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Is it? what is life like in iraq now? >> well, i think one of the important things to keep in mind is that the violence has gone down, especially for american soldiers. its ramped up a little bit leading into these elections, but you know, a large part of iraqis daily lives is dealing with a country that has been shattered by years of war. so infrastructure is still very bad and public service is still a major concern, and those are the issues that voters really care about going into these elect...

We have 6 million americans who have been out of work for six months or longer and 30 million who are underemployed according to a new gallup poll which paints a much darker number. retails sales is going up which is surprising because -- >> very surprising not only because of the snow and economic situation and income situation but people are actually out there buying small little things beyond the basics and necessities so thats taken as a positive sign, a bit of a silver lining good for the r...

Just to make ends meet. its hard to keep the economy going under those circumstances. >> i dont get how retail sales have gone up, despite so many people out of work. >> that is very surprising, i think, but you have to keep in mind, were coming off very low lows, and were not out there spending real freely every which way we could. >> necessities? >> a little beyond, maybe a little more, something little more comfortable. so thats a positive sign for the retailers and for the broader economy, b...

Numbers, the storms could be ugly but this guy seems to be sitting pretty. ron is hiring. looking to add 2,000 more workers at multi-billion dollar city center complex. jim murren joining us, mgm mirage ceo. you might have heard earlier mitt romney among those worried about a double-dip. we could get in trouble again. are you? >> it would hurt us. we dont see that our business is gradually starting to come back. and the convention business which is a good barometer of business activity is starti...

In terms of sales. its not really a good barometer in terms of what the industry is doing and whether or not people are actually going out into showrooms. what we will also hear from toyota today are two things. one, a big incentive program, zero percent for 60 months in terms of trying to bring people into the showrooms. a very aggressive incentive program. and toyota executives are once again on capitol hill. theres a senate hearing today looking into these recalls. were going to have toyota e...

$1 trillion the worst entitlement program is a political class that think they have a credit card that continues to run up the deaf silts. its federal spending and the size of the deficits. >> thats what barack owe barometer ma has done is become the poster child for the debt. thats what he has done in my opinion to ingu ener guys the t party movement and why theres a christie where theres a scott brown, why theres these folks around the country getting el lekt -- elected that normally dont. >> ...

Democratic past proposals but democratic senator chris dodd says if republicans insist on starting over, the effort wont amount to much. martha: proof many people hit the stores even after the holidays ended. the commerce department reporting retail sales rose a bit in january. .5%. a little bit higher than the economists looked for and that is a good sign and they thought it would be up 0.03%, and consumer spending is a very important barometer of how people are feeling out there. because consu...

Taking. hooman made a good point of putting this into perspective. counting heads is not exactly a very good barometer. i many very confident that if people were allowed to freely assemble you would have upwards of 5 million in tehran and throughout the country. >> is there a concern, though, that they, themselves, will get discouraged? >> i dont think. tomorrow will mark the eight-month anniversary of the june 12th elections in iran. people thought this would fizzle out after a few weeks. it ha...

The oreilly factor where the subject included me. >> youre now being too tough on barack obama. >> no, thats not what i wrote, bill. i thought this was the no-spin zone. i simply said stewart was telling more jokes about the gentleman these days. >> i dont take any of that stuff seriously. >> you dont? but, i work so hard on it. listen, jon, dont try to deny it, youre a powerful dude, a cultural barometer and leading indicator, so, it is my journalistic duty and hope maybe ill get more free publ...

Now, i understand their frustration. you understand it, as well. i was talking to michelle the other day, and michelle is always a good barometer. and, you know, the front page was, oh, you know, whats obama going to do to get his poll numbers up and are the democrats all in a tizzy and this and that. and she said, you know, listen, if youre the average family, if im a mom out there and im working and my husbands working but were worried about losing our jobs or hours have been cut back, costs o...