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Can Obama defend broken promises at second debate?
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Fair and balanced debate on administration's record
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- Date Oct 16, 2012
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Top stories right now tonight's town halls presidential debate at Hofstra University out Long Island New York.
President Obama has promised to be more of the to be more firm with governor Romney.
But it might be the president -- have to answer for what critics are calling failed promises.
Bob Beckel former democratic campaign manager 110 -- -- Daily news columnist both -- co host of the five right here.
On the Fox News Channel morning to both -- you Politico dot com lead story this morning five unmet promises of this White House cutting the deficit in half.
Closing Guantanamo.
Immigration reform is number three.
Training in home foreclosures.
Florida Nevada Israeli Palestinian peace Andrea fortieth start.
I have a lot more than that as well -- there's bouncing the budget there's creating seven million jobs and five million green jobs I could go on and on and on.
None of these promises have been capped.
What you saw the presidents -- even though he had such a significant amount of goodwill.
Was doing a lot -- Bill Clinton did in his first term he went wade aid to the left.
And he pursued Obama care and he pursued Don't Ask Don't Tell as far as as far as his economic promises go.
I believe in -- same night.
I -- even have a very hard time.
Attacking Mitt Romney when he stood before the American people for years ago in Hempstead new York and promised all you know it has him saying -- and I was.
We have come on it's easy we're moving in the right direction we can't afford to go back and the failed policy the past.
I he says that every day right -- daddy should.
Exactly right I mean you know you keep nobody judge you you can't keep playing butch and I agree -- -- -- economy well station he -- the working well.
Oh -- and -- your parents.
This -- -- you've got.
Is history and make them our guests Sunday and bush we wanted to take them all look you just finally there is a lot of the Obama needs to do the first I've ever seen a politician make -- promises.
He even promises not want -- to -- one.
Yeah well what about the -- we just ticked off.
Well I just -- -- -- a huge disappointment with it and I'm just asking you can't turn -- -- -- -- as a question.
It -- -- a huge.
-- Issue with Democrats especially on the left they really wanted that joint closed when -- and it's not win this what Guantanamo.
Yes how do you think you got to vote on Guantanamo.
I've just seen as one of the five well I know we're talking about here.
We've -- about jobs after his stimulus kicked in after he's taken 700000 lost jobs from bush for three or four months.
He's created five million jobs that's number one number Julie catches out of a depression number three passed a legislation that it -- -- women equal.
Now before he -- -- -- bin Laden.
Number five Israeli.
And US relations have to hear -- now never been -- Newton USC really pride defense ministry he says okay Harry.
What what about that Andrea both just ticked off five of his own I was gonna say just when you think Bob is down here on planet earth because he finally admit this is Obama's economy he says -- US Israeli relations have never been better.
I strongly beg to differ when the president is blowing off meetings.
I would Benjamin Netanyahu if you want to get a foreign policy the president has kept a lot of the Bush Administration.
Programs in place.
I mean.
-- he's promised that.
Arab Spring this -- -- Arab Spring it's fallen he said he had better relations with the -- And Syria why because -- blame that President Bush we see the Middle East and evolving into chaos.
Al-Qaeda and radical Islam is on the -- and the president's health is yeah I'm sorry in March is fund raising.
Nonstop and not addressing these issues but -- number one issue on the economy over half of college students don't have worked -- came -- here is one of the die hard issues.
Let me get a new headline -- having that good at getting gone the people who attacked.
-- -- ruling on lending -- we're not affiliated with al-Qaeda didn't.
Let's have adopted the name Bob I give me a break you name it you show -- structural situation where al-Qaeda has -- -- -- The world is -- -- all of this -- literally out of the year ago hired -- you don't sit guys at 5 o'clock we have a list of five things Bob came up with a new list of five things it was like extras like the fireball over the joint nearly -- -- -- -- see you guys later today thanks Bob thanks Andrea.