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When thinking about what they want to vote for in the presidential race some people put politics aside and say would i want this person to be my neighbor? would i want to have a beer with them? well how about this? would i want them to be my office mate? a recent orc poll asked just that question. as far as the republican candidates go, these arent big numbers. 10% of those polled would like to share a cubicle with mitt romney, 10%, one out of ten. 9% one out of 11 went for ron paul. even less w...

Against a democrat, youre in trouble. because as we said earlier, david, no democrat has won this state since 1976. >> south carolina was a big breakthrough for obama in the primaries last time. why? because theres an enormous african-american vote in that state. and i guarantee you thats whats booing him there. >> thats when president clinton seemed to be dismissive of that victory. >> how do you reconcile a poll like that with some of the polls we looked at earlier that shows the presidents in...

Gingrich. she wouldnt let them stay overnight in iowa. chris, she wouldnt let him stay on the road for a couple of nights. and you know thats how you run for president. so they left largely because of that. and what did he do? he empowered her. calista gingrich is now much bigger in the campaign. in an interview newt gingrich told us that she is involved in every key e-mail chain from the campaign. now, christie worked in politics. can you imagine the candidates spouse on every e-mail? >> no, i ...

She wouldnt let them stay overnight in iowa. chris, she wouldnt let him stay on the road for a couple of nights. and you know thats how you run for president. so they left largely because of that. and what did he do? he empowered her. calista gingrich is now much bigger in the campaign. in an interview newt gingrich told us that she is involved in every key e-mail chain from the campaign. now, christie worked in politics. can you imagine the candidates spouse on every e-mail? >> no, i cant. let ...

Strangers." do you think this is fair? where is it coming from? >> theres no question, this is a president who is calm, cool, collected in terms of how he applies himself. you look at the leadership record. stop the economy from going up, the healthcare, bin laden, libya. the successes are there. one of the things chris matthews mentioned is the likability factor. despite the enormous economic challenges, this is a president who is still very much liked. thats really interesting. if you project ...

the prism of halloween. with ellen davis of the national retail federation. >> when the economy is suffering, halloween spending soars. >> im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." an economic trifecta thursday boosted the administration and maybe the presidents re-election chances, too. new figures show the economy grew by 2.5% in the third quarter, almost double the growth in the previous quarter. and european leaders struck a deal to settle greek debt and bolster the eur...

the prism of halloween. with ellen davis of the national retail federation. >> when the economy is suffering, halloween spending soars. >> im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." an economic trifecta thursday boosted the administration and maybe the presidents re-election chances, too. new figures show the economy grew by 2.5% in the third quarter, almost double the growth in the previous quarter. and european leaders struck a deal to settle greek debt and bolster the eur...

For governor. where she had trouble, she stumbled on some complex issues early on. as a result pulled back from press access, from the media access. the story line became the imperious meg whitman. that is what is going to happen. that is what he is playing with. that is the fire he is playing with. >> the new tax plan, economic agenda. once again, were not talking about it. >> bret: governor perry will be on "fox news sunday" this weekend with chris wallace. juan, herman cain. it seems like he ...

Dedication, the memorial dedication. he talked about the need to have, you know, more civility, and then the very next day hes on the campaign trail which the taxpayers are paying for. >> you know what i thinks happening? i think barack obama by doing this and embracing occupy wall street, whatever likability factor he once had is gone. >> hes lost middle america. >> yeah. >> middle america has walked away from him. i dont see local democrats in north carolina and virginia, i dont see them linin...

Dedication, the memorial dedication. he talked about the need to have, you know, more civility, and then the very next day hes on the campaign trail which the taxpayers are paying for. >> you know what i thinks happening? i think barack obama by doing this and embracing occupy wall street, whatever likability factor he once had is gone. >> hes lost middle america. >> yeah. >> middle america has walked away from him. i dont see local democrats in north carolina and virginia, i dont see them linin...