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Will jobs, economy remain top issues for presidential race?

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    John Sununu sounds off

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I -- the nation's unemployment rate at well over 8% hello this is saying that.

And Americans media income dropping over 4000 dollars in the last three years from 54000 -- fifty.

It's clear the economy's in free fall so why hasn't the election focus -- on jobs but to ask Romney campaign -- Former New Jersey New Hampshire almost a New Jersey at New Hampshire governor John Sununu by the -- governor got Christiane the -- -- I think he's -- tonight.

Says so governor we're not talking that much about god.

Talking about jobs the it's it's the media that's obsessed with mother nature.

This is -- jobs campaign eight point 3% unemployment 25 million Americans underemployed.

Or unemployed.

And and college graduates half of them can't find decent jobs but each of the last four years it is jobs.

Would you have been you have to -- -- last week it's been Medicare.

And we've been talking a lot about that no -- can help with -- there's a storm coming we gotta talk about that correct.

But it is jobs governor Romney's focusing on jobs governor Romney's the guy had to fix the jobs problem.

But yet here here's -- thing the president says yeah I put -- -- jobs plan last year to last fall 2011 they won't ask.

This president hasn't even met with his jobs council in the last seven months.

Fifteen rounds of golf zero jobs council if he only played nine holes one day he would -- had time to go and see you both governor.

The fact is the president the governor right now governor Romney has all the business experience he actually has positive experience for the country coming in Massachusetts.

Yet look at this poll and tell me to make sense to you.

But the American people arrest about the economy.

And who is more trusted -- better handling the economy it's it's a slight edge to Mitt Romney.

How does he -- that -- how does he make the message hey I'm the business guy that has the experience and why hasn't why hasn't -- yet what.

You have -- -- campaign is a tempo and the -- And I said yesterday it's like a basketball game in basketball that's the last two minutes in a presidential campaigns the last two months.

Today starts the the beginning of that cycle.

And you are going to see what I will call eight carpet bombing set of messages coming out.

Of the governor and the and the RNC and the Romney campaign.

So I mean we look to force force say here's some suggestions how to get the economy and minding your business to business community.

They said the NLRB get your foot off the throat of -- for moving the South Carolina.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- The nominating speech tonight -- cut about fifteen minutes what he would be saying it's only got about 34 minutes it's a short speech I just.

Officially put the governor's name.

-- the play I remind people.

Why it's important to save America right and then we're going to Romney's the guy and -- we're going to -- and Romney.

I give a speech the word is he is going to humanize him start from childhood up to through their marriage not sure -- the right phrase is humanize -- I find this guy.

To be.

Really warm good person that may be and it's got to convey that -- and then peel the paint with Governor Christie.

I think they'll be a little blow -- in the -- in the in the -- At the beginning but I think governor Crist is gonna give a broad speech a little bit of of outlining why we have a problem today and certainly underscoring.

My Mitt -- the right and I'm sure to be very comfortable in his own skin now I gotta ask you about cat has some of the main players on the scene you've been one of told you that -- -- to achieve you've been outstanding whether people agree with you or not.

Got standing on his record.

Number two have been seniority -- policy let's look at the baton at that as it could take shape.

You're behind the scenes with the sleeves rolled up with the white -- up there coming up the tragedy in some.

-- -- -- naming no way com I yeah I'm gonna tell you though the kinds of people is gonna find -- -- -- find somebody America will know and remember.

President Obama has had this phantom cabinet that you can't name five we do he's pro he's talk he's stuff that -- -- the white house with 37 before these guys.

The dumbest thing any president has ever done exceeded only by some of the things that he did after that.

You can't have.

Everybody in charge and then all of a sudden you -- nobody in charge he undercut his cabinet he undercut the department's Mitt Romney's not to do -- real quick if you can do they -- -- name -- -- that impressed you and they talk about the economy.

Because you're somebody was chief of staff for President Bush 41.

During a recession then and you guys came out and in nine months may grind that Mitt Romney Paul Ryan and frankly all the governors that he's had -- -- as surrogates Bob.

McDonnell John Kasich.

Former governor Haley Barbour.

Former governor Mitch Daniels.

Bobby Jindal these guys all understand how to manage a big.

Government bureaucracy.

And they have work to reduce the size of government and get it off the backs of their businesses in this State's.

Their ideal choices for almost any we got jets scrambled again here at 6:50 eastern time in the morning governor Sununu analysts amounts of urgency in your coffee aspects of what I -- -- -- this morning.

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