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>> and he apologized to the people he upset and-- >> one blogger from syracuse. >> wait a second, this is outrageous, a man who is successful, makes money the government takes two-thirds of his income and he complains, he's forced to apologize? what's going on here? >> you sound like you have some personal experience with this. >> not personal, come on. you know where i'm coming from. what kind of new america is this? >> i agree. >> when successful people forced out of their native state and they have to apologize because they complain about the government taking two-thirds of their income. >>...

Votes. the unemployment rate is 7.3% which is below the national average of 8.1%. right now the average price for unleaded gasoline is 3.90 a dollars. the latest poll shows president obama holding a lead over mitt romney in wisconsin. it's 53.5 to 51.7. joining us now is mr. gilbert. we showed the latest poll, obama up nearly # points. with the economy still struggling, a u.s. ambassador murdered and attack on our consulate some republicans say they are surprised by these numbers. why are the battleground states tilting left. >> eight points is probably generous. the movement has been in obama...

By 14 percentage points in june of 1988. of course, president bush the 41 actually won the election in a near landslide with 53.5% of the vote in enough. just a complete turn around. jon: there are a lot of voters out there saying if these polls don't matter, why do we take so much of them? >> well, because we have to fill the time between now and november, jon, that's one important reason. i think it's also useful to trace what happens during the campaign. what happens, when it happens, why does it happen. you have to take polls all the way along to really see the story unfold. it's also usef...

he called it an inadvertent error. that has not quieted the protests in afghanistan. the taliban's calling on muslims to seek revenge. who's going to be the prime minister of australia come monday. the stage is set for a showdown. the governing labor party will vote on monday. rudd says ms. gill lard can't win the next election. we'll have more on that story in just a moment. i'm zain verjee. "world business today." good morning. from cnn london, i'm nina dos santos. this is "world business today." these are the top stories on friday, february the 24th. greece's debt burden has b...

Monetary fund. european central bank and european commission. they were all smiles as they left. but for it to work, private investors have to be onboard. they're paying for t hedge funds and other greek and foreign banks are expected to take 53.5% losses. about $140 billion writeoff and deep are cuts were just agreed to a few months ago. they have to be convinced to go with the debt swap where greek bonds pay less for longer. it brings the debt to gdp ratio to just over 120% by 2020. a minimum target. the current ratio is 164%. the united states, just over 100%. the big question is where gree...