so romney has to prepare for low expectations for obam awhich will help obama.he has to practice in a forum, in which he can relax with the audience. however, he has one great advantage, romney, he has the facts on his side and the arguments on his side. >> sean: charles krauthammer, love your analysis. your columns have been dead on this entire campaign season, with very few exceptions. a couple of minor disagreements. >> we'll discuss them -- below sea level one day. the dead sea, the place we should do that? all right, charles. thanks for being with us. stephanie cutter's finally telling the truth and let's just say, it is not going to help barack obama. we will play her comments and reince priebus will be here to react. they say debates don't make much of an impact in the polls. that is not the case after mitt romney's monumental victory over obama. we have incredible polls out of virginia, florida and ohio to share with you tonight, right share with you tonight, right here on "hannity." [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know, the bett

the adr president obam would have known about indices security, who cares. it is irrelevant. did the state department note? i think they tried to walk it back. meaning that nobody knew about. gerri: i thought paul ryan did a great job just to get a sense. >> we are from similar chance he is from scranton pa. i am from janesvil wisconsin. do know the unemployment rate? 10 percent. of the day you came into office? 5%. that is how would is going all over america. >> it is going down. >> he did very well. on medicare/medicaid security jobs for grow to go to toe with the vice president on the military and foreign policy. he could hold his own. considering good demeanor of joe biden aninterrupted 82 times. gerri: he had the hardest time drilling down the pacific' he corrted himself four times on numbers then with the war on afghanistan he could not go there. i was shocked at his performance. >> i thought it was typical except the hyper aggressiveness. he got a specific where he was specifically wrong saying raising the level of the tax cuts $1 million which is not the administratio

but everything of president obam's vision and philosophy and governance has failed. i would be happy to have a dhat with the president on what you just talked about. >> greta: in two nights, we will have the vice-presidential debate. i am curious what you want to--- hear vice-presidential paul ryan say about medicare in light of the fact that you have a lot of medicare recipients in florida. >> all i want paul ryan to do is to tell the truth. i want paul ryan to say that the actuaries of medicare and social security have said in 2024, medicare goes bankrupt. joe biden can try to criticize paul ryan. to you about do nothing means that we lose medicare program for our seniors right now. we have a proposal that is on the table that will protect and preserve medicare. one of the things that i look at just last week, we have a new mandate that came down from the affordable care act that says that seniors, if they return back to a hospital within 30 days of a visit, the hospital will receive a fine. i don't think those are the policies that will help medicare. they won't h

obam a. biden pivots and charges the republicans with something totally false, after having atd mitted that in the time he was vice-president, the middle class was buried. i agree with paul ryan's characterization. buried by tax, buried by unemployment and buried by reg iewdle, it's buried by debt and a variety of government actions, under obama and biden. i am sure that he wishes he hadn't said it. but joe biden in that case, was sharing an insight into what's happened. >> greta: two-part question. what is the one question president obama doesn't want to be asked tomorrow nit. >> sean: here's at this time question i don't think you want to answer. what is the one question governor romney doesn't want to be asked? >> you are so much more clever than i am. it had not occurred to me to try to come with -- come up with that. i suspect that obama will go after rom flee on the whole, why don't you release your taxes and the personal stuff because that seems to be the heart of the campaign. i think

the latest poll showing mitt romney pulling ahead of president obam a. governor romney leading 49% to 47% among likely voters. brit hume is here. nice to see you. there is a lot of enthusiasm by the people in the sound bite. but if you look at democrats, they concede that the momentum is definitely in governor romney's favor. what can -- in president obama -- governor romney's favor. what can president obama do? >> i think he would be wise not to panic because these polls, if you look at the gallup poll is sampled two way, registered voters and president obamma was a ahead. had they asked the questions that they asked to determine who is likely voter and broke out that set of voters, that indicated they were likely voters, you have mitt romney ahead by two percentage points, that's well inside the margin of error. so it could be the other way. so basically, what this is sell tells us is that the race remains exceedingly close, while the debate performance, that even many democrats acknowledge was a win for governor romney and has given him momentum here,

