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KBW senior vice president of Washington research Brian Gardner weighs in on the first presidential debate.
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Oil prices gas prices -- ways political so let's talk politics now the first presidential debate as you know hours away now.
Pressures on Mitt Romney to make his case to voters especially on taxes and -- condoning my next guest says this is his best opportunity to do just that.
But could also be his last.
-- -- Brian Gardner senior vice president Washington.
Researching Keefe Bruyette and woods right it's good to have you back on the show everything handicap -- big debates that sums it cut the chase ask you could you think's gonna -- I I I think Romney had a chance to -- have a good night here it you know he just needs to do it did deliver a clear.
-- concise simple message that people can understand why the economy is gonna be better in the next four years she's -- done a good job.
It critiquing and criticize in the presidents record so far.
He needs to close the sale on why he would be that -- and I think he's got a great opportunity to do that tonight.
Yet we heal a broken record right being critical of -- that we.
Want more specifics from him and I I believe you stated earlier that he started to flesh out his tax and economic policy plans can -- do more is this the best setting.
To do that in or will he be drowned -- his substance in the in the sense he drowned by the -- and charisma the president's.
Well you know you it's only an hour -- -- -- -- so we're not gonna get a lot more specifics out of tonight hi you know mid may be a liner here that that watches out a detail that we have not known so far.
He has to deliver to clear message that one as I -- detail the second ago which is why his plans would be better then then the Obama plans.
And secondly why he is not a third term of George W.
Bush why his policies are different from the bush policies.
If he fails to do that because that -- Obama response while -- which we tried it that way in the past and it didn't work.
Romney has to come back and say look we have lots of failed policies both parties have failed policies and this is why on different.
Right does that -- can -- this.
-- the president will he defaulted the fat cat bankers -- be critical with them in -- JPMorgan was in the news this week with those charges filed government charges so.
What do you think he you know how do you think that -- -- -- those attacks.
-- -- it.
They'd be very negative for the business commute if if the president of the populace are from time that.
I think it will -- the -- could help him within the business community if he goes back to the the populous rhetoric we've heard you know I think the market and business in general will react negatively.
Why do you think tonight is Romney's best -- perhaps his last chance of making his case that he's the better choice.
Two things it's -- -- that he's going head to head with the president so.
If you know you don't get a better opportunity in this.
The other is a lot of states have early voting the further we get into October the bigger percentage larger percentage of voters will have already voted so subsequent.
Debates.
