best policy. chris christie you you have given us a lot to chew on. there have been a dozen of these terrible tragedies, shootic, shootings, the last five years. in november of 2009, nidal hasan kills 13 in an attack at ft. hood. march in 2013, sergeant lopez kills two marines in virginia at quantico. and then, 12 are killed at washington navy yard and then on wednesday, lopez kills three and wounds 16. some were political attacks and some were personal grudges, and some were obviously cases of mental illness s there a common threat? is there any common solution? i will start with where mike started this is horrible to hear about.
leave us a lot to chew on. steve? the big picture that charles and jim suggested it is bad economics. it is doing virtually nothing to change the conjectory of the national debt. unless we do that we are in for serious problems in the short term and longg term. it is bad economic understanding be good politics because it is played in the way they suggest. it is a major concession by the president because left wing groups are coming out can special attacking . greg walden called it a shocking atake on the seniors and the change in cpi confused fellow republicans on capt apt hill who don t know what he s talking about . grist for depem dems who are opposed on what the president has as a minor tweak. is it possible paul ryan
will serve as the president. he has been particularly unfriendly to hispanics and latinos and women in this state are prochoice and want to make their own healthcare decisions and the republican party said to women we know what is best for you and we don t want you to make your own decisions. chris: you gave us a lot to chew on. let s start with the economy which i think everyone agrees is still the number one concern for voters. senator johnson, in wisconsin, the unemployment rate is now nationally down to 7.8%. gdp growth in the third quarter rose from 1.3 about percent in the second quarter to 2.0. it is still a weak recovery, senator. but aren t the president s policies starting to turn things around? we have had an incredibly diapid just armiger recovery and the fact that gdp rose 2% all you can say about that is it is less bad news. what happened in wisconsin is after the first debate the very
opposition group there are 110 deaths in homs, 10 were children. also in this country, six children are alive after these pictures were recorded. a school bus bursting into flames. wow. you are going to see the driver who got those kids out just in time. we re going to talk to her actually. very excited. there s an alzheimer s break-through. scientists stumble on an exciting discovery. a cancer drug that reverses alzheimer s in mice. we ll put a kick in your step as well with tunes and political players and play lists. have you ever thought about the music behind these fabulous productions, the speeches, the applause, the showmanship? there s morep to the music you might not know about. but after today you will. early start starts now. we begin with the slauter in syria. it is escalating by the hour. government tanks now storming homs. 137 more civilians have been killed. among them, there are ten children. this is the fifth straight day images like these have
because of his organization could and that s where mitt is really at a disadvantage. he doesn t have the devotion. if the weather is good, mitt romney is in better shape. if the weather is bad, and it s real tough to get out, ron paul will win. that is really interesting. all right, you ve given us a lot to chew on. let s break it down a little bit. you have said, you said today and you ve said for some period of time, you think that rick santorum is going to surprise people even if he doesn t win, he s going to outperform expectations. he had a couple of big endorsements from evangelical leaders this week. on the other hand, i want to put up a poll which may sort of contradict what people s perceptions are. the washington post asked likely caucus goers what their biggest concern is. 38% said the economy and jobs. 28% the federal deficit. 15% social issues. in these tough times, are social issues less important to iowa voters than they have been in the past? well, they may not be