, the different tweens my position right now and harry truman's was that congress explicitlyssed a law that took away the power of the executive branch to end this policy unilaterally. so this is not a situation in which with a stroke of the pen i can simply end a policy. now, having said that, what i have been able to do is for the first time get the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mike mullen, to say he thinks the policy should end. the secretary of defense has said he recognizes that the policy needs to change. and we, i believe, have enough votes in the senate to go ahead and remove this constraint on me as the house has already done so that i can go ahead and end it, but this is not a question of whether the policy will end. this policy will end, and it will end on my watch, but i do have an obligation to make sure that i'm following some of the rules. i can't simply ignore laws that are out there. i've got to work to make sure that they are changed. >> while that was happening today the department of justice appealed to keep the don't ask don't tell policy in pla

the business number out there is 1948, when harry truman and democrats picked up 75 seats.it, when experts talk about and you've got very respected people like stu rothenberg and charlie cook talking about right now 55 seats, we're in historic territory. >> when they say that, they say 55 and it could go higher. not saying 55 and it might be lower. those are really fairly conservative estimates. the important thing about this, the practical effect of republican control of the house will be any major new obama initiatives will be stopped, stalled. they won't be able to pass it. the political effect is more interesting, and that's really not about the republicans so much than it is about how the democrats and the white house and on capitol hill react to the message from the eelectorate. at the moment, that will depend how the margin goes. if it's 55 they may say as juan did, it's close. we had a bad economy. you will lose a lot of seats. stuff happens. we are going to fight on as much as before. if it's 65, 70, 75, it seems to me and they try that, they will be laughed out of

>> when my heroes is harry truman. he made the difficult decision to compel the adoration of the u.s. armed forces at a time when most of the generals said, are the exact same reasons, unit cohesion -- we should not have a racially integrated military. that was an important decision. the ultimate long term and that has made our military was the most progressive in terms of promotion and advancement opportunities. as you said earlier, most of our nato allies long ago realized that we are giving up on the service of thousands of potential volunteers who could be serving our nation at home and abroad. i do not think it makes any sense to continue to exclude them from open service in our military. >> we are not necessarily going to open discussion on that, because we want to get tested and questions. this comes on the issue of campaign finance reform. >> what is your position on campaign finance reform and what is your reaction to the recent supreme court ruling allowing corporations to donate to political campaigns? >> mr

on tuesday, what you will see over the next two years is not bill clinton, i think you will see harry trumanthe inclination to go to four and try to roll back the new deal. -- too far and try to roll back the new deal. >> i will make a prediction. historians are not forced to do that. but suppose to do that. obama will put hillary clinton in as vice president. joe biden will go to secretary of state. no one knows more about afghanistan than joe biden. that would be the first woman in american history. obama-clinton would be hard to beat if unemployment drops down to 8.9% and they are showing a little bit of movement. >> it is interesting that you ispalin-romney in the same breath. my question is, a lot of people would view that -- it may make a lot of sense, but a lot of people would see it as an act of desperation. is it necessary to do if palin is the senate, is it more necessary to do that if romney is? >> hillary clinton deserves it. she has done a great job as secretary of state and they need somebody who will run as president. joe biden will not run in 2016. it would unify. clinton wou

the best example of this, to keep this brief would be harry truman. when he left office in 1953, we remember him as a great president. he left office in 1953 with an approval rating of about 23%. 23% in 1953 was about 8% nowadays, because people were shy about telling people they didn't like a president. it is not our problems americans have had the last 10 years or more. you look at the numbers. why was he unpopular? one of the reasons was that people said that truman was too angry about his opponents. it is true that in 1952, he was asked by a reporter what he thought of richard nixon, in his reply was, i think richard nixon is full of the door. not very simple. -- full of manure. not very civil. the response was, you have no idea how long it got me to get him to use the word "manure." [laughter] this was a guy that worked with republicans to do the kind of things that began our response to aggression that allowed people -- that is why we honor harry truman and the fact that he was able to deal with the other side on a matter of absolute national se

