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They're not going to arrest people for possession of marijuana anymore, even though the law doesn't take effect until december. it's a win-win because it has been drug prohibition like with marijuana that has driven a wedge in between police and community. number one, police can get back to the business that they want to do, of what they want to do, and that is to protect people from violent people. rape, robbery, murder. crimes against our children, domestic violence. we can get back to the business of that. we didn't -- most of us didn't sign on this job to it arrest people for smoking pot. ...

>> that's right, states like minnesota and pennsylvania. that ought to tell you something. but megyn, you hit on a point that needs to be elaborated on. this presidential power with such hope for his presidency. but he ruled out of ideology instead of reality. he chose to put his time and emphasis into health care when we have an economic crisis. i agree with the president that it hasn't been seen since the great depression, but he ignored that. people said, what good is a portable health care if i don't have a job to pay for it. and he has not improved the lives of average americans. instead ...

Care reform plan, mike barnicle, it's very revealing that the white house is going to run away from health care reform in the election year. because the number one rule in a campaign is you want contrast. and you better believe if the white house was responsible for driving gas prices down to $2, they wouldn't say, mitt romney is the godfather of our plan that drove it down. no. you know, this is an unpopular health care plan. so unpopular that they are trying to lasso the republican opponent and say, well, he did it too. he can't attack us for this. >> am i the only one who finds it amusing t...

The act. they are going to ghif money to fanny and freddie to buy down principle to people who might be in danger of going into foreclosure. >> that's a lot of people who's homes are worth a lot less than they owe. how do they take advantage of this program? you think this time it's the real deal? >> i am not sure. a lot of people argue in are taxpayers thenning out investors at this point? but the truth is if your home -- if a home on your block loses 5-10,000 dollars your home is going to go down in value as well. this program doesn't take effect until the end of april. you can't take advant...

But the public's expectations for a deal apparently are not very high. a new "rasmussen poll" finds only 19% actually think this super-committee which is split evenly between republicans and democrats, will reach a deal. scott rasmussen of rasmussen reports joins us now. thanks for being with us. >> happy to be with you, patti ann. patti ann: if it doesn't as we mentioned, there's an automatic trigger for steep cuts in certain areas. >> well, but they trigger doesn't take effect until 2013. so that gives congress plenty of time to change their mind on that as well. the real story of this poll ...