HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP/WGGB) — President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney offered their jobs agenda at the start of the second presidential debate, responding to a college student concerned about finding a job after graduation.
Romney told the student that his question was one that’s being asked by college student across the nation. He said his administration would try to make it easier for students to afford college and promote economic growth to help students.
Romney says the nation faces more debt and fewer jobs. He says, quote, “I’m going to change that.”
Obama says he would build upon the 5 million private sector jobs created during his first term, pushing for more manufacturing jobs. The president said his policies aimed to improve the education system and promote a variety of energy sources.
As the debate continues, Obama and Romney try to appeal to female voters.
Responding to a question about pay equity for women, Obama notes that the first piece of legislation he signed made it easier for women to seek the same pay as men for doing the same work.
Romney says that as governor of Massachusetts, his administration had a number of women in senior leadership positions. He says many women have suffered job losses and moved into poverty during Obama’s tenure and that creating more jobs would help women.
The president questioned Romney’s commitment to women’s health care, pointing to the Republican’s vow to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood. He calls health care a “pocket book issue” for women and families.
During the debate Romney says he differs from fellow Republican George W. Bush on energy policy, China and deficits. President Barack Obama says the biggest difference is that his GOP rival is more extreme on social issues than Bush.
A voter asked Romney how he was different than Bush, who left office deeply unpopular. Romney says that he would govern under different conditions that would allow him to make North America energy independent from Arab and Venezuelan oil. He also says he would crack down on China’s currency manipulation and cut the deficit by increasing trade.
Obama was ready with a quick retort. He says Romney, unlike Bush, would cut funding to Planned Parenthood and that Romney would pursue a more stringent immigration policy than Bush did.
Lol obama said gas was only $2/gallon because we were on the verge of recession. So what are we on the verge of now that its $4/gallon? What an idiot.
no romeny is
when the hell was it at 2 gallon not for a long time before he was in. and he didnt say that
Go team Obama!
It was $1.89/gallon when obama took office richard
Come talk when you are aware of whats happening in this country bud
Looks like obama is losing another debate. All you really have to do is examine things now and things when obama took office. By far, we are worse off, more people out ofwork, more people on welfare, larger deficit.
yea okay i don’t think so
you know everything buddy don’t think so
Richard im not pulling your leg, check it out, its a fact.
we will be worse with romeny
okay i believe you
won’t be any different if romeny in there.
If you do your research you will learn presidents have nothing to do with gas prices. Only a moron blames that on any president. Obama kicked butt tonight. Romney still didn’t answer many questions, master of evasion. Oh and the lies, try independent fact checking places and you will see. Even the moderator have to tell him to stop, you are wrong on the Lybia thing Romney lied about. Romney would be another Bush but only worse. Lets see his plan, oh yeah trust me I will show you after election.. All that stink about birth certificates, how about those taxes??!! How can Americans seriously vote for Romney after all the lies and hypocrisies tied to him? How do you respect a liar more than freedoms, reputation, integrity and decency???
We are better off and would be even better off if the GOP didn’t obstruct every thing just to make Obama look bad. The last one the Vets bill, the GOP wrote it for crying out loud!! Then blocked it’s progress!! You don’t fix a problem by doing the same thing that broke it!
Obama did a good job i hope he gets a chance to be with us for another 4 years
Obama forgot to tell us his economic plan, that is print 40 billion a month, give it to the big “evil” banks so they can sit on it, oh and that 40 billion of funny money, OPEC says not so fast, it’s not worth its weight in oil, so the president does have some control over gas prices, but he says we are drilling fools now, he lied
it’s a good thing the republicans blocked bills that people think are good, the dems always throw some crazy stuff in there, like the farmers act, you’d think it was to help farmers, NOT !!! massive foodstamp leg and a huge dairy tax, like $8 a gallon for milk, Obama owned wash for 2yrs, could have passed whatever he wanted, didn’t need 1 repub vote
Obama all the way dude up there don’t Know nothing really gas prices r obamas fault he came in and did what he had to do blame ur boy bush for ur gas problems dumbass
car sales men = con men . sales manager = con man trainer . why wouldn’t it vote for another con man = romney !!!!!!