[o >> this is the most abrupt pivot we have seen in recent memory, and i think forÑi a lot of obam followersd to see him tired or disconnected -- >> come on, this is the leader of the free world -- ♪fá >> this property has been in the to own a piece of it is a joy. i'm a third generation, my son is a fourth generation. >> this is our family. ♪ '%;q >> with the presidential election less than four weeks fá away. the race to the white house has welcome a horse race. heading into the home stretch, leading. gop challenger mitt romney has gained momentum, but president obama also got a boost thanks to the unemployment rate falling t/ 7.8%. >> after losing about 700,000 jobs a month, our businesses have added li5.2 million new jo. on friday, we learned that the unemployment rate is now at it's lowest level since i entered office. more americans are entering the workforce and getting jobs. >> the romney campaign continues to claim thatok america is wors off under the obamaÑiq administration. the battle continues. here is recap is1eñ tara wall. dr. james peterson, and kelly goff, political contribut

i just don't see it that way-- >>> you are protecting obam a. you are making excuses -- you are making excuses. >> no. when i see that you guys throw dirt and see what will stick. all do you is hope that something is going to stick this time -- [overlapping dialogue] >> can i just throw the facts in here -- >> hang on! let me say one thing here. you remember that, after katrina, there was a great deal of national outrage at the slow response and secondly, that president george w. bush-- >>> you said this in 2007 -- [overlapping dialogue] >> let me finish my point. >> juan, this is a lie. >> george w. bush went to jackson square and he said, there is a history of inequality and racism that has its roots in what happened here and we as americans have to do something to overcome that inequity. >> okay. that's all great. but this is senator obama, who lied did the stafford act, $6.9 billion -- >> he didn't lie about it. >> yes, he did. >> he did not. look at record! the record shows-- >>> let him finish. >> he lies about the way the stafford act is

he revealed himself-- >>> was it the real obam in 2008 or this other -- >> oh, i wrote that piece inlos angeles times," exposing his philly speech as being the race man. he focuses everything about race. [overlapping dialogue] >> that was also class. that's my point. >> sean: he is saying that katrina victims were not taken care of by the government because the government is against black people. >> right. >> sean: that's what he is saying. let's go back and roll parliament of this tape and notice the change -- the way you hear him when he gives a speech. >> when 9/11 happened in new york city... they waived the stafford act. said, this is too serious a problem. we can't expect new york city to rebuild on its own the. forget that dollar you gotta put in. here's $10. that was the right thing to do. when hurricane andrew struck in florida, people said, look at this devastation. we don't expect to you come up with your money. here! here's the money to rebuild. we are not gonna wait for to you scratch it together because you are part of the american family. what's happening down in new o

. >> with only 13 days until the big day, president obam's running out of time. while he struggles to attend his intel meetings, he has been busy with hollywood friends. let's see how president obama has been spending his time since 9/11. he had the chat with the pimp with a limp and a sit-down with his number-1 fan, david letterman and a day on the couch with the leads with "the view," and the ever important yo show and a pressing interview with hip-hop radio in ohio. last week, he had time for a comedy act with jon stewart. when you think it's time to hunker down and really focus on what really matter, there is time for an appearance with yea leno, later tonight, followed by an interview with mtv -- oh, and he gets on the gossip magazine, "us weekly" and two days with brian williams. excuse me, mr. president, shouldn't you be a little more concerned about keeping americans safe and maybe telling the truth about benghazi? here with the reaction, what the bleep just happened author, monica crowley, and juan williams. but there is no time for b.b. netanyahu, becau

president obam is not the only one who may be wishing the debate was just a bad dream.ere is jimmy falon. >> i heard a lot of people played drinking games and they took a shot when someone said a certain word. the word for obama was jobs. the word for romney was medicare, and the roared for jim lehrer was -- [mum mumbling] >> greta: that's your lt

