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Nearly half say weaker, less powerful. 24% believe were stronger, more powerful. 27% believe we are the same as before. >>steve: weve got a bunch of brand-new fox polls coming out. one other one that was interesting is the fact that, did the stimulus work? 60% of you say no. only a third of you say yes. so when the president of the united states addresses the state of the union on tuesday, the electorate is gloomy. >>brian: a ponzi scheme. two celebrities are in the middle of it. >>steve: the gr...

Land on anything empirically factual anymore. there is one fact we can agree on. in 22 days, 18 hours, 33 minutes and 14.1312 seconds the first polls will open for the election of the american president. but heres what we know -- suspect the economy is going to be an important part of the decision that is made 22 days from now. the big issue? did the stimulus work? >> yes. >> yes. >> no it did not work. >> we have three yeses and a no. let here it. >> i believe it worked but it wasnt big enough ...

Tension there in his base there in newark. >> and chuck todd, the problem there, cooking the books and flip flopping. >> not just anybody. i think you changed the -- what we bet on. because i didnt take the bet. >> shouldnt play with the numbers. the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll came out this morning. whats the biggest findings for you, chuck? what number jumped out at you? >> well, you know, i go with the economic cloud that just simply is hanging over the country. the anxiety. and the b...

Demagoguery has the republicans call it? >> that is hard for them to resolve. its reasonable what jonah is saying. you cant say the stimulus work because we killed bin laden. at a certain point it has to make sense. when you talk about what his greatest weakness was going into this; marly, among independent voters, its that he was too passive. particularly on the foreign policy and national security. too passive, too deferential. people made a lot of the fact hes bowed or apologized for the unit...

State of new york, like medicaid. it went to pay the tab for states that konlt couldnt be fy responsible. you want to talk about waste, jonathan carl reported back in 2009 that some of the money was going $700,000 went to districts in arizona that didnt even exist. >> now, i know joe biden is supposed to be the sheriff watching this. but you guys have a real credibility issue on your hand. no one is buying this wasteful stimulus work. >> i got to wrap it up there. i think in a recession time and...

About $,036. actually up. the returns are up about $266 from a year ago, but only half of americans have actually filed their taxes yet, according to the irs. what theyre saying is, look carefully at the stimulus program. how it can help you, the provisions in there that can actually save you money. theres more than a dozen new benefits, folk, thanks to the stimulus program. making work pay is one. first-time home buyer credit. credits if you bought a new car in 2009. couldnt write off in 2008 b...

Have a broken leg. youre feeling fine. "no, im not." yes, you are. "no, im not." its not working. in fact, its work something poorly that polls show -- now watch this -- polls show this. people who think the stimulus work, 6%. just note to the white house, i dont think i have to explain that number to you. i think it stands there on its own. 6%. but if you do need an explanation, let me show you this. number of people who think elvis is still alive. seven. by the way, you dont seem to be good at...

Financial group and democratic consultant chris hahn. welcome to everybody. gary b. >> thanks for having us. >> whos right? >> well, i think, you know, the right is right in this case. look, lets look at it from a few different perspectives. one, did the stimulus work or does it work? well, if the goal was and i think it was to cut unemployment, unemployment now is actually higher than it was when stimulus was first started so clearly, they get an f there. 2, as far as cutting back, you know, th...

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