that s a deep divide. there s a similar one in the democratic party although it would be on the terms of anti-imperialism versus liberal nationalism. in that sense the romney campaign has decided to largely air brush over those distinctions because the party is divided. so it s an open question as to how he s going to lead. we ll be right back and talk more about this. [ honk! ] [ honk! ] [ honk! ] [ male announcer ] now you ll know when to stop. [ honk! ] the all-new nissan altima with easy fill tire alert. [ honk! ] it s our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. nissan. innovation that excites. hor get the yard ready for cool energy bill weather?size? the answer? a lot less. the great american fix-up is going on now.
then the question becomes, where do you target? i would say education would be fundamental but in the end it s really about jobs with a living wage. infrastructure building. your support of that and a believer that drives growth and investment in communities? oh, yes. the last chapter in the book lays out 12 ideas. we don t have a monopoly on the truth, but these are 12 ideas that we come up with that we believe we have to embrace now if we re going to be serious about reducing and eradicating poverty. jobs with a living wage. there s great debate about this. but i m all for raising the minimum wage to at least $10 an hour. we need progressive tax codes. we need to put women and children first. 15 years after the welfare bill that president clinton signed, more women and children are falling into poverty than anybody else in the country. there are some prescriptions we lay out specifically in the book. but within all of those prescriptions there s such a deep divide or a conversa
politically and maybe, maybe, maybe they will do something and focus on the sly and get away from the ridiculous program. reporter: that is the only thing both parties can agree that high gas prices will be a major issue in the campaign. how to deal with it, though, obviously, is a deep divide. shepard: ed, thank you. new demonstrations in florida against the neighborhood watchman who shot and killed an unarmed teen. the man on the left said he shot the kid on the right, 17-year-old trayvon martin in self-defense. zimmerman says the teen attacked him and witnesses insist that is not at all what happened. in fact they say the teenager was walking to his father s house from 7/11 with a bag of skittles and the department of justice is investigating and shooter, zimmerman, remains free and protests gathered in
approval rating for congressional democrat is 29%. republicans are even worse. 22%. the president is at 43%. recent bcs/ new york times poll found the congress has approval rating of 9%. teeing up the white house to suggest in addition to presidential candidate herman cain s mantra. i know nine is a popular money in the republican party, but this can t possibly be the kind of nine they want. this new fox poll was taken after the president s recent bus tour. while people seem open to his ideas, he is not making the sale on the actual bill. we asked if you were a member of congress, would you vote for the $447 billion bill? 48% said no. 44% said no. deep divide on the actual te tails. bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. the european agreement will focus on three points. it calls for greece s private creditors such as banks to accept 50% losses on the bonds they hold. that equals about
vice president call the tea party terrorists, what did he said? denied it. he said the vice president didn t make any of those assertions. if he doesn t want to admit what was on tv nationally, all over the place. then he decided to say we can t have a conversation because you are saying i called you terrorists. it demonstrates the deep divide. sean: by all accounts the statement was made by biden. the double standard that bothers me more than anything, is that there was that kind of rhetoric from the entire left of the democratic party the debt ceiling debate and we waited a year all they did was point fingers. we were poisoning the environment of our politics. we created the republicans the wingnuts on the right created the environment that lead to gabrielle giffords shooting. and suddenly they don t hold themselves to the same standard. sean: the president himself has used incendiary language