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analytics chief economist mark 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. >> in an august quinnipiac poll, bachmann ranked third among republicans with 12%. ca...

Should not have been crafted as a jobs program. it isnt. its an investment in technology. we have a long history of investing in pie in the sky technology, ill give you two examples, the space program, and the internet. and the stimulus program. >> it could not have existed, could not have existed without the government-- >> i mean, i agree. so the question becomes-- >> the internet was something that we-- and already knew that it already worked and a vital defense program, so was the manhattan ...

Manufacturer in fremont, california, and if youre watching fox news you definitely heard of them. as of last week fox gave the han all story almost three other tv news outlets combined. there you see it on the graph. the company which made a new kind of solar panel, considered a cant miss investment by private injechlts including the waltons who run walmart. received a $53 a million loan under the stimulus program. e-mails released showed the head the program and obama political pointee pushing ...

Cut next year, yes, that would improve their pro prospects for growth, for hiring and it would have a strong impact. jon: we spent $887 billion in the first stimulus office. the best results came in the third quarter of 2010 when it helped create somewhere between two on the low-end, 2 million and 5.2 million jobs on the high-end. are you satisfied with that first stimulus program? and do you really think this american jobs act proposal is going to work? >> absolutely. of course wed like things ...

>> half a billion taxpayer wastes on solyndra and the labor debt has yet to return hundreds of millions to the treasury despite a request from the inspector general, at issue is $500 million green job program supposed to create 80,000 jobs by the end of 2012. so far, it has only yielded 8,000 so the inspector general says the money should go back to the taxpayers. republican senator is here with us. to be clear we called the labor department and they did not get back to us. at issue is another h...

The federal government has money to build car charging stations but they havent because they say theres not much demand. >> this was sold with the stimulus program that would light a fire under the electric car industry but so far its been stuck in neutral and taxpayers have very little to show for it. the federal government gave an california company to pulled and install electric car charging stations throughout 18 metropolitan areas. among them, portland. but two years later they havent come ...

Oregon over a stalled electric cars project. environmentalists claim they haveeen ripped off by a company that was paid $130 million to install electric car charging stations, financed by -- drum roll, please -- department of energy. in other words, your tax dollars. dan springer is live in los angeles with more. dan? >> reporter: yeah, gregg. we have another stimulus program that is failing to get traction as the electric vehicles remain a tough sell. there is just a very small market. lets fac...

Brooklyn bridge. >> gregg: supreme court expected to tackle healthcare law. >> gregg: sparks flying in oregon to speed up the poll popularity of electric cars. it involved a company that was supposedly paid $130 million to install electric car charging stations all across the state. the job was financed by the department of energy and now environmentalists are crying foul because the company has yet to put the deal in gear so to speak. dan springer has more details. >> reporter: this was suppose...

What we have here is another stimulus program failing to get track objection primarily because electric vehicles are still a tough sell. the plan was to give eco tality 130000000 todays install public electric car charging stations. two years later they are behind schedule and missing deadlines. in oregon they were supposed to have 1200 stations installed and put up just 95 and all of those put up in just the last couple of months. critics say it is another scam of government failing at the job ...

Weve had kind of a u shape, i guess is the best way to put it and, you know, listen, its jobs -- creating jobs is not supposed to cost the american taxpayer money. its supposed to money back into their -- back into the federal payroll. i mean, this is the most absurd thinking and ill tell you, when you spend money on jobs like this, you get solyndra, you know, this solar panel gimmick that the obama administration funded with stimulus money. i mean, guess what? thats what happens. companies like...