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Polls suggest his job approval rating has never been lower, and disapproval, higher, at any other state of the union time, so this address is critical. republicans say the president has not delivered on a number of state of the union promises he's made in the past, including and most significantly, one to cut the budget decifit in half by the end of his first term. house speaker john boehner says he expects a political speech tonight, and as for the buffet rule, he calls that the politics of envy. jenna. jenna: we'll be watching this story, wendell, thank you very much. jon, we found out one m...

58 percent of americans disapprove of the way the president is handling the budget decifit. but even more, 64 percent, give republicans in congress, which includes you , low marks. why is that? >> because we haven't finally imple mented what we promised to do, which is cutting spending and restoring fiscal discipline and certainty to funding for medicare, social security, and the federal government as a whole. right now, with standard & poor's saying that the future of u.s. debt is negative, it undermines the entire underpinnings of our world economic system and the future of the u.s. dollar. ...

And coffee cups and the promotional things that were given away by almost every state agency that costs taxpayers more than $7 million. so no more of these battery-powered fans that were just handed out by the california dmv for so many years, and one of my personal favorites. if you add it all up, all of the cuts are a drop in the bucket but analysts say the governor is trying to send a message that in these tough times, everyone really needs to share the pain to reduce government spending, as they tackle california's $26 billion budget decifit. bill: so republicans, are they satisfied with t...

An opening for someone like christie and ryan to tkpwhet and tap peoples' enthusiasm for that reason. jenna: we talked about mitch romney and tim palenty as well. will the issues define the candidacy, meaning that the economy is nut one issue going into this presidential election, is that going to define who the gop puts out there or will the tkaeupts themselves put out the issues that they speak of and define the campaign? >> i think the latter. candidates will define what they think the presidential cast is and the main advice would be sure, everyone is talking about the decifit and the econ...

Public employees strikes and imposed jail time for violators. ohio faces a $3 billion budget decifit. over the next two years that budget decifit now stands at $8 billion john kasich, the republican governor of ohio, says these measures are needed to reign in some of these costs. arthel. arthel: eric shawn, thank you very much. bill: in ohio, they had # 500 yesterday, the governor, john kasich, has been on the job for months saying the union bill was necessary. >> all i'm fighting is joblessness and poverty and i'm going to do everything i can to get us moving in the right direction. bill: so ...