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>> people need to look at the facts and we need to come together as americans and look at implementing long-term solutions. have you to count the right number, 15.2%. we need a new fot help us long term. >> good panel. up next, g.o.p. hopefuls lead to new hampshire. mitt romney leads by a significant amount. that's coming up
>> people need to look at the facts and we need to come together as americans and look at implementing long-term solutions. have you to count the right number, 15.2%. we need a new fot help us long term. >> good panel. up next, g.o.p. hopefuls lead to new hampshire. mitt romney leads by a significant amount. significant amount. that's coming up next. pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee!
The real number, 15.2%, the total unemployed and all persons marge neal attached to the labor force. we know what that means. i don't see the economy recovering. we don't count them anymore. only washington can't count people who are unemployed because they have been unemployed so long. >> it's a small number. second, i would agree with you and i would say tdoesn't really matter what the statistics say. it is really what the american people feel. we receive thousands, tens of thousands of emails and letters a day, i'm suffering. i am losing my house. i am losing my car. i can't feed my childre...
The election. >> eric: let me ask you. weigh in on this here. 15.2% is the unemployment number if you include people who took jobs just to put food on the table. not just the unemployed. >> brian: counting underemployed? >> eric: 20 million still underemployed or out of work. >> dana: i wouldn't say that the number was bad news. any increase is a good thing for americans and the country. but one of the numbers that i think is key is how many people decided to leave the workforce. discouraged workers who are deciding at this point right now, i'm just going to take a break, retire early or somet...
Mitt romney that could affect the election. >> eric: let me ask you. weigh in on this here. 15.2% is the unemployment number if you include people who took jobs just to put food on the table. not just the unemployed. >> brian: counting underemployed? >> eric: 20 million still underemployed or out of work. >> dana: i wouldn't say that the number was bad news. any increase is a good thing for americans and the country. but one of the numbers that i think is key is how many people decided to leave the workforce. discouraged workers who are deciding at this point right now, i'm just going to take ...