cheering [ >> romney's comments about big bird are the target of a new spoof tv ad from president obams cam paint mocks romney. -- big bird. >> big, yellow, men noise our economy. mitt romney knows it is not wall street you have to worry about, it is sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. >> sesame street has asked the obama campaign to take down the ad even though it has not officially hit the airwaves yet. >>> report shows mitt romney is capitalizing on the boost from the debate. poll out this morning shows romney has reached his highest personal popularity of the campaign favorability rate something 47% compared to 51% who s him unvorable. president obama's ting 55% comparedo 44% unfavorable. >> the vice presidential candidates square off -- >> thursday. you can watch it here starting at 6:00. >>> in napa county anybody living here the fairgrounds can expect to hear a big boom in less than half an hour. the napa valley bomb squad plans to blow up a highly volatile case of ether discovered during a cleanu

. >> a number of polls iicate that president obam's lead with white women was shrinking.lking about men who only ve republican, but college-educated women who are generally liberal on social issueses are moving towards romney. >> i talked to a smart republican over ththe weekend to said that all of this is about who you want to be marrrried to and in the very first debate obama was so peevish about -- you would not want to be married to that guy. romney was kind of moderate and reasonable and migh actually listen to you. that is what turned it around the polls. but in the second debate, i thought that romney, by sword of treating women like commodities -- briefing books full of women -- lost a little ground. >>>> direct your e-mail to evan thomas, not to any of us. [laughter] i think it is simple. romney had the same effect on women in the first debate as he did on men. obama hadd spent $150 million n on negative ads as the guy who wants to -- a guy who was completely indifferent when the wife of a steelworker he laid f dies of canr and it would work looks in the camera a

and not even by back obam whose party once fought for working men and women against the economic loyalistsso just inmtime, if not too late, comes this definitive examination of inequality. pollute contracts, the rise of the new global supervich and the fall of yaef one else. the author is rystia freeman, whose journalism is steeped in years of covering robber barons from mexico and india. once deputy editor of t o globe and mailn canada and the correspondent for the financial times and the economists she is now the editor of thompson reuters digital. we're joined by matt taibbi who has made the magazine rolling stone a go-to source for understanding the financial scandals in rural america. who can fget his 2009 article on the great american bubble machine. which describes goldman sachs as a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity relentlessly so jabbing its blood funnel into anything that smells like money. elcome to you both.el income inequality has soared to the highest level since the great depression. with the top 1% taking 93% of the income earned in the first year aft

obam and mr. romney aside, the reason we vote on tuesdays is because many years ago it was decided that tuesday was the best day for farmers to get to the polls. we have been voting for that very reason on tuesday. why is it that in 2012, ideology aside, that we are having a conversation about shrinking the rights of americans to vote, condensing this process rather than expanding the process? a weekendwe vote on as opposed to tuesday? there are some different ways to do this. other countries are around the world do it in different ways. why are we stuck on this only on tuesday sort of approach to voting? >> i think a lot of states have adopted the type of early voting reforms you mentioned. 31 states have some version of arly voting.al early voting was cut back because the obama campaign used so successfully to mobilize their voters. it is easier to get someone to the polls that you have three weeks to convince them to vote and not just one day. republicans will argue that early voting was expens

it was a divisive win for the obama/bid obam obama/biden campaign. ryan was on defense most of the night. in terms of biden being aggressive, joe biden is authentic. he says what he means, does what he says. spoke with conviction tonight. he cares about what he's saying and that showed. that came across to the american people. >> now, congressman ryan also made the case that this has been a negative campaign and he got some points in. are you convinced that there will be a difference showing up at the polls in the coming days? >> very little movement in the polls in the last week. >> a slide for you guys. >> a slight movement. this is a close race. we said it would be a close rate up to the end. these debates important. people are starting to make decisions. tonight, two very, very different visions, the difference between lifetime of fighting for the middle class versus someone who just learned the words middle class the past four weeks. >> what should we expect from the president the next to you weeks? will his he can bait be different. >> he will

