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Economy. kimberly, you pointed out a month ago 500,000 fewer women in workforce today than when obama took over. fewer women are working, gasoline prices 100% higher than when he took over. that hurts any mom driving a kid around. school costs, think about this. single mom who wants to send a child to college up 30% in the last three years alone. school costs are out-pacing inflation. >> dana: plus they might have their own student loans. >> eric: war on women they cant keep a household payment ...

President in 2008 asked for time out to deal with it. a calamity outmatched only by the great crash in 29. so ask it yourself, is this country better off in the direction "w" was taking us, really? well get to that in a minute. first, we have new poll numbers in the presidential race. lets check the "hardball" scoreboard. here it is according to the new "washington post"/abc poll, president obama with a one-point lead over mitt romney among likely voters. among all registered voters, the preside...

Right. gallup is one of them. trust the numbers. you just face it, you just hate the poll. >> eric: over the weekend we saw paul ryan ask questions. there are so many things going on, economy, medicare, job situation. he was asked about his time in marathon. what is -- >> dana: you remember last week greg i think you did a monologue about reporters complaining about state of the campaign and how they wish to talk about something more substantive? i guess, they were trying to get out at question ...

Hes gotten testy in the last couple of weeks but now if he hangs on and he loses pennsylvania, and thats a very real possibility, it will wipe away all of the good that hes done for himself for the future. all hell be remembered as the guy who couldnt carry his home state when by contrast, governor romney carried massachusetts with 74% of the vote. so i think its in ricks interest to get out, to be the loyal soldier, to say hell do anything that governor romney wants him do going down the trail ...

Rom knee. any -- romney. any surprises there, karl? >> it is down to a two-person race. doesnt mean there isnt room for somebody to claw into that acceptables. there is washington abc poll, six out of 10 iowa caucus-goers say they could change their minds in less than, and five out of every 10 of the very likely caucus voters say they are likely to stick with their choice. we have a lot of fluidity left in the system and a month of calendar days and probably about 20 one or 22 days or 23 days of...

The american people are pretty clear. they might accept a no-fly zone in conjunction with allies which we dont even have yet. they are not going to be willing to accept another act of war leading to another war in yet another arab country. theyre not going to accept it. >> i love the fact, howard, that we have allies when it comes to going to war but when were in it, were alone. by the way, hillary clinton and john kerry were both for the iraq war. they were hawks last time around. this is the u...

To accept another act of war leading to another war in yet another arab country. theyre not going to accept it. >> i love the fact, howard, that we have allies when it comes to going to war but when were in it, were alone. by the way, hillary clinton and john kerry were both for the iraq war. they were hawks last time around. this is the usual suspects. the one big difference is lugar of indiana has laid it out clearly hes against going in with a no fly. >> so is secretary of defense gates. hes ...

>> so is secretary of defense gates. hes made it very, very clear that he thinks its a bad idea even the no-fly zone let alone direct military involvement. its state versus defense among other things. >> heres the american people. the new "the washington post"/abc poll. 56% of americans support the u.s. participating with a coalition. supporters drop to 45% with u.s. going alone with a no fly. people are told it involves bombings and air patrols, it drops. i guess you could argue the american pe...

The republicans are voted back into the majority come november, wouldnt you take that as a clear indication that the democrats who have had an opportunity now for several years, have not done a good job convincing the american public they deserve to be in power? >> well, contessa, im absolutely confident that the democrats will be in the majority and the reason im confident is that if you look at polls, most recently "the washington post" /abc poll, you see that more americans are dissatisfied a...

Happened. cnns poll has the president up eight. and since he signed the bill. the "washington post"/abc poll has him up five since passing the bill. and gallup, which is the oldest of pollsters and the most recognized, has no action. i guess im going to go to susan page with cnn, to express that eight points. your thoughts, season. >> the usa today/gallop poll has his approval rating up a point. but his disapproval rating up to an all time high. we showed a little bit of a bounce the day after t...