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WSJ editorial deputy editor Dan Henninger on what voters want to hear from the Presidential candidates about the economy.
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The call -- Take a look at -- the US economy growing at a very weak one point 3%.
In the second quarter revised down from one point 7% that is well.
Loudly -- heading gears here deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page to tell us it's always the economy stupid.
We -- column right so.
That's right and any presidential election one way or another it's going to be about the economy no matter how hard the candidates try to deny that.
Now the most amazing one perhaps of all time is indeed the incumbent Barack Obama.
Who is running as though the economy during his term didn't happen or at least if it happened it was the fault of somebody who was president for years before him.
And what he wants to talk about -- the economy he's going to create starting in January 13 which will consist of people having green jobs making Windmills and solar panels.
I think the American voters are probably getting a little bit frustrated that no one will talk about the economy as -- exist right now as you just described it.
Dropping to one point 3% in the second quarter the United States economy is.
Bitterly barely moving I think voters want to know what's.
Going on what's going on with Mitt Romney if he can't seem to put together a cohesive discussion.
About the state of the economy that is resonating with voters he -- mention the comment he was talking about.
Trade cheaters and energy independence which seem wholly removed.
From what is really happening right here right now on the ground for the American paint -- Well and the ads that target China's trade cheater are aimed at voters in northern Ohio and around -- Great -- the -- auto workers are.
But Obama has been running his own ads hitting China so I think -- -- kind of neutralize one another.
One if we just had this report this morning to durable goods orders have dropped.
The most since our January 2009.
Orders were motor vehicles and -- vehicle parts dropped 11%.
In August now -- -- Barack Obama did to bailout the auto industry those people working in those industries and auto in northern Ohio.
Are the ones affected by a figure like that and I don't quite understand why Mitt Romney isn't going directly.
At Barack Obama's economic record while Obama has been president because in that part of the world in Ohio in particular where they were both.
Yesterday -- -- -- in Virginia today but they're both in Ohio.
-- yesterday and Obama's winning big there if you believe the latest -- snow yesterday this argument started that.
Hate the Democrats there are being over sampled some of these polls -- do you subscribe to that's AI -- I don't believe the polls it's a very close race or.
You think -- is -- right now.
If -- pull.
And Ohio says that look Obama is ahead by eight or ten point I think that undoubtedly means that Romney is definitely behind in Ohio whatever the percentage and maybe just a few points now -- and I think -- if there's a silver lining there.
It is my sense is that these people who say they're going to vote for Obama do not feel strongly about it I think there's still a lot of anxiety about where we are.
And they are open to an argument for Mitt Romney about why.
Obama's stewardship of the economy has been wrong for the country but it hasn't quite been made yet what.
It's one thing that Mitt Romney -- stand in Denver next week the wake up in the debate I think he's I think he has to associated.
Obama's economic record the slow and declining growth rate and the fact that.
Unemployment went up to.
9% nine and a half percent early in his presidency and has stayed flat virtually across the entire four years and he has the point out exactly why that has happened during the Obama presidency and then of course talk about his own.
Policies as they relate to -- to those sub and it needs to more closely read the Wall Street Journal and.
Read the wall street journal editorial page thank you now -- credit to.
