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All day long youve been hearing how the democrats lost yesterdays Midterm Election. Well talk about why they lost so badly. It was the economy that undid z them. 70 of voters polled said that the economy is in bad shape. Even more, 78 said that they worry about the economys direction in the next year, and over all 55 of voters disapprove of president obamas performance in office. Now america is recovering. The recovery is chugging along, close to 200,000 jobs being added every month since the la...

Im thinking of when i was a kid and some of you remember this ploy of blackandwhite scotty that were magnets. You help them next to each other and they pushed away and you help them on the wrong end. That was sally and publicity. She knew was part of her job. She knew when you fly you give back by going around the world and telling about your trip and she absolutely hated it. But she did it and she overcame it. She had to psych herself up for every speech he gave. I think they would have liked h...

Im ali velshi, this is real money. Americas energy boom is rewarding americans with lower prices at the pump, but theres a price to be paid for that. Cheaper fall prices eating into job creation in the country. Ill tell you how in a moment. First, look at what we are talking about. Since june gasoline prices fell 20 . The National Average price for a gallon of unleaded selfserve gasoline is 2. 96 a gallon and fulling. The move below the 3 is welcome news to americans who have not seen prices thi...

Also a responsibility and you only hope that you can carry it with honor and with dignity. [ applause ] im going to be last. Youre not 35 anymore . For me, i was going to get out of the military or before i even went on my last deployment to afghanistan. Me and my wife decided that wed done enough, it was time to grow up and figure out what i was really going to do with my life. The decision was already made before even going overseas and immediately, after that day, the thoughts were never, you...

Situation, until korea started, i can remember as a young child in school, we would do air raid drills, which meant every time i a siren went off we crawled under our desk. What good that was going to do, i dont know, but that was the way you would defend yourself. But we really didnt have much concern about a conflict, korea started happening while i was in Junior High School and i had actually pretty much had ended by then, i had some teachers that served in korea who were also instilled in us...

And there are signs of job growth. President obama just a yesterday in our first weekend minutes. To get your thoughts on who should get credit for the improving job numbers. Again, 5. 8 is that number. 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. 202 5853882 for independents. If you want to share your thoughts on who should get the the current unemployment picture on our social media sites. Us an email. O send if you look at the current figure, like we said, 5. 8 is the current estim...

And plenty of rest at least eight hours of sleep every night. Every step we take means increased happiness and Better Living efficiency for all of us. With live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan and the senate on cspan 2, here on cspan 3 we compliment the coverage by showing you the most relevant hearings and Public Affairs events. On week ends cspan p is the home to American History tv with programs that tell our nations story, including six unique series. The civil wars 150th anniversary vi...

On the next washington journal, Sunlight Foundation editorial director bill allison discusses the Effect Campaign spending ad on the 2014 midterm election. And a look at how voters reacted to marijuana ballot measures this election cycle with john hudak of the brookings institution. Thats followed by a discussion on the role of physicians assistant with john mcginty, who heads the American Academy of physicians assistants. Well also take your phone calls and look at your comments on facebook and...

Well, i think the court by citing loving in windsor thinks that there is not much difference between marriage by a samesex couple and marriage by an interracial couple. They didnt decide the case but they cited it. The trend is certainly in that direction. I think the court its different from saying what loving stands for. Isnt the answer to my question about what happened in 1968 pretty obvious because we have baker in 1973. I think that lawrence, excuse me, that Justice Kennedy tells us someth...

Look at all these choices. So much choice, thats our show tonight. John when we talk choice, theres not much more important than health care. The president sold obamacare saying it would lower costs and yet give us more coverage and more good choices, winwin. Some people would gain better insurance and even if you didnt, you wouldnt lose anything. If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. [ applause ] oops, that one didnt work out so well. Millions have learned that ...