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February, he was at 10.6, then down to 10.1. then up to 11.3. then down to 8. then down to 7.3. july, 5. august, 4.8. september, 4.5. then october, he shoots back up to 9.2. november, 11. and in december, 26. you talk about a roller-coaster ride, he's been on it. but if you compare that to willard, his poll has been very obvious, flat. he's barely moved at all. he's stayed from 18.9 in february to 20.4 here. willard just can't get the majority of his party to come behind him, it appears. >> no, it's true. he can't even get close to the majority of his party to give him any love, to give him an...

Two-thirds of latinos went for obama. we were taking earlier in a segment about marco rubio about how this is not just sort of a block that you take and they all vote together. so what's important besides the economy? how does obama win them back? >> well, i think you're right to say other than the economy because the economy continues to be for all americans and the hispanic community has been affected by unemployment even more than the average number. we're talking just over 9% for the entire country. for the hispanic community it's 11.3%. so the economy, the lack of jobs, the problem with h...

That suffer not only class but race and that have been disenfranchised. how do we deal with that? the jobs numbers for minorities tell a terrible story. the national unemployment rate stands at 9.1%, but even worse for minorities. the african-american unemployment rate is 16%. hispanic unemployment is 11.3%. but talking about it isn't enough. we need to turn that energy into action and find a way to fix the problem. we also need to remove the glass ceiling of those at the top and how they are chosen because a lot of the people at the top are not just there by merit, they're there by relationsh...

It's interesting. they're saying if the jobs plan passes it could decrease the jobless rate by .2%, could increase the gdp by .6% by 12012 and could add about 275,000 jobs. that estimate, that 275,000 number is a little bit lower than the 1.9 million estimate we have seen other economists make. still, this could be politically significant for the president if this were to pass by 2012 because it would essentially mean that the unemployment rate would be lower by the time the voters head in to the polls so really interesting statistics coming out of that bloomberg article, alex. >> indeed. look...

Street. i'm alison kosik in new york. let's get a little bit more on the stories that allison was talking about. a new ticker code will ab pearing on the new york stock exchange when it opens in just a few hours from now. linked in said on wednesday that its stick will debut at a price of $45 per share. look at what price that gives the company. 3$352 million.8. that's what linked in stands to gain from its u.s. public offering. it's a significant figure. i think it values it at about 11.3 times the company's earnings in 2010. that figure in turn will bring the value of the company to about ...