First question to Romney.

From a college kid.

Romney, college kid Philadelphia

make it easier for kids to afford college

John and Abigail adams scholarships

Loan programmes

Key ... can you get a job after school

I know what it takes to get our economy going

More debt, less jobs, I know what it takes

Kids recognized

Middle class crushed Jobs scarce.

Obama

Your future is bright. You made an investment

Most important jobs good-paying jobs

build on 5 million jobs

Build manufacturing]

Detroit go bankrupt

Not just in Detroit

Change tax code to exp

Make sure we have the best education

Student loands

Community coillege retraining

Our own energy

Future sources

Invest

Reduce the deficit

Invest

War money, roads bridge schools

Romney: Q 40% unemployed long term

Romney 23 milliion job

President policies haven't put americans back to work

Percentage

5 point plan (?)

Prez said. Bankrupt, come out stronger

Took bankrupt. You did. Process was necessary.

Hire more people.

I'll tell more ...

Obama: take in bankruptcy

GM Chrysler

Romney says 5 plan

One point plan

Folks at top play by a different set of rules

Make lot money ship jobs overseas,

Bankrupt make money

Middle class families

Fought back four years to get out

To Obama:

Romney, shut up

Your energy sec 3 times Gas Prices

Control our own energy

Oil production up

Natural gas production up

Coal

We can't JUST produce traditional sources

Car go twide as far on a gallon of gas

Lowest oil imports

Drilling

Priority 600,000 jobs natural gas

How we have efficient energy, gas prices low

Romney. let oil companies write energy policies

Think ten years from now. China Germany, jobs bulit here in the USA

Romney: lets look at policies

President is right. None came of federal land. Down this year

Pres cut in half licenses

North Dakota

Administration criminal action

25 birds were killed criminal

Oil, Gas, Coal, Nuciear, solar

I was in coal country

cannot build a coal plant

Energy sources for the future

Energy North American energy independence

Abundant more drilling pipeline from Canada

I'm going to do

Obama: new normal four dollar gallon

No doubt demand is up, very litte of Romney is true

More public land drilling

Natural gas ... working with industry

Romney coal guy -- This Plant Kills ... shut it down

So what I try to do is be consistend

Cleaner and smarter

Fewer imports

Cars

Save money in your own product

Not true

More licences

Romney .. bicker

Oil companies public land. You cannot do it on your own schedules Use it or Lose it

Rewriting Absolutely true

Federal lands

Coal production not up

All of the above

You had your chance

That wasn't a question

I will fight for all coal and gas

Price at the pump

1.86 gallion.

Pipeline from Canada

Gas prices

Obama --- if your energy policy is working ... ?

Economy collapse from Romney polictyy

Back in same mess

Pipeline ... ignore other half of the equation

Imaginary jobs. Right now? Working wind power

manufacturing jobs

Romney says get rid of it.

Crawley

Romney. butt in

Candy. Wind jobs in Iowa. make sure very aggressive energy policy

Obama let me interrupt you ...

Q you hage stated tax -- deduction, mortgage, charitable, child tax, education credit .. what is yoru position

Romney. Bring rates down.

(deduction?)

Deduction ....

Deductions?

Middle income crushed ...

rates down across the board. Limit deductions ... top five percentage. Stay the same

Middle income people get break

25,000 fill in that bucket

No tax on capital gains, savings, investments on less that 200k

I will not reduce the share of high income

4000 dollars Get on Track

Help families

Obama:

My philosophy is simple. Middle class relief, Hit hard. 20 years.

Cut taxes -- continue tax cuts on small business

In addition to spending cuts, wealthy do more

200, 000 no change

Ready to sign that bill

Romney;s chums

Bill Clinton ... tax deficit

Romney has a different philosophy

Fair ...

Fundamental differences

What grows economy.

A year of campaigning .... I am going to give tax cuts

Romney: my tax plan. top five

Rates down, lower exemptions

[Numbers?]

54 percent individual tax business

Hire more people

Four years -- we can do better

Unemployment

31/2 million more women

Energy independence

China]

Small business

Obama:

top 4 percent.

Not settled Cost of lower rates, elimate estate tax, corporate 5 trillion dollars. Military programmes seven trillion dollars. 8 trillion. No deficit ... how are you going to do. can't tell you which deductions

14%

haven't heard specifics. Big Bird, Planned Parenthood.

8 trillion dollars. tell you after the election. No sketchy deal. Deficit Additional spending; alternative ..

YOu are goidn to be paying for it. Nobody believes it

Governor

Romney, if it does not add up.

Of course they add up. Businesses balance budget. balance budget.

4 trillion dollar deficit.

My real plan. Four years 18 trillion deficit Road to Greece. i know what it takes.

Offsetting

Q.

New ways inequality in workplace?

Obama: single mom, grandma. secretary, no college. Smart as whip VP. Glass cieling.

Lily ledbetter. Doing same job as man. Pay less. No suit. No way of finding out. we fixed that.

