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Makes that one sentence remarkable. 55-45, 55 votes to pass medicare, not 60. neither manatos or johnson were worried about the filibuster. this is the key fact about the senate one thing you need to understand before you can understand anything else about it. it was not always like this. you did not always need 60 votes for everything you did. this graph shows a number of cloture filings since 1915. it is a vote you need to break a filibuster. a good way to track how many there are. there are a...

A lot of folks who know about polls tell you thats the number you really need to watch, satisfied or not with the direction of the country. and economic confidence, the bottom line in this graph here, has been in the cellar for almost a year and a half. we want to take a closer look at the mood of the country with chris stirewalt whos host of "power play" on fox foxnews.com and -- look whos here! >> how are you? you make me laugh. bill hemmer, my dear friend and my former co-host on "americas ne...

Fought it was cruel. >> basically said that the problem with the welfare system is not a waste of money which it was. it was hurting the people that was supposed to help. as soon as the moral claim was laid out the fuse was lit. all major policy reforms take ten years, it took 12 years before he wrote that in 1984 and bill clinton signed the welfare reform legislation into law in 1996. >> john: its exciting maybe in ten years we can turn this around. first time last few years ive heard politicia...

Fought it was cruel. >> basically said that the problem with the welfare system is not a waste of money which it was. it was hurting the people that was supposed to help. as soon as the moral claim was laid out the fuse was lit. all major policy reforms take ten years, it took 12 years before he wrote that in 1984 and bill clinton signed the welfare reform legislation into law in 1996. >> john: its exciting maybe in ten years we can turn this around. first time last few years ive heard politicia...

Fought it was cruel. >> basically said that the problem with the welfare system is not a waste of money which it was. it was hurting the people that was supposed to help. as soon as the moral claim was laid out the fuse was lit. all major policy reforms take ten years, it took 12 years before he wrote that in 1984 and bill clinton signed the welfare reform legislation into law in 1996. >> john: its exciting maybe in ten years we can turn this around. first time last few years ive heard politicia...

should be able to get married. >> pretty strong words. pretty clear, too. dan lothian is live in washington, d.c. with us this morning. it took a long time for the president to evolve to this position. but why now? and why this way? >> thats right. well, the president had been under a lot of pressure to really state his position on this. and some top members of his administration over the last few days had come out and made their positions clear. and so the president finally came aroun...

Because it really says that what hes trying to do is hes become a rock star for the far right in this country. he goes to california. he goes to illinois. he goes to new york. he goes to florida. you name it, hes going there. and he gets these great crowds and he is ecstatic because he can talk about how hes gone after workers rights. here in wisconsin, weve lost jobs. from my standpoint, hes taken his eye off the prize. >> the anger over the bargaining fight has fueled this focal point. the une...

Austerity measures. its recovered but has taken a turn for a worse. the united states rejected austerity measures and opted for a government stimulus package and this was the result, growth. slow and at times uneven but growth nonetheless. the u.s. has so far managed to avoid the double dip recession the uk is experiencing now. its been the same story throughout much of europe has stimulus measures have jumped start the economy. here in the u.s. theres even evidence now that less austerity could...

Turn for a worse. the united states rejected austerity measures and opted for a government stimulus package and this was the result, growth. slow and at times uneven but growth nonetheless. the u.s. has so far managed to avoid the double dip recession the uk is experiencing now. its been the same story throughout much of europe has stimulus measures have jumped start the economy. here in the u.s. theres even evidence now that less austerity could have improved the economy even more. this graph w...

Harsh austerity measures and heres what happened there. their economy recovered initially, but it has since taken a turn for the worse. the united states rejected austerity measures and opted for a government stimulus package and this was the result, growth. slow and at times uneven but growth nonetheless. the u.s. has so far managed to avoid the double dip recession the uk is experiencing now. its been the same story throughout much of europe as stimulus measures have jumped started the u.s. ec...