Is America better off today than four years ago?

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Mendez Jose -- solar governor Mitt Romney is now addressing supporters at a campaign rally in Newport News, Virginia.

Ottawa to listen to the speech in full you can go to fox nation dot com where it is streaming on our web site.

Joining me now Obama supporter former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has let -- governor welcome back.

Thank you like to be with you Sean maybe you can explain to me what President Obama -- he ran on hope and change new tone civility and this is a guy same Republicans their plan is dirty -- dirty water.

Throwing granny over the -- and kids with autism -- and from the an elderly fend for themselves.

What -- you mean by you know.

Revenge the best revenge.

Is voting revenge against -- Who -- -- president's ability talking to.

Well Sean I'm not -- trash Republicans I'm not gonna try to -- my man do when you -- the revenge comment that.

Now it what what he simply was saying is that the time has com.

To make a decision who can stand for.

Middle class security for middle class now what he -- -- I'm not gonna let get away with that -- -- -- let's play the cut because let's clarify all of us.

And what he's saying he said go out revenge -- what -- set.

Now apparently we don't have a -- but.

He we went out there and said the best I I did -- and I did here I mean basically what he said is that.

The best option is to vote that's not what anybody said -- plane's engines but here it is.

Don't -- well.

-- Voted the best urban instead I ask the American people to vote for love of country.

Voting is the best revenge or -- for the love of country what happened -- the president that lectures us on tone and civility and and words that that the people in in Tucson that would be you know we make them proud about what happened and.

This is a president that is gonna bring this country together how good and I think what you're seeing shine is.

His response he was presidential he took charge.

This enormously devastating storm he brought the country together he brought the agencies together.

He was there when people needed him governor.

You're not living in here and I'm living here there's nothing happened it.

You have to wait five hours in line to get gas you have people freezing to death I'll play a woman here.

They they are scared to death there is no help here.

I'm telling you I live in the northeast he Cape -- and got -- photo op nothing there's no gasoline here.

Everybody is waiting five hours on line for gasoline I'll roll some tape of it.

I would have any.

Idea about it well.

-- that -- I'll play that that.

We have cars don't just think we need the plea is that President Obama please let me know us out we have we -- gonna die.

You -- kind of pet you've got to get judge well -- hardest hole out well.

We are doing it day he's.

Five hours to wait for gas governor age 29 degrees tonight.

In New York people -- freezing they have no heat they have no lights they have no power and it's a week later photo op.

And we haven't seen or heard from him again.

-- we we have to feel for these people.

But the emergency response of FEMA they're trying to get that gas there I mean NASCAR drivers the -- -- -- Mayor Bloomberg asked.

The surrounding.

Local officials the president led.

And he did it with class he did it in a non political way governor and he's I was only ten yards and he got.

-- I wanted left -- he went on it went back to Vegas.

This is a very hotly contested race.

What is gonna decide this race now is the ground game and I've got as many statistics as the chairman of the Republican Party.

As you do -- early voting on voter registration -- All kinds of I was just some Florida.

Then I saw in that campaign offices of Barack Obama.

A new coalition I remember for years ago was mainly young people out trying to change the country this times it was senior citizens it was veterans.

I am gonna predict that we will narrowly win Florida and I think it's going to be the Hispanic states near me.

You -- -- back Colorado Nevada.

I think we all think the Florida about how much -- You don't take me let me ask you one last question.

Do you think -- Reagan said in 1980.

Do you think with twenty fewer Americans working when he took office one in six and poverty.

Seventeen million more Americans on food stamps and six trillion in debt.

Are you gonna say we're better off than we were four years ago governor.

Yes we're better off we're better off because -- president is standing for middle class security.

And he's created five point five private sector jobs after a monthly 800000.

Erosion of jobs per month.

All right governor.

I think we're far worse off but I I I don't think -- use the rhetoric revenge voting I don't think EU would say Republicans want dirty air and water.

But I appreciate you they -- us and I know you're a loyal supporter of the president -- would be -- Thank you.

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