sounds like he has not voted for a democrat since harry truman. the true independent voter is someone who cares about the deficit, economy. we are focusing talking to our constituents, focusing on the results that we have given. you look at this year, we have created about 83,000 private- sector jobs already this year. that is more jobs created than in the entire bush presidency. there were no net new jobs created by that administration. host: what do you say when people talk about the unemployment rate above 8%? when he pushed the stimulus bill, he said that an employment would be below 8%. it is not. guest: no, it is not. it was probably not a good idea to tie a bill to a specific number in the drop of the unemployment rate, but there is no question we have made progress and we are on the upswing. the way to talk about it is simply through demonstrating the results, recognizing that people still have a lot of thanks to -- angst. we are talking about the efforts that we have made on their behalf and drawing a contrast between us and our opponents

we've got a health care plan that people since harry truman have been trying to get enacted. not perfect. got a lot of work on it. i think he's facing tremendous and unreasoned opposition by a small faction of that republican people in -- in washington. [ applause ] >> so i think president obama's doing a good job. >> ms. whitman? ms. whitman, a real force if your party is sarah palin. she'll be in california on saturday. she's been the governor of a big western state. are you going seek her advice on what you may do in california after her experience in alaska? >> so sarah palin's coming to california, and she's doing fundraising and a number of other things. and you know what, if she has a real -- she has a real following in the republican party. you know that i have supported other presidential nominees in our party, whether it was john mccain, my long-term friend, mitt romney. that day i'll be out with voters talking about the things that matter to californians. and that is jobs. i promise you if we don't cut taxes, if we don't streamline regulation, there's no way we're

. >> one of my real heroes is harry truman.e made it difficult decision to compel the racial integration of the armed forces at a point when most of the leadership and generals said, for the same reasons, that we should not have a racially integrated military. a brave decision and an important decision. the ultimate long-term impact has made the military one of the most progressive in terms of promotional events meant opportunities of any organization in the country. most of our allies long ago realized that we have given up the service of thousands of potential volunteers that could serve us at home and abroad. it makes no sense because of a narrow social agenda to exclude them from open service in the military. >> we are not necessarily going to open discussion on that because we want to get to two questions. the next question comes on the issue of campaign finance reform. >> what is your position on campaign finance reform? what is your reaction to the recent supreme court ruling allowing corporations to donate to political

>> when my heroes is harry truman.e made the difficult decision to compel the adoration of the u.s. armed forces at a time when most of the generals said, are the exact same reasons, unit cohesion -- we should not have a racially integrated military. that was an important decision. the ultimate long term and that has made our military was the most progressive in terms of promotion and advancement opportunities. as you said earlier, most of our nato allies long ago realized that we are giving up on the service of thousands of potential volunteers who could be serving our nation at home and abroad. i do not think it makes any sense to continue to exclude them from open service in our military. >> we are not necessarily going to open discussion on that, because we want to get tested and questions. this comes on the issue of campaign finance reform. >> what is your position on campaign finance reform and what is your reaction to the recent supreme court ruling allowing corporations to donate to political campaigns? >> mr.

greeted stimulus, helped stabilize our banks, we have a health care plan for the first time since harry truman. it is not perfect and we need to work on a. i think he is facing tremendous and on reasonable opposition by a small faction of the republicans in washington. i think obama is doing a good job. >> ms. whitman? a real force in your party will be here on saturday. william c. >>> vice on what he may do for california after her experience in alaska? -- will you seek her advice? >> sarah palin is going to be here. you know that i have supported the other presidential nominees in our party whether it was john mccain or mitt romney. that day i will be out with voters talking about the things that matter to californians which are jobs. if we do not cut taxes and streamline regulation, there's no way we will ever get out of this financial mess. do you know what jobs do? what a job does is that the family budget back together. more jobs in california will help the california budget back together. i need to say one thing. the notion that jerry brown is going to be tough on unions is a fairy tale

