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Weve all had sundays like that. a few too many bloody marys at the brunch. no, im kidding. [laughter] i used to run campaigns. when you have a special election that goes one way, its a bellwether. when it goes the other way, meaningless. making voters vote seven times in one year which is what theyve done with this nonsensical recall thing, its going to leave people so alienated that it will have an impact in november. if president obama loses wisconsin, mitt romney is president of the united st...

Thanks to a chance sighting in a magazine. jim daley decided to place an ad announcing a reunion for the second brigade eighth infantry. barry adams stumbled across it and realized daley was the man who saved his life during the war. >> what do you tell a man that saved your life 42 years ago? i said it took me 42 years to find you and he come over to me and hugged me and said were like brothers. i said boy, you got that right. >> it blowed my mind. it just blew me out of the water! >> the two m...

If walker wins, i think that will send a big signal to the rest of the country that obama is in trouble f. walker loses, it will energize the democrats and send a signal that they can win. like in the old days, maine voted before the rest of the country and was the bellwether. but there are three other levels. i think this will determine the fate of education reform throughout the country. if walker survives recall, you will see limits on teacher tenure, merit pay for teachers and much more flex...

If walker wins, i think that will send a big signal to the rest of the country that obama is in trouble f. walker loses, it will energize the democrats and send a signal that they can win. like in the old days, maine voted before the rest of the country and was the bellwether. but there are three other levels. i think this will determine the fate of education reform throughout the country. if walker survives recall, you will see limits on teacher tenure, merit pay for teachers and much more flex...

Government, market principles. a lot of people look for instance to the healthcare referendum in massachusetts and said that is a bellwether and i dont know if he really believes as we do. so as he possibly transitions to the center he think you will see a whole lot of ill ease if you want to call it that from conservatives. >> shannon: do you think they decide to stay home. clearly that is not a group that is going to vote for president obama. do they check out of the race if they feel like gov...

Governor bob mcdonnell, often mentioned as a potential vice-presidential pick. back to the latest battleground state polls on a likely match up between president obama and mitt romney. chief political correspondent, campaign carl cameron is live in washington with more. carl? >> reporter: when we look at the electoral college map the presidency ultimately likely decided in five to 10 maybe a dozen states. quinnipiac has new surveys in three of them. let he is take a look. florida, decided presid...

20 years or so. so, i wouldnt use biden as a bellwether. but i would use any president of the united states, given that information, would have done the same thing but i give great credit to the president. the point is though, do you use that in political campaigns to attack your opponent? mitt romney would have done the exact same thing. i am confident. and any leader would have. so, to say that mitt romney wouldnt have, i mean, is politicizing what an event that all americans applauded enormou...

20 years or so. so, i wouldnt use biden as a bellwether. but i would use any president of the united states, given that information, would have done the same thing but i give great credit to the president. the point is though, do you use that in political campaigns to attack your opponent? mitt romney would have done the exact same thing. i am confident. and any leader would have. so, to say that mitt romney wouldnt have, i mean, is politicizing what an event that all americans applauded enormou...

But whats perhaps more interesting is two big questions of the american economy right now. very important with the presidential race. firstly, it shows that there are some companies in america today which are still doing incredibly well. and yesterday we had manufacturing earnings from companies like 3m, very important bellwether, which shows that the heart of the american manufacturing economy there is still strength. the big question, though, is whether its feeding into jobs. and theres a very...

Earnings. they were a blow out quarter it. they lost money in the fourth quarter. made money in the first quarter. dow future after the close looking higher. we will probably have a good day tomorrow. >> shepard: is that the thinking? >> yes, it is the thinking. alcoa is a bellwether. very important for additional pressure. seeing increases in demand for aircraft makers, car makers. could be a good thing. >> shepard: sounds good to me after five days of losing, its time for a win. >> absolutely....