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0 to the president that media organizations should have too. good morning from washington. details coming up on preparations for the massive memorial service for nelson mandela in south africa. we are starting with the economy. there have been solid job numbers and major revision for the gd approximate, and a strong end to the week on wall street. it has a bunch of experts predictioning that a steadily improving economy is on the horizon for the coming year. what would that mean politically? health care and obstruction are the clubs are choice for the two parties. they are beating each other u...

Raised. that's the only talking point that appears to have had any resonance. >> joining me now, the men behind the numbers. fred yang, pollster bill mac hunter. bill, i want to start with you. you, fred, and peter seem to have the same reaction to the poll. you were stunned by it. explain in more than in terms of the numbers. we have seen the numbers very decisive as far as the public is concerned. what made it jaw dropping to you? >> in polling, numbers don't change very quickly. american attitudes are stable. this is a rare event, five or times in my career where members were transformed ov...

0 once or twice in a time. the government shut down rattled the public, producing massive pessimism and a collapse in economic confidence. 14% believe the country is headed in the right direction only matched by the collapse of lehman brothers. the closest thing we have to a great depression in modern memory. it's a political depression. 17% believe the economy will get better in the next 12 months. 65% of americans believe they are doing harm to the economy and in three say it is impacted their lives. that's nearly twice the number who said the same thing in the 1995 shut down. this is person...

Yesterday. the question for governor christie as he moves forward on the national stage is as he becomes more like them, his numbers will change. >> republicans themselves seem to like people like jeb bush than they do a chris christie. >> if you look back over the past several months, rand paul had a very good rating among republicans as well. so time will tell. we have a lot to do before 2016, that's for sure. this will be a long year as well. >> micah roberts and fred yang, we have more we'll be releasing tomorrow including interest tests and interesting shifts on the issue of immigration. ...

Being a strong leader, 46% overall, 30% of independents. being honest, 42% overall, 27% among independents. being a good command are in chief, 42% overall and 29% of independents. and while 27% of voters are saying the president is changing business as usual in d.c., just 10% of independents agree. th when you look across the entire political spectrum, 57% say the white house is competent and effective. 43% say it's not. joining me now, democratic pollster fred yang and republican pollster micha roberts. you have an interesting way they introduced our poll briefing call yesterday afternoon whe...