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Grab them, you'll talk to them, you'll let us know. >> will do. >> jessica yellin is outside of the floor of the house of representatives at statuary hall. ali velshi is here together with members of the best political team on television. ali, it's all about jobs. >> absolutely. the economy is by far the biggest issue for three years on americans' minds. unemployment is at the top of that. our national unemployment rate is 9.4%. but the reality is even that number doesn't encompass most of the unemployed in this country. so i've taken the map of the country and i've divided it up. those states...

Any time you're above 60 as you start to head into the political cycle, the democrats or republicans will tell you above 50 is the place to be. but the other key thing to watch, wolf is a simple question in presidential politics, a defining question in american politics. when you ask the american people is the country on the right track. and that number is still in the negative. however, it is beginning to move. the american people are slowly becoming more optimistic about the economy. and if they get more optimistic about the economy, that is the president's leading indicator heading into ree...

Same thing, entitlements. medicare. you look at this number, surprising. 81% say they're more interested in preventing cuts to medicare than reducing the deficit. but you look at some other areas, and people say yeah, i do want to cut them. but there are areas like foreign aid, 81% more interested in reducing the deficit than keeping foreign aid going. of course foreign aid only accounts for 1% of the federal budget. and then the last one of course is one that we wanted to check on, government pensions. same thing. 61% interested in reducing the deficit over government pensions. of course thos...