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dependable and there if they don t fall in love. that s what his strategy has been. steady as she go and be there while everybody else rises and falls. let s bring the numbers back and talk a little bit about mitt romney here. the numbers from august versus the numbers now. herman cain, 27% now, 5% then. rick perry, 38% now, 16% then. romney, 23% then, 23% now. despite these solid debate performances, he s slow and steady. do we think that that s i mean, can we say he s slow and steady or can we say he s flat lined snd. you could say both things but the reality is mitt romney has been through the process before and leading big time in new hampshire. doing pretty well in a poll we had earlier this week in iowa as well. he s raised more money than anyone else. he has shown himself to be the class of the field in the debate so far. so all of those things, even while other candidates are guy rating in the polls and it is stunning the way rick perry has fallen over the ....
recession in june, 2009 through this past june, median incomes fell 6.7%. more than double the 3.2% decline that took place during the recession. and that s people who have jobs. u.s. unemployment is 9.1%. and well above that in states with early primaries like nevada, south carolina, and florida. it is the first time in 30 years or so where you really have existential questions about the classic american question of will the next generation be better off than we were, and the answer now is no. john harwood, cnbc correspondent, and writer for the new york times. john, good afternoon to you. craig, i think i m even more depressed listening to the opening than i was sitting in the chair. sometimes truth can bring you down. your piece this morning, in that piece you note what many have been saying. folks are mad at washington, but you also point out that washington is mad at itself. the in fighting, the gamesmanship, how will that frame the president s debate on ....
this past june, median incomes fell 6.7%. more than double the 3.2% decline that took place during the recession. and that s people who have jobs. u.s. unemployment is 9.1%. and well above that in states with early primaries like nevada, south carolina, and florida. it is the first time in 30 years or so where you really have existential questions about the classic american question of will the next generation be better off than we were, and the answer now is no. john harwood, cnbc correspondent, and writer for the new york times. john, good afternoon to you. craig, i think i m even more depressed listening to the opening than i was sitting in the chair. sometimes truth can bring you down. your piece this morning, in that piece you note what many have been saying. folks are mad at washington, but you also point out that washington is mad at itself. the in fighting, the gamesmanship, how will that frame the president s debate on the jobs bill. they have every ....
the single deadliest day in our nation s longest running war. it s monday, august 8th, 2011. i m chuck todd. quite the packed monday. let s get right to my first read of the morning and it starts with the downgrade. economic uncertainty could be the greatest obstacle for president obama s re-election campaign and standard & poor s decision to downgrade the country s credit rating for the first time ever doesn t help that anxiety. here s s&p s managing director, john chachambers, on the substa of their decision. we have a negative outlook, which speaks to a longer time frame, from 6 months to 24 months. and if the fiscal position of the united states deteriorates further or if the political gridlock becomes more entrenched, then that could lead to a downgrade. here s former fed chairman alan greenspan giving the downgrade a little more context. this is not an issue of credit rating. the united states can pay any debt it has, because we can always print money to d ....
including some of the most elite navy s.e.a.l.s. the single deadliest day in our nation s longest running war. it s monday, august 8th, 2011. i m chuck todd. quite the packed monday. let s get right to my first read of the morning and it starts with the downgrade. economic uncertainty could be the greatest obstacle for president obama s re-election campaign and standard & poor s decision to downgrade the country s credit rating for the first time ever doesn t help that anxiety. here s s&p s managing director, john chachambers, on the substa of their decision. we have a negative outlook, which speaks to a longer time frame, from 6 months to 24 months. and if the fiscal position of the united states deteriorates further or if the political gridlock becomes more entrenched, then that could lead to a downgrade. here s former fed chairman alan greenspan giving the downgrade a little more context. this is not an issue of credit rating. the united states can pay any de ....