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Raise lead to the unemployment line? and continuing coverage of the crisis in syria as a number of rallies break out in the u.s. protesters weigh in on the possibility of a syrian attack. where do americans stand? a live report coming up.
Secretary of state. so, what republicans have will be a lot of fresh faces, a lot of fresh voices about the direction of the party, and it really is shaping up to be the inverse of what we may see on the democratic side, where you have a huge front-runner, whereas republicans for the first time in recent memory won't have that next-in-line front-runner looming over the rest of the field. >> donna edwards, i want to come back to this point of do americans, specifically democratic voters, want to see a third obama term or would they like to see the restoration of the bill clinton era? >> well, i...
Of fresh voices about the direction of the party, and it really is shaping up to be the inverse of what we may see on the democratic side, where you have a huge front-runner, whereas republicans for the first time in recent memory won't have that next-in-line front-runner looming over the rest of the field. >> donna edwards, i want to come back to this point of do americans, specifically democratic voters, want to see a third obama term or would they like to see the restoration of the bill clinton era? >> well, i think among, you know, the electorate, president obama's really popular among dem...
That he expressed in his friday press conference that i think they can come back and get a deal. look, when you actually look at the numbers on this, they are not far apart as the president said, and they are about $60 billion or so, per year apart and that is something that can be easily overcome, i think the challenge for both parties, is the deal they are talking about, right now is the 2.2, to $2.4 trillion range and when look at what economists say is necessary, they are looking at a deal in the the 3 to $4 trillion range and, so i think the challenge now is going -- can the parties come ...
Themselves. that is their preference. not everybody feels that way. but, that is the strong majority opinion in the united states today. >> gregg: let's move to a lighter note. we're just a handsful of days away from christmas. is it a time of stress or time of joy. >> this is something else people are split done the middle on and the reason four out of ten americans are considering this stressful, as of last night's poll, 42% of americans had not yet finished their holiday shopping. >> 20% hadn't gotten started yet. it will be a busy weekend. and, that is part of the reason, too, a lot of ame...