. >> harry truman says, if you cannot convince them, confuse them. you have totally confused me. the topic is lobbyists and their influence in washington. you're the top recipient of all congressmen. you are. affect you have money from the three senators -- >> you have money from the three senators -- >> that really is not an explanation, congressman, of why lobbyists like you so much. i think it is because you carry water for them and do not take care of us. when the lobbyist wants something, you take care of them. mark twain had a word for that -- he said it was the best government money could buy. congressman, i think that is you. >> we have a chance for another question. we'll ask your graciousness to truncate our times for responses to just 90 seconds. we have a pithy, insightful final question. >> do you believe global warming is real? give me a yes or no. if so, what needs to be done? >> i think climate change is real. iso not know how much of thit been instigated by people. in this cap and trade discussion -- i am for more smaller, more wind, more nuclear, more biofuels -

created stimulus and help stabilize our banks and we have a health care plan that people since harry truman have been tried to get enacted. not perfect. he is facing tremendous and and reasoned opposition by a small faction of the republican people in washington. i think obama is doing a good job. [applause] >> ms. whitman, a force in your party is sarah palin. she has been the governor of the big western states. are you going to see current vice after her experience in alaska? >> >> sarah palin has a real following in the republican party. i have supported john mccain or mitt romney. i will be out with voters and talking about the things that matter to californians and that is jobs. if we do not cut taxes, streamlined regulation, there is no way we will get out of this financial mess. think about a family for a minute. what a job does is put the family budget back together. what more jobs in california will do is put the california budget back together. i have to say one thing -- the notion that jerry brown will be tough on unions is just a fairy tale. he has been joined at the hip with th

. >> harry truman once said if you want a friend in washington, get a dog.oney. they are pulling all of their money out of the ohio district he represents because they think he can lose. tree house, if you take a look here, tree house actually has cut a video, don, where he says, look, i'm an outsider, the dccc doesn't think that i have enough to win this race, let's prove them wrong. so, dree house has his own video up trying to raise money. an interesting take, a freshman democrat losing support from the nag a party trying to raise money on his own. paul? >> to okay, don, you talked about it let's get to it the battle in nevada. this is a great race. senate majority leader harry reid, the democrat, fighting for his political life against sharron angle, the republican challenger a tea party-backed candidate. a big debate, their first debate tonight in investigate gashes the big showdown. as we get towards that dehe bait, as we close in on that our jessica yellin out there covering it, the brand new polls, one last night, one this morning, both suggest the r

help harry truman's policies led to decades of detention. american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> now we will hear from the three candidates running for governor in georgia. former gov. roy barnes, nathan deal. this debate is courtesy of georgia public broadcasting. >> live from the studios of georgia public broadcasting, the 2010 georgia gubernatorial debate organized by students from georgiou's leading colleges and universities. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to the 2010 georgia gubernatorial debate. originating from the studios of georgia public broadcasting, tonight's debate was organized by the georgia tech student government association and partner universities. we would like to welcome our college -- welcome our viewers. this is a debate among the three candidates in the general election for demonere. let's meet the candidates now. the republicans think they can't win it. the democrats are desperate to hold onto it. they want to make sure that they will hang onto their seats. >> c-span "local content of vehic

sounds like he has not voted for a democrat since harry truman. the true independent voter is someone who cares about the deficit, economy. we are focusing talking to our constituents, focusing on the results that we have given. you look at this year, we have created about 83,000 private- sector jobs already this year. that is more jobs created than in the entire bush presidency. there were no net new jobs created by that administration. host: what do you say when people talk about the unemployment rate above 8%? when he pushed the stimulus bill, he said that an employment would be below 8%. it is not. guest: no, it is not. it was probably not a good idea to tie a bill to a specific number in the drop of the unemployment rate, but there is no question we have made progress and we are on the upswing. the way to talk about it is simply through demonstrating the results, recognizing that people still have a lot of thanks to -- angst. we are talking about the efforts that we have made on their behalf and drawing a contrast between us and our opponents

. >> harry truman says, if you cannot convince them, confuse them. you have totally confused me.he topic is lobbyists and their influence in washington. you're the top recipient of all congressmen. you are. affect you have money from the three senators -- >> you have money from the three senators -- >> that really is not an explanation, congressman, of why lobbyists like you so much. i think it is because you carry water for them and do not take care of us. when the lobbyist wants something, you take care of them. mark twain had a word for that -- he said it was the best government money could buy. congressman, i think that is you. >> we have a chance for another question. we'll ask your graciousness to truncate our times for responses to just 90 seconds. we have a pithy, insightful final question. >> do you believe global warming is real? give me a yes or no. if so, what needs to be done? >> i think climate change is real. iso not know how much of thit been instigated by people. in this cap and trade discussion -- i am for more smaller, more wind, more nuclear, more biofuels --