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Save you 15% or more on car insue. curtis: yeah but is one of them blue? cause id go with the blue one. anr: gei turning the tables on parents. jack cafferty is here. he has the cafferty file. jack? >> what if on your childs next report card his teacher gave you a grade alistening with a child. a florida state lawmaker is proposing that. they think public schoolteachers should grade parents of students

People in the big cities where the unemployment rate is over 10%. contributing to the surge in optimism is the rebound in the auto industry and better than expected results reported by companies such as apple. ron writes, who is optimistic? not me. jerry in toronto, false hope, jack. sorry to have to say that, but its the same spin from the political leaders that have raised peoples optimism. debt is too high and growing, jobs still falling like water overseas. nobody put a cork in that bottle y...

Lets go back to jack for the cafferty file. jack? >> the question this hour is whats behind americas surge in optimism. there was a 14-point jump just in the last month, and people who are feeling pretty good about the way things are going in the country. however, not these people agree. were not so much optimistic as realistic. we all know the president will accomplish next to nothing. were exhausted by the talk. weve moved to other things. weve come to accept 9% unemployment. no health care. h...

Ian if a 2012 presidential run doesnt work, michele bachmann can still be a key player here on capitol hill. she founded the house tea party ku kus. she made news this week by inviting supreme court justice to speak to that group. she can position herself, to be a factor in 2012 elections. >> jack cafferty is asking why are women politicians more ec t effective than men. your answers are coming up next. plus, wheres the beef? why the famous wendys slogan is coming to mind for taco bell.

You will cut spending. >> guys, dont go too far away. thank you very much. lets get to jack cafferty right now. hes got the cafferty file. jack? >> turns out, wolf, that you can add politics to the list of things that women do better than men. by the way, thats a long list. the daily beast reports on a new study that shows female politicians are among the most productive and persuasive in the country. the research in the american journal of political science is the first to compare the performan...

Go to my blog at cnn.com/caffertyfile. its a gem. >> certainly is. thank you, jack. and happening now, critical opportunity for president barack obama. lots on the line as he gets ready to deliver his state of the union, report card to congress and to the nation. we have details of what hell say, and were going to show you for the first time what it takes to put that kind of crucial speech together. also, a tea party torch bearer will make u.s. history with an extra response to the president. ...

A is bigger than yours. ron in chicago, another great question, jack. this place is like the trailer park of political blogs. read more? go to the trailer park. cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> good viewers out there. good e-mails. >> great. >> thanks, jack. heres a question many people are asking right now. how much meat is in a chilupa? jeanne moos has details of a lawsuit you dont want to miss. hey boss! do we have aflac?

Tomorrows state of the union address is certainly on jack caffertys mind. jack is here with the cafferty file. jack? >> in light of the tucson shootings, we may in fact be in for a very different state of the union address tomorrow night. the presidents annual message to congress is usually full of partisan theatrics. one half of the room applauds and stands and the other half sits on their hands looking miserable. last year supreme court justice samuel alito mouthed the words "not true" when pr...

Demoss seems to take a swipe at other contenders. he says a candidates values are not enough to get his vote. "my pastor shares my values but i dont want him to be my president." that could be aimed at mike huckabee. theres this quote "by the way, energizing a crowd is not enough. justin bieber can do that, but i dont want him to be president either." are you listening, sarah palin? put agside the guys support for romney, a competency test for the next leader of the free world doesnt sound like ...

>> other analysts points out russia is a key u.s. ally in the war in afghanistan and very important in the shipment of goods into afghanistan. if that caucuses region is destabilized again, it could be very dangerous right now, entirely connected to afghanistan. >> the price of oil, the worldwide price of oil which is already high could get even higher. >> another reason for americans to care. russia is a big oil and gas producer for europe. all oil prices around the world are interconnected. if...