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The caucus, you meet them socially, bump into them at lunch. do they understand the prospects as steve laid them out? >> i think the vast majority of them understand it doesnt help the economy or the country. we are struggling with recovery right now. as so many people are not working, my district was devastated by sandy. theres a lot of small businesses who havent opened. there are a lot of people struggling to make ends meet. the last thing we need to do is revert back out of a struggling reco...

Americans dont have an opinion on this but president obamas approval rating has been on a down slope since his inaugural address. i think this is americans distrust and dislike of washington, d.c. and the difficulty obama had in the beginning of his second term. remember the irs scandal and benghazi and now to the nsa whistle blowers debate and then now weve got an immigration bill thats stuck in the senate, stuck in the house and americans remember washington isnt working. its working worse tha...

Whereas 52% think that the worst is yet to come. your thoughts, mary katherine? >> well, this is an interesting point. shes right, but yes, the collapse, the big collapse had not at that point. you could argue were stronger than we were right after that point. if you look at these numbers, the 52-40 for the worst is yet to come, this is worse than 2011 although it is slightly better than 2009. so people are on the down slope here, not -- theyre not feeling the recovery obama is telling us were h...

That. by the time we get up there on friday, bobby v will feel 100 years old just like the ballpark. i love pedroia. there are other players. but seriously, dont say i guess he doesnt know how things work around here. we dont want them to work around there like they did last year. >> mike, do you think youkilis is slacking? >> no, no. i think hes -- i think hes really on the down slope. >> were going to bring good luck on friday. >> i hope so. >> its going to be fun. >> it is painful. you know, ...

Ive been saying it at every speech the quit distorting my words. if i see it, its (bleep) >> thats republican presidential candidate rick santorum losing it on new york times reporter jeff zelaney claiming the reporter was twisting his words about romney. >> what hes trying to do is make a case to republican voters here and a common tactic for republican presidential candidates or democratic presidential candidates to try to use the media as a foil. he clearly knew the cameras were rolling here....

Speech the quit distorting my words. if i see it, its (bleep) >> thats republican presidential candidate rick santorum losing it on new york times reporter jeff zelaney claiming the reporter was twisting his words about romney. >> what hes trying to do is make a case to republican voters here and a common tactic for republican presidential candidates or democratic presidential candidates to try to use the media as a foil. he clearly knew the cameras were rolling here. >> jon: does santorum have ...

Is going to be pushed farther into the future. >> shep: every down slope, there is something to come. what is the thinking about when that happens? >> not for a while. the job picture has to improve here and it is improving slowly but surely. but remember, a lot of construction jobs were lost here over the last several years. hardly any big cranes on the strip these days. those in real estate say construction stopped when the banks stopped lending money. they have yet to really resume giving peo...

Chic. its amazing. cant see her dress at the moment. >> looks like pouring from the top of that hat. >> like that english woman goes for it with the hat. >> for the yanks that dont know, she is among the most popular -- they are among the most popular couples, right? >> absolutely. i think so, yes. because of him being such a famous footballer and her being a spice girl. >> he didnt hit it off well with the galaxy. caught him on the down slope. shes always done her thing, she and her spice. >> y...

Ive been saying it at every speech the quit distorting my words. if i see it, its (bleep) >> thats republican presidential candidate rick santorum losing it on new york times reporter jeff zelaney claiming the reporter was twisting his words about romney. >> what hes trying to do is make a case to republican voters here and a common tactic for republican presidential candidates or democratic presidential candidates to try to use the media as a foil. he clearly knew the cameras were rolling here....