one, the polls show that the enthusiasm gap that romney has now is in his favor over obam obama.that the democrats' base because they fear romney could be elected is enthusiastic. the swing voter polls in swing state they ask about taking position on this, after the debate, obama 43, romney 20. connects well with ordinary americans. obama 69. romney 7. so i think that rom lom has work to make up for himself but he did a good job. he did give himself another shot at this. the boosts like that, the boosts go away. >> dana: you pretty much the whole block so now we can kick it around the rest of the time. when you look at the number on the enthusiasm that bob mentioned, republicans are well more enthusiastic than democrats. if you are the obama campaign you get the numbers today. what goes through your mind about the $150 million you spent? >> kimberly: somebody better do something fast. this isn't going well for him. bob, you studied this historically for many, many years. >> bob: many, many, many years. >> kimberly: also you look at the gallop polls that is the biggest jump. >> bo

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make this an election of obama versus obam lou: this thought. the opportunity to speak with you.lways great to see you, but i think it is instructive as well that governor romney dominated the eveng and seize the moment as well as the ad when he stood on the stage alone with president obama without suprt, without people helping and ossed the finish line. i thght maybe there is a great lesson in thatfor the governor and for his campaign. good to see you. >> a pleasure. lou: up next, as if the liberal slant of the presidential debate moderator is or not enough, new reports reveal one moderator in particular knows the president pretty well. president obama claims he was being too polite in last week's debate. amazing how it took so long for that to occur. the "washington post" as a somewhat different take on his posted declines. we will share those with you. coming up tomorrow, president obama dropping in the polls facing serious questions about a cover-up and libya. former new hampshire governor, chief of staff and the white house president way in. congressman mike rogers, the head

the issue environment in virginia, i live in northern virginia, gifavorrable to obam a. i think you will see a very interesting election night. i think we will be looking at a few of these states. we may be up very late. but obama is doing well in the states he had to win to get over 270 electoral votes. i think romney is hurt by some of the outrageous things that the senate candidates in missouri and indiana have said about a woman's right thochoose. romney hasn't been able to pull away from those candidates. i think there is issues that are working very much in obama's favor. we will see how this thing turns out. >> congressman, he holds a different position than those candidates -- >> his ads are still up in indiana. >> what's more important -- [overlapping dialogue] >> eric: we have the clock counting down. one thing's for sureto be a lon, election night, probably. thank you so much. >> jamie: eric, as each day goes by, new questions are raised about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. republican senators are now demanding that the obama administrati

coming up we're crunching the real numbers in predent obams and mitt romney's tax plans.ide by side cmparison to see who first-hand will rake it in and who will be left out of the cold. >>> how sk are you of those robocalls? i'm sick of them. the ftc offer as bounty for anyone that can take down telemarketing for good. we havthe details coming up. "piles of money" coming up. ♪ ♪ . melissa: huge day in the markets today. let's go to robert gray with more on that. robert? >> melissa, that'sight, we saw a huge tumble. it is the 25th anniversary of black monday. a lot of pele trading about it. almost a self-fulfillg prophecy some ways. not nearly as big of a decline. the w down 1 1/2% the biggest since june, down 205 points. here are the lowsthe sessn. 30 members down on the y. let me double-check that. home depot bnced back. in fact did close up. 29 out of 30 down for the day. technology really getting hammered today. albut e stock in the s&p 500 technology index lower on the session today. this after, that was saisk by the way if you're keeping score at home. literally if y

. >> well, this is why you're not going to see barack obam over theekend. both candidates are off the trail, they're sequesteredo do debate prep, but i think it's also to keep them from making some gring error that they would have to go in ad answer for ma in that debate. the debates this year have becomeore important than ie everemembered them being in moving the voters one way or the otr. both candidatego in with a l on the line, but thinkore i on the line for barack obama in this foreign policy debate because, lou, i'd hate have to walk in there and defend behazi, defind why he has -- defend why he has never anered for fort hood and little rock a a terror a. and in little rock sily a random state crime. nonsense. this is a pattern. lou: the process of you can call it stonewalling, of on fuse case -- >> it's lying, let's be honest, lying. u: well, certainly tuesday night before the american people the president lied straightforwardly. but the fact is the national media's not holding him accountable, and it's asf there is no truth if the national liberal m