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>> hey, newt gingrich has really reinvented himself, hasn't he? i mean, he rose to speaker. then he flamed out. went away. he's back and bigger than ever. >> yeah. you know, it's interesting, you know, f. scott fitzgerald said there are no second acts in american life. as a matter of fact, many successful politicians have reinvented themselves. richard nixon before his successful comeback in 1968 was known as dick nixon, political hatchet man. when he went through his new nixon phase, he came richard m. nixon world statesman. and same thing with bill clinton, there's something that all these f...

Bill. bill: first tell us about the survey from the hill.com. >> well, it's a picture of a grim economy and it's the first time we've seen this kind of reaction to this grim economy in a generation. remember, bill, we are used to endless gains in profit, prosperity, and that's true all the way back to the 19 # \on/zeros. now, those gains in prosperity have stopped and the headlines on the economy are universally grim. for the last three years, we've had bad news on jobs, housing, debt, on the rate of growth, declining income. it's all been grim for three years. look at the situation now and in...

embassy in afghanistan in kabul. two dead, one an american citizen. monitoring the situation from our bureau in abu dhabi. an apparent breach of security inside a heavily guarded complex in kabul. what do we know about it. >> reporter: bear in mind where this was. this was a part of the u.s. embassy compound and annex will many are working. one of the employees started shooting in various directions. he was later shot dead. his victims appeared to have been one u.s. citizen, also an embassy employee and another one injured, not life threatening and subsequently moved to hospital. has...

Credit rating that many refer to as the gold standard. there are a number of potential 2012 republican candidates who have some experience on improving credit scores. the hill.com analyzed all the governors who may enter the presidential race. there was some positive credit reports. mitt romney, mike huckabee, sarah palin, credit upgrade during their time in office. and there was a particularly strong balance for mitch daniels. indiana's credit rating has gone interest a aa to aaa dure his tenure, the highest rating given by the s&p. tim pawlenty saw his state's credit rating downgraded by moo...

That's what we're seeing with all these women who are banning together rising up saying no, this isn't right for our kids and for our grandkids. and we're going to do something about this. we're going to turn this thing around. >> let's bring in a.b. stoddard, associate editor and columnist for the hill.com. good morning. >> good morning. >> this has the tone of a campaign ad. for whom? what do you think it's targeting? >> it is targeting the sarah palin fans and the republican party. >> women? >> she wants to -- she wants to show that instead of talking about the lame stream media and being c...