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>> i think what it would send would be a message that different times call for different policies. stimulus, obama administration and many economists argued was essential to keep the economy afloat. we need jobs, hiring, payroll tax would do it, appear to be bipartisan, broad public support and probably the quickest stimulator of hiring i could think of. >> greta: looking at the other numbers in these polls, like immigration, 50% say republicans will do better to 35% that the democrats. jobs and...

>> i think what it would send would be a message that different times call for different policies. stimulus, obama administration and many economists argued was essential to keep the economy afloat. we need jobs, hiring, payroll tax would do it, appear to be bipartisan, broad public support and probably the quickest stimulator of hiring i could think of. >> greta: looking at the other numbers in these polls, like immigration, 50% say republicans will do better to 35% that the democrats. jobs and...

What weve seen is that compulsive spending is not based on what you make. a lot of people feel that, well, if youre wealthy, you have a lot of money, then you can just go ahead and buy whatever you want to buy. but it is not really about that. compulsive spending is almost like a self-medication. it makes you feel better when you go out there and spend. >> just for a short am of time it makes you feel better. >> you get that high right away, then of course the crashing low comes when you have to...

When we try, groups on the left and on the right just yell and scream. what i want to do is make sure that we can find a way to move forward. the current status quo is unacceptable. be mad, get involved, and insists that the congress act better, but to me the only way we can move the country forward is to find common ground on the big ticket items. i hope that people in the country will start rewarding that more instead of punishing it. >> the ruling on the arizona law, does that speed up a poss...

Will change anything on the ground. do you think it will? >> look, there are good things in this bill. because of this bill, there will be an audit of the feds for the first time ever. there will be changes in the lending standards for mortgages, there will be a creation of the new financial protection agency to help predatory lending. there is good stuff in the bill, there is no denying that. but the big ticket items, the stuff that really would have stopped the crisis the last time around, the...

Whether its the gulf coast, oil spill or a hurricane, total different rules are employed in those kinds of disasters. >> absolutely, there should be disaster relief teams that are making assessments right now of these communities that are hurting. i was in gulf shores, alabama not too long ago, the hair there, robert craft, was trying to clean up his beach. every time they would move the beach. oil would come back ashore. theyre not equipped to handle the big ticket items. they need assistance, ...

For the cnbc market wrap. we are all in the red for the three indexes with the dow jones industrial average down 125 points at this stage in the game. now may be a great time to go house hunting, mortgage rates dropped to a 34 record low this week. rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to an average of 4.75%. this is all a sign that maybe the economy is a little bit mixed, but there are some signs its headed for recovery. businesses are spending more money investing in big ticket items like mac...

[ laughter ] >> cheryl: a scene from our nations capititacapitaitocapit? maybe. theyre warning that the republicans are going on a $200 billion spending frenzy before leaving for the holiday and not one penny paid for. maybe thats why 83% of americans say its possible we could go bankrupt. jonathan, you say its not possible, its actually probable. >> well, if we keep spending as we have been, cheryl. take a look at pictures if greece, spain and portugal where people are rioting because of the ba...

Good morning, glad youre with us on this wednesday, may 12th. >> im drew griffin, john roberts is off this morning. bp workers lowering the second containment dome into the gulf of mexico. what may be this last real hope for a quick fix on the oil spill. vice president joe bidens son beau will undergo more tests after suffering what doctors are calling a mild stroke. the 41-year-old delaware attorney general is in the hospital and said to be in good spirits. well be joined by dr. sanjay gupta ...

But they came 20 seats short of a majority. and consequently, 20 seats short of power. youve got gordon browns labor party, which ironically lost the most seats in this election. and are still 68 seats short of power. so now both of those leaders are trying to strike deals with nick clegg. nick clegg, who is the leader of the liberal democrats. they came in third, but they got 57 seats, which is significant if you can strike a deal with them. and what we see going on right now is david cameron o...