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us. you can do this at home at newshour dot pbs.org. >> woodruff: how would a romney administration change the jobs out look. we asked >> woodruff: so, how would a romney administration change the jobs outlook? we ask two of his advisers: glenn hubbard, who chaired the council of economic advisers under president george w. bush-- he is now the dean of columbia university's school of business; and john taylor, economics professor at stanford university and a senior fellow at the hoover institution-- he was a treasury official in the george w. bush administration. joining them is andy kohut of the pew research center. welcome to you all three. andy, i want to start with you because the new consumer confidence numbers out today show a low, a new low in consumer confidence. >> consumer confidence hit a ten-month low according to the conference board survey and this has not been the first up and down over the course of the great recession. we saw consumer confidence go up in early 2009, slowly remain modest throughout '10 and really take a nosedive then come back in early 2012. the bottom line

at newshour dot pbs.org. christina bellantoni, thanks for being with us. people notice these yellow states, why are they tossups? >> we've looked at the states the associated press ranks as tossups and they're tossups because it means they're close in the polls, the voters there are not sold on the president deserving a second term. >> sreenivasan: let's look at how they broke down in 2008 every single one of these states that are battleground this time around were light blue for obama. >> that's very true. and when you look at the general rust belt area this is why it's the romney campaign strategy because they feel like they have an opportunity there. the president was able to win by a slim margin of votes. >> it's such disenchantment with the entire political system right now part of the listen to me campaign, here's a couple sample of voters that are frustrated. >> when a person like myself who can't be a huge financial donor can't even get word one with any of the candidates, that's a broken system because those people are supposed to represent me. >>

us. you can do this at home at newshour dot pbs.org. >> woodruff: how would a romney administration change the jobs out look. we asked >> woodruff: so, how would a romney administration change the jobs outlook? we ask two of his advisers: glenn hubbard, who chaired the council of economic advisers under president george w. bush-- he is now the dean of columbia university's school of business; and john taylor, economics professor at stanford university and a senior fellow at the hoover institution-- he was a treasury official in the george w. bush administration. joining them is andy kohut of the pew research center. welcome to you all three. andy, i want to start with you because the new consumer confidence numbers out today show a low, a new low in consumer confidence. >> consumer confidence hit a ten-month low according to the conference board survey and this has not been the first up and down over the course of the great recession. we saw consumer confidence go up in early 2009, slowly remain modest throughout '10 and really take a nosedive then come back in early 2012. the bottom line