VIDEO: ROMNEY ON CNBC CRITIQUING OBAMA AND TODAY'S DISMAL JOBS REPORT

Great 11 minute interview video here: Gov. Romney's Reaction to Jobs Report

Excerpts:

MITT ROMNEY:

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU THIS MORNING EVEN THOUGH IT’S VERY BAD NEWS OBVIOUSLY FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES IN AMERICA.

QUINTANILLA:

69,000. LESS THAN HALF THE ESTIMATE. SOMEONE POINTED OUT THIS MORNING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE HAS BEEN THESE PROBLEMS ARE LONG IN THE MAKING, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED OVERNIGHT. THEY’VE HAD 1,228 NIGHTS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WHAT IS NOT WORKING?

ROMNEY:

WELL THE PRESIDENT’S POLICIES, AND HIS HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN DEALT A HARSH INDICTMENT THIS MORNING AND IT CONTINUES. WE’VE HAD 40 STRAIGHT MONTHS WITH UNEMPLOYMENT OVER 8 PERCENT. 40 STRAIGHT MONTHS. AND AS YOU RECALL, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE OBAMA’S ADMINISTRATION, THEY INDICATED THAT UNEMPLOYMENT WOULD BE KEPT BELOW 8 PERCENT FOR THIS ENTIRE PERIOD. AND THEY PREDICTED THAT BY NOW WE WOULD BE IN THE 6’S WITH OUR LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT. THEIR POLICIES HAVE NOT WORKED, AND IN MANY RESPECTS, THEIR POLICIES HAVE MADE IT HARDER FOR THE ECONOMY TO RECOVER. I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW DIRECTION.

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QUINTANILLA:

SO WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE SHORT-TERM? WHAT CAN BE SAID TO PRIVATE EMPLOYERS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WILL INSTILL IN THEM THE CONFIDENCE TO HIRE? BECAUSE CLEARLY, GOING TO EUROPE AND BROKERING SOME SORT OF POLICY THAT SETTLES FEARS ABOUT EUROPE IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE NEAR TERM?

ROMNEY:

WELL, PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING WE CAN DO IN THE NEAR TERM IS TO GET A NEW PRESIDENT THAT UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THE ECONOMY GOING. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I WOULD DO. 

I’D NUMBER ONE, MAKE SURE THAT WE TAP OUR ENERGY RESOURCES AND PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE ENERGY SECTOR. 

NUMBER TWO, I'D KILL OBAMA CARE. IT IS SCARING SMALL BUSINESS FROM HIRING. 

NUMBER THREE, I’D PUT AMERICA ON TRACK TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET SO THAT AGAIN PEOPLE KNOW THAT INVESTING IN AMERICA IS GOING TO YIELD A RETURN IN DOLLARS WORTH SOMETHING. AND ALSO OPEN UP NEW MARKETS FOR AMERICAN TRADE SO WE CAN SELL MORE PRODUCTS AROUND THE WORLD. AND I WOULD CHANGE OUR LABOR MANAGEMENT FIELD, THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD IS AGAIN SCARING EMPLOYERS FROM HIRING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. 

WE ALSO WANT TO LOWER TAX RATES ON EMPLOYERS SO THEY CAN MAKE IT EASIER TO HIRE PEOPLE. ALL OF THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER TO SAY, YOU PUT TOGETHER A PRO-GROWTH, PRO-INVESTMENT, PRO-JOBS, PRO-JOB CREATING PHILOSOPHY AND STRATEGY AND AMERICAN EMPLOYERS WILL START HIRING AGAIN.

Vote Accordingly. Vote Romney.