robert zimmerman to much of the diet, monica crowley, robert has all of the tough assignments to my tellng right back. ♪ ♪ lou: now, the "a-team," columnist for the association of major american citizens, author of the book out numbered, the author of what the bleep just happened, radio talk-show host, fox news contributor moderate to but monica crowley. democratic strategist robert zimmerman. good to have you here. let's start with these polls. robert zimmerman leading democratic strategist, fund-raiser among left-wing. this is for your benefit. the president leading by six points nationally in one poll, closer and another perry will go into that because you're here. in the nbc news poll in new hampshire, 5144. in north carolina, 48-46 for romney. in nevada, this is interesting, and nevada obama 49-47. congratulations. the president is doing very well. are you ready to start putting the inauguration? >> not even close. no one is watching, no one is in any way backing down. and of tell you what is significant about these polls. in every category you see the country, one is showing their

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monica crowley, robert zimmerman, and former schumer adviser, chris hahn.ood to have you all here. as far as obama, an exodus on the part of his staff. >> i have learned some lessons over the last four years. the most important lesson i've learned is that you can change washington from the inside. you can only change it from the outside. lou: there you are. what the president to do? >> you have to motivate people and get them motivated to change washington. >> you have to help them to do what they can. >> i think that they can. >> there's a lot of drama with that spin. let's be serious about this. i'm glad that the president finally acknowledges that it does come from the grassroots of the community and you have to be actively engaged. that is a challenge in the first term. that is the way you only get through this. >> there is just such a devastating moment for obama. tonight he is probably kicking himself for two reasons. change was his reason for being in his campaign in 2008. the second thing, is that you can't change washington, with huge majorities du

outnumbered and fox news contributor judith miller and from charlotte and, political strategist robert zimmermanu are selling the deal we belong to the government? what are you thinking about? >> we have to work together to build on success. i saw chris christie brag about success with the gi bill of rights. paul ryan talked about education. lou: i thought the ideal was half of us do not work and half of us pay taxes and half of us do not. what is the message? >> i'd like the republican party, we can only build a greater society by investing infrastructure, education and job opportunities for the new middle-class. lou: i like the old middleclass. [laughter] >> he demon knight -- demonizes taking care of yourself, epperson responsibility, . lou: he has spent away for so long. [laughter] >> not to federal overreach. >> so tell me what about the fda and abolish the epa? >> yes. lou: don't flush with the epa. start with debbie wasserman schultz she lives, the nine is it then she denies that she lied and is still on tape guilty as charged. what in the world? this is the chair of the dnc >> a potentia

joining me now from new york, will cane who leans right, and democratic strategist robert zimmerman. both of you. >> good to be with you, good morning. >> so will, effective line? >> yeah. well, it's the right line, right? i hope the campaign is about 100% because the ideology, conservatism would be 100%. we as conservatives believe that our economic philosophy is one that not just benefits the richest among us, but benefits the poorest among us as well. milton freeman said it best there is no system that has pulled more people out of poverty than the free market system. and that is the one that you would hope mitt romney would be following. >> the problem, will, is that it's a bit hard to seau represent 100% when you've already shown disdain for 47% of the population, including our service men and women, our senior self-defense on social security and our students. he says nothing about the 3,000 americans who make over $2 million every year and don't pay federal income taxes because of capital gains or because of carried interests. so he has really two sets of america. he looks at a

going to george zimmerman the opportunity to make sure that we have the opportunity and support to grow where we need. >> we have the first of the debates on october 3 in denver, colorado. robertn "fox news sunday" spoke to that earlier this morning. let's listen up. >> sure. >> parentally we don't have that. -- apparently we don't have that. he sent a signal in some way that he is lowering expectations for the president in the first debate because mr. romney had a lot of experience debating his republican colleagues in the primaries. is what is your take on that? >> couldn't agree more on the practice that mitt romney has had in the last year on debates. debates are a unique format. the romney campaign is putting a lot of stock in october 3 and spent a lot of the candidate's time on preparation. he did five mock debates in a 48 hour period. took the whole week of our convention and instead of talking directly to voters he hunkered down and did debate prep. he did 20 debates during the primaries and he himself has bragged that he won 16 of those. i think they see this as a big moment in the campaign and i think we will see a good discussion between the two candidates on issues