Women are breadwinners. Family issue.

means we gotta make sure can afford college. Pell grants. Millions of young women.

60 million dollars to middlemen.

Young women ... enforce the laws.

Every walk of life,. discrimination. Push for four years.

Romney:

I learned as governor. Cabinet. Qualifications. can't we find women. Find women to cabinet. Help us. Binders full of women. UNY. Massachusetss senior women. Why ... recruiting. Flexible. Kids in school. be able to get home. Make dinner. Find. Flexible schedule.

New economy. Employers will be anxious to hire women. Povery women. Help you women with strong economy. Flexible. Look forward to doing. Know what it takes to make an economy work. economy economy job. Stronger economy

Obama: Ledbetter? Not the kind of answer women need.

other issue. Succeed in work place. Health care.

Governor comfortable with washington health care coverage. Contaceptive. Health, economy.

Oppose. Employers make decision contraception; Not what women need. Planned parenthood. Mammograms, pocketbook issue. Make a difference.

child care. Credits. Makes a difference. Not just women's issues. Family issues. Women get the same fair deal.

Q: Undecided. disappointed in progress. Attribute problems of Bush. Republican .. fear a policy return. What is the difference.

Romney: make sure, my last answer.

Bureaucrats in Washington. every woman. Completely and totally wrong.

Five point plan. New technology. Arabs venezuelans. Robust all energy

Trade; Crack down on china. Latin American free trade. balance budget not Bush.

Deficit. More deficit.

Small business ... I understand how hard it is to start a small business. Regulators. Obamacare. Troubling. Keeps me from hiring more people. Bush ... small business.

Obama: losing 800 thousand jobs a year. 41 months of job growth. Romney says plan. Tax cuts. Surplus to deficit. Tough on China;. Pioneers of outsourcing. Surveilance spy. Get tough, you are that last person. Trade. Task force. American workers. Twice as many cases unfair trade practices. China. Protectionist, says Romney; Tough trade actions.

Medicare into a voucher. self deportation. Planned parenthood. Not on economy policty. Extreme on social policy ...

Q: Michael jones.

I voted for you in 2008. Not optimistic. Expensive.

Obama. Tough four years. Iraq, tax cuts. 9/11. Al |Qaeda. Jerk you around. Afford health care. wall street reform.

making progress. Auto industry.

You. A lot of us strugges. Savings. education. Rebuild America. Control energy. Make a difference. I kept my promises. Not lack of trying. Pay attention to campaign. Romney promises. Troops . Repeal. ME too. Obama care. Me too Not the kind of leadership . Whose promise are better.

Romney: I think you know better. Elect Obama, get what you got for four years. 5.4 percent. 9 million americans. didn\t get there. Plan to reform medicare, social security. No proposal. Immigration. Nothing. Not been able to do what he said he would do. Double deficit. Premiums. Obama care is implemented. Middle class getting crushed. get economy working again. Record. Looking for work. Poverty. Food stamps. 57 million. Growth of economy. Obama Dodd/frank. Take off and grown. Got example.Five million job. Little low. Dropped out fo work force. Tried. Great as speaker. Look at record. Deficit. Medicare Social Security. 23 million. wHO CAN GET middle class ...

W what are your immigration plans.

Step back. nation of immigrants. Welcome. Dad. Wales. Mexican. Legal immigrants. streamline. Shouldn[t have to hire a lawyer. Green cards, skills. Science, Math. Legal system. Stop illegal immigration. No amnesty. Employment verification system. Sanction. No driver\s licences. Kids. Kids should have a pathway .. military service.

Filed a bill. Reform. Didn't do it. Super majority. Illegally.

Obama: Nation of immigrants. Ellis island. Talent all around. Laws. I said fix broken immigration ... sought cooperation. streamline. Easier, simpler, cheaper. Good for growth. Business. Make things happen. Border control. Undocumented workers lower than 40 years. Do it smart. Gang members. Not students. Feed families. Done.

Young people. School. Think of themselves as American. Pathway. Romney says. Veto agreement for access. main strategy. Self-=deprotation. Miserable, Arizona law model for the nation. Stop check papers. Your daughter like a citizen .. I don't want to empower. Can fix this system. Obama did not try? Not true.

Hard for Republicans to support reform when leader.

Candy: self-deportation.

Romney: e-verify. Model for nation. Hispanics. Univision. File legislation. Standard bearer. four years a go. File legislation. Licking my wounds Not standard bear. Honour promise.

Self-deportation. not going to round up. make up own minds. Not if favour of rounding people up. Agree with president.

Chinese ....

Romney make it short. Investment blind trust 8 years. Chinese companies. Pension? Pension? Pension? Let me give you some advice. Invest in China .. Cayman's.

Crosstalk.

Obama: Arizona law is his policy leader. All around the world American land of promise. Intel, Google. Smart and comprehensive. Divisive political issue. Bipartisan. We have not seen .. at all. Get serious.

