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Politicians in my life or tried to. the only one who gave you decent bounce was w. at least he could talk to you. the other two you cant get ahold of. they are stars. i called romney pitched good idea that debt clock. like the birth clock outside hard rock cafe flipping along, he steps in for 30 second commercial and says hi, im mitt romney. >> bill: the clock is right next to him. he doesnt say anything, he looks at it. 25 second mark. i approve this ad. i dont approve of that good solid ad. >>...

Raising the debt limit and theyre not willing to let the government default on its debts. that is a big issue because if he can take that away from the democratic talking points so the democrats cant accuse of republicans wanting to let the government default he feels like he can keep this debate on a higher plane where they have a much stronger argument and simple one, that is the government must stop spending so much money because it simply doesnt have the money and republicans are a lot more ...

Republican nominee in the crucial swing state of florida today. governor mitt romney will crisscross the sunshine state over the next two days. yesterday the governor won nebraska and oregon primaries. romney just short of 1144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. in the meantime his former gop rivals are still holding on to their delegates. that is the way it goes. chief political correspondent carl cameron live in washington with more on this. >> reporter: hi, jenna. ron paul has just ov...

>> i think the big difference is governor romney his private enterprise experience. he has taken businesses, take the state of massachusetts, reduced expenditures and he knows what it takes to make something work in the real economy. with all due respect to the president he didnt come in with that experience. i think he not only reduce the deficit by 50% that he promised but he almost increased it by 50%. took it up to $17 trillion. its a difference of approach. you have to check the debt clock ...

Chicago about this. >> well, rahm emanuel who, of course, used to be the chief of staff of president obama is actually facing some of these budget cuts head on. hes acting a little bit more like a republican. >> rahm emanuel has put up a debt clock. and its ticking all the time. $25 billion of unfunded pension liability in the state, in the city of chicago. $25 billion! now, you have a former mayor getting an extra $50,000 for one months payment into a fund. >> what a mess. speaking of big money...

Institutions, really wreak havoc in the united states to bring america to its knees. and so we have a historic legislation on the floor the week to deal with the issue of hardening the federal networks, information sharing between the federal government and the private sector on these what they call signature threats to better protect both the federal government, but also the private sector which controls about 90% of that critical infrastructure out there. jenna: well, definitely a lot of conce...

>> eric: but in general, lets take a look at the numbers. i covered you a year ago in new hampshire on tax day. back then, the unemployment rate was 9.0%. its better. 8.2% dow jones average is up, by 507 points. that looks better t. popped at 13,000 and its down now. there is the national debt clock, one year ago, when you were in new hampshire, $14.2 trillion debt. now it is $15-plus. its $1.5 trillion more. what do we do about that? >> lets first talk about the unemployment rate. the reason th...

Added more than $153 billion to that total. were going to check this debt clock by the way at end of our show today to see how much has been added, jon. our brain room estimates in just the next two hours were going to ad $304 million in just that time. jon: there was a time when they shut the debt clock down. jenna: its hard to look at. think of that as we go minute by minute through the show today. it is primary day in illinois. we are glad you are with us, im jenna lee. jon: im jon scott. the...

A loft things that are driving people crazy that are catching up with this guy the keystone pipeline even the afl-cio may not give as much money this year. the worst thing is this debt clock. remember the time machine rod taylor sitting in there looking at the dress stop and that thing is spinning when he threw the cube shifter into fifth. thats whats happening with the debt clock right now. its three years. in they are going to tell you its going great but most people know its crap right now. t...

People crazy that are catching up with this guy the keystone pipeline even the afl-cio may not give as much money this year. the worst thing is this debt clock. remember the time machine rod taylor sitting in there looking at the dress stop and that thing is spinning when he threw the cube shifter into fifth. thats whats happening with the debt clock right now. its three years. in they are going to tell you its going great but most people know its crap right now. thats why his numbers are going ...