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>> bob: they don't think that way. a lot of kids are kids of single mothers, from poor areas who don't see america as the american dream. the fact some cases may see it exactly the opposite. so, you got to look at this thing. another country, yes, but other countries they don't have the rampant race of single parent, poor people where the lion's share of the kids come from. that is a distinction. >> eric: if you offer it that way, bob, eventually, you get used to it. you get used to subtleties. >> kimberly: you expect it. >> eric: the donors,' theory, model runs out, then what? then they turn ...

Swing states that will decide who is elected in the 2012, president obama leads mitt romney 47-39. he leads rick santorum 48-39. he leads ron paul 48-36. and the biggest one he has a lead over is newt gingrich. 52-32. i will say the numbers change dramatically in the last few months. polling being what they are, they can change in the economy gets worse. snapshot in time, most republicans were not expecting to see this at this stage of this race. is that a fair statement? >> eric: i don't -- why, things, the unemployment number comes down a little, the numbers go up on the obama side. they go ...

Iee, working at media matters. i wrote that whole thing just so i could end it on media matters. >> dana: i could tell. you worked backwards. >> greg: the backward principle. >> dana: talent. >> greg: okay, should students be paid to go to school? poor kids from poor homes? eric? >> eric: i like except about your piece except for the part saying they are paid by donors and federal workforce investment act. >> kimberly: there is a catch. >> greg: but they said, according to the article i read, all of the stuff, paying for kids to go to school were from donations. >> eric: if it's all private mo...

To actually get something done. so those are things we can agree with. on the stingy part, i disagree. americans are extremely generous. not only with the taxpayers dollars, our foreign aid is 1% of the budget. less than 1% of the budget. people give a lot to their churches, through non-profit organizations and americans also unlike a lot of people around the world, they give a ton of their time. >> eric: foreign aid is a quarter of -- >> kimberly: let me make a comment about carter. sorry to say it. he really was the worst president we have ever had in this country. it took a full generation ...

In politics is unemployment number is not as important as disposal income. as a factor to be elected president. if gas prices are that high, disposable income as well. >> eric: can i throw one thing out there? for every penny higher in the national average in gasoline, billion of spending disposal income comes out of the american economy. if it goes up a dollar, it's $100 billion. >> bob: let me ask dana a question. the democrats are obviously going to brag about this. they have been snake bit. up and down and up and down. is this something that obama should take carefully? dabs take it with a...