Q: braintrust global telecom Libya. state department. Refused extra community. Who denied extra security

Obama. I send them there, I knwo these folks. Benghazi. three instuctions. Beef up security. Investigate. Accountable. Hunt them down. When folks mess with Americans we go after them.

While we were dealing with our diplomats, Romney make political points. Not when it is happening. Not everyon agrees with me. I mean what I say. Iraq. Transition. Afghanistan. We are goign to find out, held accountable. I am responsibie. You know I mean what I say.

Romney: Obama buck stop. Takes responsibility for security. Feel deeply sympathetic. Memorial. Family.

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We did not know what happened. Fundraiser. Actions symbolic, material. call the eye-witnesses. Not a demonstration. Calls into policy. Syria Egypt Libya. Israel. Daylight. Iran nuclear bomb. Syria strategic player. President leading from behind. strategy unravelling.

Candy: Secretary Clinton; Full responsibility for attack on Benghazi

Obama; she works for me; I am responsible. the day after the attack, governor, I stood in the Rose Garden. Hunt down. I wAS THERE greeting the caskets. The suggestion that anyone on my team, anybody would play politics when we lose one of own -- that is offensive.

Romney: interesting. On the day after the attacks. An act of terror. ?

Romney lies ...

Q nina gonzalez

During DNC ... limit access to assault weapons.

Too many incidents Aurora. Lost people. i saw a mother who I met at the bedside. Shot son, in head. 2 months later. Showed up good as new. Lot of famlied did not. Keep guns out of criminal hands. Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theatres do not belong on our streets.

Can we get an assault ban; Schools are working. Catch it before it gets out of control. Strategy. Mentally ill. Get into community. Catch violent before it occurs.

Romney; of course automatic weapons are illegal. change the culture of violence. Agree with Obama. Parents. Moms and dads. Two parents in home. Tell our kids to get married. Two parent family. Child make changes in culture. Greatest failure is fast and furious. Programme to don't now. Automatic gave them to drug lords against citizens and americans. I can;t imagine. Great tragedies. American people would like to know. executive privilege. Mexican drug lords.

Candy: Assault weapons ban rescinded. Why did you change your mind. Pro gun anti Hunting. Washington gridlock. No leadership. Bi partisan, my state.

Obama; changed his mind on assaut ban. On the record. Importance of parents and schools. Opportunity. Mentally disturbed. Make young person american regardless chance of success. Eduction. 46 governors. starting to see gains in math and science. Community college, retraining. another chance. Employers looking for skilled workers. Access to higher education.

Candy. Move along.

Obama. Choice in this election. Romney says hiring more question.

Crosstalk.

Q: Outsourcing of american jobs overseas.

Romney. China. used to be USA. half million manu jobs lost. Offshore is more attractive. Less attractive. Come to america again. Trickle down government. More government. Attractivew to entrepreneurs. Terade by the rules. China. Value of currency. lose sales. Manufactureers cannot compete. Currency maniputor. One day one, I will label China a currency manipulator. I will out in place rules, tariffs.

I willb e strict. American make attractive. tax rates. Wanna be here. Canada's tax rate. Where to start. Comepetitive. Regulations quadrupled. Under attack by own government. Obamacare extraordinary manuracturing jobs. Rising incomes. Unemployement. I know hwo to make it work.

Obama. we agree, lower our corporated tax rates. close loopholes. Move to china, profit offshore. tax advantages. Make a differnce. Romeny wants to exopand overseas tax breaks. Don[t pay US taxes if you infest overseas. Jobs in China, India. Not how we are going to do it. Double our exports. Tens of thousands of jobs. Trade deals getting ag ood deal. China. Pioneers of outsourcing. Currency manipuation. China currency is up eleven percents.

Candy; time for quick discussion.

Ipan labour is cheaper. Bring manufacturing home?

Romney. China steals, manipulates, hack. Fair basis. Most attrative place.

Obama" low wage low skill jobs are not coming back. Science and research. Add to deficiti by tax cuts. sell products aroudn the world. Traning engineers. Lead this world's ecoomy

Romeny: government does not create jobs.

Q: what is the specific misperception. Set us straight.

Romney: president has tried to ... I care about our kids. I understand what it takes. I am a guy that wants to help. My passiojn. I believe in god; Missionary, Pastor in my congregation. Sat with people t0ough times. Olympics on track. Government of my state inbsured all the kids, number ne in nation. I undersatnd we do not have to settle unemployment 47 mulliion food stamps. I;;l get us working again. i will. Reform medicare. President didn[t. I have done these things.

Obama: a lot fo theis campaign. I think government creates jobs. Free enterprise system is the greatest, Individual initiative. Everyone should ahve a fair shot, play saime rules. Greatest middle class. Fundamental difference. Governor R9omney is a good man. bgehind closed doors. 47% wgo is he talkiing about . Veterans, old people, fighting hard worker, payroll tax gas taxl. I wannba fitght for them. Granfpa fought in woorld war tow;. G*I bill not a handout.

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