isn t that kind of stutter step, something that scares everybody who might want to support a campaign? yeah, it spooks the hell out of anybody. all of the language that he was going to scoop it up and go home, talks to his wife and says, maybe we should go out to south carolina and see what happens it s hard to imagine how erases an extra dollar there s not a lot of confidence within 24 hours. all right, team, stand by. we re going to take a quick break and be right back. does the republican party have a newt problem? newt gingrich was described today as a potential suicide bomber on the debate stage this weekend. and, later, president obama announced the newest member of his administration today not in the rose garden, in ohio. why was the president doing routine white house business in
guys like rush limbaugh working for him? i think it s going to be hard. he s a clear conservative and a long and consistent record with tough for gingrich to go after him. gingrich reminded us that he s a blow hard and a complainer. so i don t think the attacks from gingrich are going to be effective against romney. on the other hand, i don t think that romney s attacks on santorum are big government. it s the last that they ve got and they ve been through it a lot. real quickly, a word on rick perry. can he really go home after iowa and say, i need a night to sleep on it and think about it and then come out today and say, i m going to continue? isn t that kind of stutter step,
he s a clear conservative and a long and consistent record with tough for gingrich to go after him. gingrich reminded us that he s a blow hard and a complainer. so i don t think the attacks from gingrich are going to be effective against romney. on the other hand, i don t think that romney s attacks on santorum are big government. it s the last that they ve got and they ve been through it a lot. real quickly, a word on rick perry. can he really go home after iowa and say, i need a night to sleep on it and think about it and then come out today and say, i m going to continue? isn t that kind of stutter step, something that scares everybody who might want to support a campaign?
he s a clear conservative and a long and consistent record with tough for gingrich to go after him. gingrich reminded us that he s a blow hard and a complainer. so i don t think the attacks from gingrich are going to be effective against romney. on the other hand, i don t think that romney s attacks on santorum are big government. it s the last that they ve got and they ve been through it a lot. real quickly, a word on rick perry. can he really go home after iowa and say, i need a night to sleep on it and think about it and then come out today and say, i m going to continue? isn t that kind of stutter step, something that scares everybody
seeing such terrible storms in so many states. is there an economic effect we can look at or consider while well, definitely a short-term economic effect. clearly, you know, power outages and this destruction kind of interrupts regular economic activity, forestalls hiring and probably puts a damper, initially, on consumer spending in those affected areas. usually, though, these are not long-lasting effects. obviously, you re going to have some funneling of money for reconstruction. typically, it s kind of a stutter step in terms of the economic growth path. it s not something that really persists. jenna: stutter step seems to describe the g with dp reading today. clearly we decelerate inside the first warter due to higher gasoline prices, consumer spending was not a bright spot. we also had government pulling back in a dramatic way, obviously, because of budget problems. that was a noticeable kind of headwind on growth in the first quarter. it continues to be an unsatisfying econ