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    Governor Terry Branstad on what's at stake

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All right Iowa now is awarding these Internet election monitors against entering the Hawkeye State -- -- is what they're doing.

Is this part of a vast human rights.

Campaign to see that the Americans is doing its civic duty and things are people can vote I was -- Republican governor.

Terry Brant said having none of that governor us.

Have they tried to come Indian state.

Well you know we welcome people would come in and and see our elections.

We have a law that specifically says.

Only voters election judges and poll watchers can be in the polling places so people need to understand that and high -- are very friendly and hospitable but we don't want anybody interfering.

With people's right to cast their ballots on Election Day to.

You have no idea of whether they're just standing out there looking.

Right I mean it could be a French -- -- motivated already would give him away but but but on big it's easier but -- they could still be standing outside.

Looking to see if people are turned away or an immigrant and.

-- sure I mean people anybody that wants to can.

Witness the election process they just can't go into the polling place he interfere with the process.

-- what they can.

-- even trying to do this not only in your state but then in a lot of other states that this is the first time we've seen.

So many of them coming in here to sort of judge what we're doing.

Well first of all we're proud to be Americans.

And America has a great tradition.

-- clean honest open elections.

And they they gonna learn a lot from us and what we do so I don't feel threatened by them I hope they learn from my so we certainly don't want to follow their example.

He and all -- Europeans are in dire straits because they've -- and burrowed themselves into oblivion.

That's the trouble we see happening in this country we can't continue to borrow a trillion dollars every year -- forty cents of every federal dollar.

Being -- our money we don't want to be like you're.

We're proud of America we want to be the land of the brave in the home of the free and we want economic freedom.

As well as freedom for our citizens to make their own decisions.

I -- -- little -- governing and policy.

Europeans coming ended judge us one -- -- I guess we'll be ugly woman into a Wendy's and saying you better put down that double burger.

But I digress.

What do you -- yourself tonight all of a sudden these six electoral votes of -- -- of you think you had sixty electoral votes of the way these candidates been -- You know the president brought to tears in your -- last night -- that was a state that you know brought him to fame and ultimately good got him on his way to being president.

On why and how is it become so crucial.

Well first of all.

Hi when it's believed Obama when he promised hope and change but they've been deeply disappointed really feel -- trade.

The president has not reduced the deficit he's not run the country together he spent all of the time blaming an attacking other people they're looking for.

A new leadership.

And when Mitt Romney.

I -- -- come from just not liking Obama's policies to really seeing.

Hope for a new direction in Mitt Romney somebody that's got -- Spirits in the private sector that can reduce federal spending and reduce the deficit and -- private sector job to revitalize the American dream that's what we want I believe the enthusiasm was on the Republican side.

I believe that Romney will carry Iowa -- -- -- watched closely tonight governor it's been a pleasure.

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