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29% consider. 38% definitely will not vote for. hes being dragged down some here, matt, by high gas prices, principally. >> yeah, and obviously, the bump from the bin laden killing isnt going to last until election day. its going to help enhance his credentials as a commander in chief. obviously, hes tied to the economy. weve all talked about it. factors some within his control, some out that will affect him. but heres the underpinning that i think makes them hopeful and makes republicans a litt...

This is -- the whole tea party was basically founded off of, you know, their opposition to the individual mandate, and thats going to be a huge problem for him. >> matt bai, let me ask you about president obama. slight bump because of the bin laden operation, still vulnerability because of the economy. weve got a sneak peek at politico, george washington universitys battleground poll. the full poll will be available tomorrow. heres what we see this morning on re-election of the president. 30% de...

House. there was a picnic table and a treehouse. you see the president really playing up his likability factor more than the specific message of the economy. i think we will see more of that from the white house. >> bret: charles, the white house is defending the stimulus saying it saved 2.3 to 3 million jobs the line from biden. >> that wont help and the treehouse and short sleeves wont help. look, he bought the economy when he did the stimulus. he was a month in the presidency. this is a trill...

Deliberate by the white house. there was a picnic table and a treehouse. you see the president really playing up his likability factor more than the specific message of the economy. i think we will see more of that from the white house. >> bret: charles, the white house is defending the stimulus saying it saved 2.3 to 3 million jobs the line from biden. >> that wont help and the treehouse and short sleeves wont help. look, he bought the economy when he did the stimulus. he was a month in the pre...

Little bit. one other poll number because a lot of people said, look, you put this in historical perspective and president obama is where president reagan was when the economy was in a slump or a recession during his time. heres where they differ. people still liked reagan personally and this is the first time in our poll that it shows that people prefer his policies to barack obama, the person. what do you make of that? >> well, always president ooo ba oooba ooobalmas biggest political factor i...

Unnecessary attention to what otherwise would have been a small -- >> anyway, dana, how would you like to respond to juan williams? >> it made me think of an anecdote that donna brazile told about philadelphia suburb suburban women in the year 2000. neck and neck, al gore and bush, al gore cant pull ahead of president bush in that area and they think that could be a real problem for us because pennsylvania was one of the possible states that president bush didnt end up winning but when they do t...

Unnecessary attention to what otherwise would have been a small -- >> anyway, dana, how would you like to respond to juan williams? >> it made me think of an anecdote that donna brazile told about philadelphia suburb suburban women in the year 2000. neck and neck, al gore and bush, al gore cant pull ahead of president bush in that area and they think that could be a real problem for us because pennsylvania was one of the possible states that president bush didnt end up winning but when they do t...

Anyone. just asking what he would do. and then they take that out of context and try to turn it into something else. its ridiculous. when you take it out of context and you see it as insensitive, you really look at the entire story and see and read really what he said. it is a different story. not a lot of people, obviously, today, take the time to do. is that being said, dr. carson ranked over 17% of the volt. i will point out that hes still doing very well as far as the likability factor is hu...

Optimistic it will get resolved? >> it has to get resolved. letting the tax rate go up is disaster for the economy. it will weaken the national defense. and totally unacceptable. the frustration for me and my members its that we have done our work. frustrating. >> bret: the criticism of mitt romney he doesnt have the likability factor that obama has, he doesnt emote and tell his own story. what do you think about that? >> its all about the economy. that is the whole election. the president cant ...

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