Soledad O’Brien presses Romney rep. on plan

Mitt Romney Campaign Senior Advisor Barbara Comstock says Romney will talk about his plan and how it will turn around the economy at tonight’s debate. CNN Anchor Soledad O’Brien pushes back and says numerous groups say his plan is not fundable.

Comstock says, “[Romney’s] going to be talking about how he’s going to turn around the economy and how he’s going to have an across the board tax cut for all Americans to get rid of the loopholes and special interest things so that you can have a flatter, fairer tax code for everybody and start economic growth again.”

O’Brien says, “As you know, people who crunched those numbers say that the math does not work out.”

Comstock responds, “No. Soledad, that’s incorrect. Not many people — one left wing group that has Obama people in it has said that. In fact, the American Enterprise Institute released a study that shows it’s Barack Obama’s plan that will increase taxes an average of, I believe it was $4,000 a family. We know on January 1 we’re going to have the biggest tax increase in history that Barack Obama has allowed to go forward.”

O’Brien answers, “There are numerous groups that say that tax plan is not fundable…. So it’s not just one Obama-led organization that says it doesn’t work.”

Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien airs weekday mornings from 7-9am ET on CNN.