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The president. >> bret: charles, the president was at an event with former president clinton today in clintons remarks he said that we can create jobs almost unlimited number of jobs even in this lousy economy. then intropresident obama. that was a tough setup. >> he didnt exactly get the home mow, the white house memo on how to describe all this. of course, he is bill. he says what he wants and he is not running for re-electio re-election. i agree the hidden trap in the number is you get this s...

The facts. >> last night we reported that the senate killed two plans. democratic plan and republican plan for this expansion and extense of the payroll tax cut. the house republicans are struggling over whether to do payroll tax cut at all. where are we on this and politics of it? >> this is the second piece of good news the president got. 8.6% in unemployment being the first. he is winning the battle and putting republicans on defense by tying the payroll tax cut to the tax cut holiday to tax ...

Congress getting caught with the hand in the cookie jar. this isnt new. louise slaughter trying to pass legislation on this since 2006. in fact, i saw a tweet from her. she joked she didnt know where the new cosponsors were coming from. watchdog group try to knock it down. when its at 9 or 12% if you dont pass this you risk to go in tegtive. >> bret: next topic, iraq. handover of camp victory. the biggest base there in baghdad for the u.s. military. handing it over to iraqis that stayed at this ...

Small way. and guarantee success. >> bret: call an audible here. herman cain has a big announce in the atlanta form. prediction, in or out of the race? >> he is so down im not sure it matters but i think he will be out. >> opening a new office through me today so im going to say in. >> i dont know that herman cain knows yet. flip a coin. well find out tomorrow. >> we should ask mrs. cain. >> bret: the meeting is happening tonight in atlanta with mrs. cain. and that is obviously the big, accordin...

Romney cast gingrich as presumptuous and arrogant. >> to win the election, you have to earn it. get out and campaign, see the people, shake their hands. self-aggrandizing statements about polls dont win elections. >> far back in the poll, rick perry approved an ad out thing his faith in iowa. more than half of caucus goers are evangelicals. >> when you run for president you get a bunch of question about your faith im rick perry. im not ashamed to talk about my faith. i approve this message. >> t...

Where the economy is testing. any kind of good news like this. we got it below 9%. that has to help the psychology of the economy. that is important. >> bret: sam for the psychology of this administration this was important. even though you couch the overall workforce number. still the rate going down that much is at least a perception thing that the administration is going to grab on to. >> without question. look, this november, meticly used to gauge economy. its flawed in a number of ways. but...

With more news, including historic summons for a former senator. >> bret: former democratic senator and governor jon corzine subpoenaed by to congressional committees probing the collapse of mf global. corzine resigned as ceo shortly after the company filed for bankruptcy protection. insiders say its extremely rare for a former member of

Economy is unacceptably high. today marks the 34th consecutive month of unemployment above 8%. as you may remember, the obama administration promised that unemployment would not exceed 8% if we passed other stimulus bill. that promise has gone unfulfilled. >> bret: november jobs report out. unemployment rate falling to 8.6% as you see there. 120,000 john farm payroll employment increased by 120,000. its not on this graphic but 315,000 people left the workforce. essentially stopped looking for a ...

Cant run on stewardship that economy that clinton calls lousy. running on class war and it is working. devises a clever way to say either cut for class or the rich, he wins on this in. the end he is not running against congress or presidential opponent who wont fall in the trap. >> bret: next up, the friday lightning round including insider trading in congress. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can hel...

Symbolism to say this is the beginning of our relationship. >> bret: nian? >> what struck me the most about the episode was vice president biden warning iran not to cause trouble. stir up and try to take advantage of u.s. troops leading -- leaving as if they are going to heed his suggestion. i think this is a dangerous move. iran is sitting on the sidelines waiting to jump in. i think that is what is going to happen. >> bret: charles? >> the warning in and of itself is a sign of weakness. he wou...