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War, your approval ratings rise. however, as in this case, the -- the issue of the day is dominated by jobs and you are not having great success there, you are in trouble. i was taken aback by september 1, washington post/abc poll that showed that 47% said that the presidents economic plan -- economic program had not had any effect and 37% said it had actually hurt the economy. so you had over 80% of the people saying what you have done, spending $862 billion on the stimulus program and everythi...

I mean, if those are the numbers -- i tell you why the latest jobs plan, which in many ways reflects the stimulus bill of february-09, about half, but 80% didnt like that or feel an impact, he is trying to do stimulus 2 and he wont win those 80% back at all. they are going to say, try something niewsm. >> noose what i put moo my column in the wall street journal. looking at jobs plan, the president is saying, okay, i had a failed stimulus program, so lets try the same thing again. this stimulus ...

Politics. governor rick perry has taken a swing or two at each other, that may be what he has going for him is the fact that the republicans dont seem to have a dazzler. >> well, look, we didnt look like we had a dazz fleer 1979, either. jimmy carter went down to defeat. i am absolutely confident that at the end of the day, the republican primary process will nominate somebody who can beat president obama. today, he is losing to romney in the real clear politics polls and a generic republican in...

Cheerleader at the parade. >>guest: but to go back, we have been suffering from 9 percent unemployment rate for 20 months and we are not, we dont have the skyrocketing rate in crime, in fact, rape statistics and murder and burglaries are all down but to have vice president biden who was to oversee the stimulus program, and he did not know what the stimulus website was when asked on national television and he wants to return this into a rape and murder hotline? i cant believe he is the vice presi...

Tv and tell the public, including the victims and tell them where their daughter is. jenna: why do you think they asked for hair samples and the swabs. >> elimination. thats standard and normal. if they find stuff in the house like a hair they want to make sure they are not recovering a hair that they think could be the suspects and it turns out to be someone who should be in there, like the mother, father. jenna: good luck. everyone wants to find this little girl. thank you. jon: there are shoc...

New spending? >> what we want to see is we want to see the state set asides done away with right now. when states have money they come from the federal programs, they are required to set aside 10% of those funds for projects that really are not priority. bike paths and others that are nice things but frankly right now the infrastructure of the country needs to be dealt with. it is about reform, chris. yes, we are for infrastructure spending but it bas is about reforming the system. >> chris: wha...

It would add 1.9 million jobs next year and grow the city by an additional 2%. and he issued this challenge. listen. >> show us the republican jobs plan that independent economists would indicate would actually put people back to work. i havent yet seen it. >> chris: congressman cantor, do you have an independent analysis that shows how this plan would grow the economy and add jobs? >> first of all, i would say as to the moodys economists that the president speaks to they and their chief economi...

Of unity and bipartisanism. this is what he said -- >> what about in the obama plan, $35 billion for states so that they dont have to lay off teachers, police, firefighters? >> here we go again. this is the type of monies and these are the types of programs that the president advocated in the stimulus program. i think that the country understands washington doesnt create jobs. >> washington doesnt create jobs, richard. and the public understands it, and the stimulus program -- and i dont have en...

It would add 1.9 million jobs next year and grow the city by an additional 2%. and he issued this challenge. listen. >> show us the republican jobs plan that independent economists would indicate would actually put people back to work. i havent yet seen it. >> chris: congressman cantor, do you have an independent analysis that shows how this plan would grow the economy and add jobs? >> first of all, i would say as to the moodys economists that the president speaks to they and their chief economi...

zandi and veteran political journalist ron brownstein of the "national journal" and peter baker of the "new york times." im candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." herman cain and michele bachmann were on this show the day after the iowa straw poll in august. she won, he was fifth, but unbowed. >> this campaign has encouraged and our momentum continues to grow. >> reporter: in an august quinnipiac poll, bachmann ranked third among republicans with 12%. cain just 5%. now in...