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The list, education, terrorism, afghanistan, iraq, and for all the sound and fury, gay marriage is seen as an extremely important issue by only 15% of americans. i mentioned optimism, 43% of us say things are going well in america, 56% feel the opposite. look at the increase from december, though. in december only 29% thought things were going well, its up to 53%. 71% thought things were going badly, now down to 56. there is a partisan sled to this but not the one youd expect. democrats in spite...

With christine each saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. eastern. "your money" is saturday and sunday. three chances to watch on the weekend. and we always read your tweets and facebook posts. updating top stories, breaking news just in to cnn. after a big setback yesterday, rahm emanuel back on the ballot in chicago. the state supreme court stayed yesterdays lower court ruling which said that he does not meet residency requirements for the mayors race. emanuel moved back to chicago late last year af...

Leader mitch mcconnell. >> im going to sit where i usually sit. >> reporter: now if only i could get somebody from fox news to sit with me while i watch the speech. ♪ if only for one night >> reporter: even a one-night stand beats all that standing. just keep your hands to yourself. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> she sure can tell a story. we want to know what think about the speech in report card style. head to my blog. im going to post it on my facebook and twitter accounts as well. well b...

Afghanistan. and despite the shake-up that saw commanding general stanley mcchrystal replaced by general david petraeus, a recent military review says american troops likely can begin withdrawing this summer, and afghan troops may take complete control in 2014. give the president credit, too, for pulling all the combat troops out of iraq, as he said he would. thats why, even on this long road, were calling this a promise kept. and we want to know what you think of the speech and report cards. ...

Shift. now, theres a partisan slant to this, but not the slant that you would expect. democrats, in spite of the gop juggernaut in november, not only are the most optimistic political party by far, they say theyre far happier than they were a month ago. look at that. democrats went from 41% in december to 65% now. republicans increased as well from 19% to 24%. independents have had a big gain as well, saying in december that 25% of them in december saying things were going well. now 41%. thats t...

And peno313 wants "legislation reform! the government should work for the people and end its perverse relationship with corporations and lobbyists." on facebook, rory lance wants "that social security is security for our society. that the greatness of a nation is measured by the quality of life experienced by the neediest of its citizens, not the accumulation acquired by its richest." again, nuanced. very, very smart. and franky goodman says "i would like to hear him say my family is coming home...