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Approximate states all across the country. state employees have huge and attractive pensions and benefits way beyond whats happening in the private sector. these states are facing a trillion dollars in collective debt. so what were seeing in this data is exactly that, i think, where theres enormous pressure to reduce their salaries and benefits and pensions. but at the same time i think it shows that the public sees they have collective bargaining. >> very quickly, given what were seeing, would ...

a "wall street journal" poll may surprise republicans. most people think government should do more, not less. im chuck todd, savannah a busy day. >> good morning, everyone. im savannah guthrie. also this morning, president obama accused of a wheres waldo presidency. well talk to the writer who penned that memorable phrase. the supreme court decision that shows free speech is not cheap. even the most offensive kind of rhetoric is protected by the constitution. well dive into that deci...

Head? >> well, i worked for george bush in 1979 and john mccain in 1999. both of them were 3% or 4% through october of those years. so what i would say -- what i would say politely, chuck is i would tell them to go look at iowa, and new hampshire and south carolina polling in about october of this fall. what happened in both the bush case in 79 or the mccain case or these other type of candidates, those people and the pawlentys and all these other candidates will be campaigning in these small st...

Youre old. but we love you. >> not if you get a facebook page. fred you have your facebook page now? >> i do not. im not an especially interesting person. my only entries would be looking at numbers. >> status update, looking at numbers. >> fred yang, bill mcinturf, thanks for being here. coming up in the wake of the tucson shootings, will president obama take on any gun control issue? most politicians dont these days. >> plus the feds plea for the publics help in finding out who planted a pow...

In arizona. and thats clearly making an increase in numbers and his approval. president clinton had the same thing happen in oklahoma city. and typically doesnt have to be true in this case, but typically these kind of bumps last roughly two to three months. so a more telling number will be where the president sits in march and april in terms of what is his really true standing with the electorate. >> fred, where the president got a little bit of a bounce, you wonder when you look at some of the...

Have more confidence given the state of the union and the republicans suddenly, even if temporarily, more on the defensive spp that fair? >> no. i dont think so. i think that if i were president obamas folks or if i were the republicans in congress, i would look at what happened. the president has extraordinary gifts. theres a reason hes president and he did a wonderful job in arizona. this country is proud of him. that doesnt change the underlying dynamics of whats happening. and the very subst...

Broadly acceptable to all the different elements in the republican party. i agree with fred. its a good poll for the two of them. >> bill, on a side note, there was one result in there that had a big impact on you. >> yeah. >> and that is facebook. 51% told us they have a -- some sort of social networking profile like facebook or linked in like this. but a huge age discrepancy. and, bill, you have found the fountain of youth. explain. how can you feel younger? >> i have four teenagers. 80% of pe...

anywhere halfway in to his term. its thursday, january 20th, 2011. im chuck todd. >> good morning, everyone. im savannah guthrie. at the top for us, the glamour fest last night at the white house. did you see the guest list? a kind of whos who. >> did you say whos who? >> yeah. i thought youd appreciate -- >> i thought i was to be the bad pun person. the sign of the countrys importance and influence. the dinner capping off a day of delicate diplomacy. the two leaders exchanging toast...

the latest report with omalley in the lead. >> early indications that would be a close race. little did we know this would be the closest race in our area tonight. in virginia so tight as democratic incumbent jerry connelly fights off fim iran. we are hear reports of higher than expected voterturn out. 92% of the precincts are reporting. you can see they are separated by just about 140 votes or so. but keep -- keith fimian has the story there. >> a likely shift in power at the capitol ...

time is it? >> its "morning joe." now its time for "the daily rundown" with chuck and savannah. >> yes, we can -- but its not going to happen over night. >> the first"the daily show," b all laugh lines. the race to physicfill barack o old senate seat in illinois. its neck and neck there, and nasty. >> i would give you the respect of not interrupting you. >> ill give you respect, but you also have to answer phils question. >> are you okay now, can i talk? >> sure, go ahead. but be truth...