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Other positives for you, there are fewer people working part time now for economic reasons, possibly because theyre finding full-time jobs. the job gains were seeing are widespread. the government in this report measures almost 20 major sectors and when you look at it closely, only one of those sectors cut jobs, government. glass half full, my friend. >> all right. if the economy is improving, then why arent we seeing a big rally today on wall street? >> you know what, call it human nature. sinc...

>> yes. there are millions of people who dropped out of the workforce. if they decide to come back into the workforce, then the unemployment rate will go right back up again. that is the way it works statistically. martha: lets hope that we continue to add people to the workforce as we saw in that month of december. that was a good report, stuart. thank you very much. the stuart varney coming up just a little while from now on fbn. bill: all right well have more on this in a moment. steve forbes...

Way. thats what makes this so intere interesting. an uncouple beincumbent presideh unemployment. this little state, wolf, goes that way or that way, could decide the election. >> magic number, 270. that would be pretty amazing. well be doing a lot of this in the coming month, john. thanks very much. back to erin burnett and gloria borger. theyre at the cnn polling center right now. iowa voters, were getting some information on what theyre thinking all along, arent we, erin? >> we are. its intere...

266 to 266. could come down to iowa. look at that there. we could play this out any other way. thats what makes this so interesting. an incumbent president with high unemployment. this little state, wolf, goes that way or that way, could decide the election. >> magic number, 270. that would be pretty amazing. well be doing a lot of this in the coming month, john. thanks very much. back to erin burnett and gloria borger. theyre at the cnn polling center right now. iowa voters, were getting some i...

Romney, who cant seem to bust free from 23-25? >> well, its possible -- >> howard sized it up. >> but the other candidates arent backing away. rick perrys on the air here all the time -- >> but rick perry doesnt have the brains to be president. he doesnt have -- >> rick perry as a candidate -- >> he doesnt have the bases. >> were talking metrics here. and youve got other candidates who will be splitting the vote. >> whats the appeal? >> the appeal of rick perry? that he seems to be a decent guy,...

>> howard sized it up. >> but the other candidates arent backing away. rick perrys on the air here all the time -- >> but rick perry doesnt have the brains to be president. he doesnt have -- >> rick perry as a candidate -- >> he doesnt have the bases. >> were talking metrics here. and youve got other candidates who will be splitting the vote. >> whats the appeal? >> the appeal of rick perry? that he seems to be a decent guy, to the evangelicals, he seems to be a decent guy with his heart in the ...

Romney who cant seem to bust free from 23%, 25%, howard sized it up. >> the other candidates are not backing away. rick perry is on the air here all the time. >> rick perry doesnt have the brains to be president. i mean -- >> hes going to get part of that vote and gingrich will get part of that vote. part of the metrics here and other candidates splitting the vote. >> he has appeal. >> whats the appeal? >> the appeal of rick perry? >> yeah. >> he seems to be a decent guy to the evangelicals, a d...

>> you shouldnt be able to do that. >> this is the guy, sean connery. thats classic. oscar-winning actress jessica lange and pulitzer prize-winning play right sam sheppa sheppard, who have been together since 1989 and have two grown children together have separated and have been apart for two years and just now announced it. in another split, chaz bono and jennifer ilya have not only called off their engagement after six years, theyve called off their whole relationship. and finally, you j...

Bill: were looking though, arent we? martha: were looking. bill: "time" magazine revealed a personal of the year. it is not really a person, the protester. magazine editors say traditional leadership has failed the american people and failed people around the world. thats key now, that second part. and that true leadership comes from the bottom of the pyramid, not the top. this will get some attention. martha: it will get some attention. the fact that the "occupy wall street" issue is sort of en...

Cutting spending and whether or not that was in there. ford, what about the republican side of this and why arent we seeing a bigger effort at spending cuts and you know, can they win in this battle to try to make sure if youre going to extend unemployment benefits which everyone understands, that you know, may be necessary in these times, you have to pay for them, thats all? >> thats absolutely right. i think both side to some extent are paying politics with the issue. the republicans are right...