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Was more equal. and this sort of was what you would imagine. but again, over here the lines cross in the post-war period. and you can see that the u.s. becomes more unequal and today the top 1% in the u.s. has 33.8% of all the wealth in this country and in europe the top 1% has 24.4%. one more point. remember a minute ago we saw a chart that said the top 1% got 17% of the income? they got 17% of the income, they have 34% of the wealth. so actually wealth is much more unequal in this country than income. >> and let's split this up between -- let's talk about the cause and effect. how much of it...

>> there its a lot of curiosity. a lot of people want to find out what it is about. what it means to them. and so i think that's all good news. i think it exceeds everyone's expectations within the first -- 24/4 hours. it is -- slow and it's very difficult and frustrating and i hope that doesn't turn off people. and that things can be fixed over the next few days. but it does tell you that the underlying interest of people is quite high. let me say, in response to that -- that comment by governor perry. you know, i want out to california to -- to shop on their website and see what kind of rate...

What does the traffic tell you about the program? >> there its a lot of curiosity. a lot of people want to find out what it is about. what it means to them. and so i think that's all good news. i think it exceeds everyone's expectations within the first -- 24/4 hours. it is -- slow and it's very difficult and frustrating and i hope that doesn't turn off people. and that things can be fixed over the next few days. but it does tell you that the underlying interest of people is quite high. let me say, in response to that -- that comment by governor perry. you know, i want out to california to -- ...

Regulations. this is almost exactly, word for word, what the british and spanish governments have been doing for the last 18 months. political leaders in both those countries have said that tackling the deficit is their central priority, and they've gone about it with gus to. and now the results are in. last week the united kingdom announced that it's back in recession. and today the spanish government officially accepted that it, too, is back in recession. in plbritain, in the first thre months of 2012, the economy shrunk by .2%. at the same time, the rate of inflation is at 3.5%. in spain, t...

A huge campaign war chest. and he's holding his fire as the republicans go after each other. thank you, gentlemen for talking to us about this. the real clear politics national average. the average all polls for gop nominees have gingrich ahead of romney. romney has 24.4%. in third place you have got ron paul with 12.6% followed guy perry, bachmann and rick santorum. huntsman barely on the map. dan pretty much spells out how volatile the political environment these candidates are in going into this election. >> absolutely. what we have seen is the problem mitt romney had all along. he is the b...