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Them. >> no. have you an election coming up in a few months. the question is -- are you better off now than you were four years ago? thats the barometer every incumbent president faces. we are looking at a trillion dollars of stimulus, we are 63.7 labor participation rate, the loyest since around 1980. and you look at what the cbo says, if those people were included in that labor force, we are looking at 10% plus en-- unemployment. america is hurting. there is a reason they elected this congress...

Not come from a romney presidency. so its speculative. i would run from the past if i were on their side as well. i mean, the really tough ads are yet to come. for example in south carolina went out and cut a spot that said in 2008 we elected him. we had 6.5% unemployment in south carolina. today we have 9.6. thats 50% increase. everybody understands the unemployment rate. dohow does dick sit there and look south carolinians in the eye and say he deserves another term when we have had unemployme...

Nations and a fox news contributor. these young women are not fans of putin. they have been trying to make a message in a controversial way to draw attention to what they believe is too much of an iron hand in the russian government. for that the message one could argue reinforces their original opinions in the first place, ambassador. >> of course it does. vladimir putin is trying to create what he has called in the past a managed democracy. managed by him. there is a certain amount of freedom ...

The willie horton stuff thereafter but other than that no. >> in 88 george bush 41 was on a camping trip, wasnt on the trail the way this is. this is an early start. its still the exhibition season to some degree. but they are hitting without pads at this point. when the convention will be the real kickoff and if this is a barometer of what to expect, i wonder how the country is going to react to it. i really do. >> up until before the announcement of paul ryan, there was a big issue about the t...

dad suddenly passed away and he matured quickly in a setting like that with a family that surrounded him and a community that helped him regain his footing. he began with interest in public service not because of personal ambition, but because of his passion and faith for america and a beef that america needed individuals who would put the country first and who would put the issues of america ahead of the issues of their personal concerns and so he went to washington and for 14 years, ...

Rare miss, it blames in part the slowing economy in europe. ford, another big company here in the united states, also blaming europe for a weaker than expected quarter. the carmaker joining other american companies including ups, xerox and slashing its profit forecasts for the year. not a good sign. we also have a disturbing report out of the u.k. directly where a reading on the economy came in much weaker than expected. it is a little bit of a theme these days. apparently this reading confirmed...

Confirmation battle on syrias chemical weaponses capabilities was another other than joseph biden. martha: thank you, ambassador. >> still to be resolved. 22 minutes before the hour. markets are trading for 8 half minutes. ups earnings lower than expected. ups often a barometer about the overall economy. concerns about spain. on monday the second triple-digit loss weve seen in two days of trading. >> governor romney blasting the white house and president obama saying he is focusing on the wrong ...

Really cant take the barometer, the pressure, of the nation i think until sometime in september after the conventions have taken place. no doubt the economy, the way people feel about their own lives, may affect turnout but what i really believe is that people understand the fundamental importance and the choice that theyll have, so i think in the end youre going to have a very strong level of participation. but we point out in our report the importance of turnout and the importance of turnout i...

I wonder how we bust open a system so people feel every vote counts. >> also -- were also -- >> by my definition -- five swing states. my definition of a swing state is its a state you have a chance to win but if you lost, you could still win. therefore, pennsylvania is not. if the democratics lose pennsylvania, dhiejt have a chance to win. >> thats where another -- the voters impression stuff is really serious. >> 760,000 voters estimated to not have the i.d. necessary to vote under the new law...

2008 but he was the first democrat to do so since lindon johnson in 1964. so it is by no means a reliably blue state. but the obama campaign is helping to keep virginia in the blue column. they are doing so, they hope, by arguing that the president will look out for the pr of middle class wheel mitt romney cares more about helping out the real wael think. lets see what he had to say at his first stop in glenn oa virginia. he got rained on but lets hear what he had to say about mitt rom...