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Interesting solution and makes it through a nfl analogy for a knucklehead like me. joining us this morning, roger martin, author of "fixing the game" good to see you, sir. >> great to be here. >> dave: this is brilliant, because you break down the problem with shareholder value system through sports analogies. tell me the analogy. >> the analogy is the following, the nfl, i think, does competition a lot smarter than capitalism. so if you think about the nfl, today, the packers are in town to pla...

The packers have to win by 7 1/2. if you bet on the packers, you have to have the packers win bile points or more to win. if you bet on the giants, the packers, packers lose, yes. >> coaches dont use the point spread. thats completely out of their mind, but you say, american companies, ceos, do. they have to. and how so and why is it a problem? >> well, unlike in the nfl, where coaches and quarterbacks are not allowed to play in the expectations game at all if they bet on football they get kicke...

Legislature to do exactly this. they campaigned on this notion that they were going to reign in the power of government, unions, and they were going to shrink the overall size of government that is the overall battle not just in wisconsin but in every state of the union and on the federal level. >> bill: but, look, colmes, this is a battle for hearts and minds. and the american public is at stake. so, rasmussen yesterday, we saw 10 point spread between those who favor governor walker and those w...

Legislature to do exactly this. they campaigned on this notion that they were going to reign in the power of government, unions, and they were going to shrink the overall size of government that is the overall battle not just in wisconsin but in every state of the union and on the federal level. >> bill: but, look, colmes, this is a battle for hearts and minds. and the american public is at stake. so, rasmussen yesterday, we saw 10 point spread between those who favor governor walker and those w...

Cuts. we are seeing jockeying for position for where the middle will be. megyn: the president southeast he sat down with oreilly said the polls are evenly divide on healthcare. they are not. all the polls show a 7-8% point spread against the law. he said he was enthusiastic about cutting back deficit. most people dont believe he is tackling the deficit in a serious northeast way. is there a disconnect between what he believes and what the american people believe? >> i think around seeing -- this...

Whatever it is. how does the insurance company make money by doing this? . >> its simple. its kin to the way a bank operates. you pay a low rate and lend out a higher rate. what the insurance companies done, they invest mostly in corporate bonds. theyre making 4% or 5% a year now. theyre paying the dependents and survivors of federal workers one-half of one percent. so were talkingd=uq more than a 300-basis point spread there. we report in the that met life alone is making 100 to $300 million ...

>> shannon: quickly, lets touch on the arizona senate republican primary where senator mccain is trying to send off a rival. >> senator mccain to his credit, got ahead of the anti--incumbent, anti--establishment move weve been seeing in the republican primary. came out hard against the stimulus and against the health care bill. former congressman hayworth hasnt helped himself. hes had unforced errors and right now looking like an uphill climb. hayworth has a couple months to turn it around, but ...

Significant difference between the absentee ballot results and the election day ballot results. of the states 46 counties, half have a disparity of more than 10% points, in lancaster county. mr. rawl won absentee ballots by a 68 point spread but greene won the election day voting by 17 points. he received more votes than cast in 25 precincts and votes appear to be missing from the final count. quoting ludwig, this may add up to nothing, this all may be a clerical error, we dont know. but we thou...

Narrowing. 43% of registered republicans say theyre very enthusiastic about voting this november. versus 33% of registered democrats who say that. that ten point spread is the smallest since gallup started reporting earlier this year and early april after health care passed. the republicans enjoyed a 19-point gap in the enthusiasm rate. if the trend continues, it may not be as bad this november for democrats as they once feared. of seasoning. rachel. ( door slams ) well, todays lesson-- the impo...

But im not worried about it. i think this congress accomplished a great deal and will accomplish more. and, when the american people look at our record, i think that theyll decide. that the democrats or -- ought to remain the majority party. >> how can you not be worried when you see numbers like that, especially as you say it flip-flopped before the health care vote and after it and you have a ten point spread. >> in midterm elections, of course, if you look historically, the party of the presi...