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Look at these numbers with the presidents approval ratings, look at whats happening in michigan, mitt romney fighting for his political life again. these are very good days for the white house. >> i think theyd like to vote now if they could. the president sitting at 50% approval, hold the election now if david axelrod and david plough got their way. if you look at all the trend lines. it is getting going again. you look at this agreement on the payroll tax cut. washingtons working a little bit ...

Wave. the house right now is a cross currents. democrats have a lot of good atmospheric things going for them in terms of the national narrative. president obamas numbers back up, democrats starting to lead the generic ballot, bad ethics news out about republicans. the other hand, for every one of those good pieces of information coming to democrats there seems to be a stem back taken in terms of retirements and there has been a lot of attention on what the unpopularity of congress has done in v...

Clarke county. a special caucus is being held at none other than the add elson education complex. let me just tell you, every county was allowed do their own rolls. the whole process in nevada, it borders, frankly, on a little bit of a joke, but we shall see. we will follow the results. well have entrance polls. well see if the party can make sure that the totals are believable and that there are no shenanigans. all right. turning back to the big news of the morning, the unemployment rate falls ...

Then they want a real hawk, someone whos really going to turn the tables from this globalism of obama and turn it back to the old chauvinism of w. and do they have anybody that meets the bill in all three cases and that could also win? >> no, they have no one who meets the bill in all three cases. which is why you hear, i was out with senator rick santorum earlier, and he was really driving the case hard against ron paul, urging iowa republicans to think seriously his foreign policy plans. so yo...

Someone whos really going to turn the tables from this globalism of obama and turn it back to the old chauvinism of w. and do they have anybody that meets the bill in all three cases and that could also win? >> no, they have no one who meets the bill in all three cases. which is why you hear, i was out with senator rick santorum earlier, and he was really driving the case hard against ron paul, urging iowa republicans to think seriously his foreign policy plans. so you have all these sort of cro...

So you have all these sort of cross-currents going on, all these people fires different arrows at each other. and the person who may come up the strongest in that is mitt romney. you hear a lot of republicans who say, you know what, i guess that it is almost time to make our pick here. he may not be the top in either of the three categories, but adding up all the qualities together, he looks better than a lot of people. ive heard republicans two weeks ago were not for romney, but now they say, o...

Of thing, the modernity, basically. then they want a real hawk, someone whos really going to turn the tables from this globalism of obama and turn it back to the old chauvinism of w. and do they have anybody that meets the bill in all three cases and that could also win? >> no, they have no one who meets the bill in all three cases. which is why you hear, i was out with senator rick santorum earlier, and he was really driving the case hard against ron paul, urging iowa republicans to think serio...

Got. >> american water works, neal. it is boring and i like boring in uncertain times. with an environmental angle to it . most importantly a 3-plus dividend, you will make money. >> what do they do? >> it is a water utilitiy. you cant argue against water. >> no, no, you have to have water. >> charles in >> it has little risk and management doesnt always hit the numbers. >> the take on the markets now. in the face of all of these cross currents and inflation popping up and a deal that may not be...

Of the revolutions that are now sweeping through the middle east. a key american ally, jordan, is also vulnerable to the same social and political cross currents that we have seen in egypt, tunisia, yemen, bahrain and syria. tom brokaw is an nbc news special correspondent and is live amman, jordan. what are senior leaders there saying about how they handled the modest demonstrations that have taken place in jordan compared to the rest of the region? >> i think what theyre most encouraged by is t...

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