stoddard and rory cooper. the front-runner mitt romney, or dr romney is 48, 35, 50/35 mishl. try to answer the question this time, how do you think any of them close the gap with the president? >> first off, obviously you're selectively choosing polls. >> there's -- >> hold it, rory. rory, you're quoting state polls, i'm quoting national polls. we vote for president? 50 states, not one. president obama is not in the primary against them. he's in the general. so try again. how do you close the national gap? >> you're asking about general election matchups. if you're looking at president obama because of his terrible jobs report, because of the economic growth, you have president obama coming out there at the press conference every day. jay tapper asked him, can you name one specific on entitlements? he can't name one specific reform he's willing to do. how can you lose all these states? >> it seems hopeless to get a republican on the show to answer the question. why don't you try for me. can you explain how the

and rory cooper from the heritage foundation. next question, who is the biggest loser in the debt debacle. today she wrote, quote, he's not a devil a heldon, socialist. he is a loser. and this is america where nobody loves a loser. and then she defended that provision today. >> whatever the republicans are doing now and however it's going to work out, he does not look good. he is not enhanced himself. >> when it comes to the debt crisis the speaker approval is less than president obama. rory, he can't even control the junior members of his party. >> i think it is a tie. if you look at the facts on the ground. 1.3% growth in gdp is dismal. 9.2% unemployment. harry reid can't get any bills out of the senate and no budget. if you judge what progress is happening the president of the united states has been on had side lines for this entire debate. not leading. leading from behind issues. >> if you watch the news, and not just getting cue cards from the right, the president last week was the one waiting to meet. mr. boehner walked out