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Sales were soft, that u.s. manufacturing was soft early in the year. we got a report earlier -- well, last month that employment growth wasn't as strong as people expected. so, you know, investors, after such a strong year last year, came into this -- came into 2014 thinking, all right, we are going to have another great double digit run and now they are wondering, oh, boy, maybe we will get disappointed all over again. >> john, isn't this just another reminder of something that we don't talk about enough? the fact that the global economy is now -- it's truly a global economy. china has a hicc...

Kornacki has been following whether other things happened with sandy money that shows there is political motivation in a lot of the decision that are made out of the governor's office. again, it all looks bad but do we have any answers? i'm not defending him. i'm just saying the calm down advice is very good. sam? >> i agree. first of all, i agree that people need to step back. i think two questions here, though. one, was there political motivation and have we found it is in the question is no, we haven't found it yet. that doesn't mean there won't be. the evidence is just being compiled and c...

Really doesn't have to do anything at any time for a while, right? >> she doesn't, but, you know, we got to look back on our history and find out how long did we have three-year inevitable front runners. sort of reagan in '77 and '78. kind of. but you really have to go back to dwight eisenhower who was quoted by both parties as sort of this inevitable president in waiting type of thing. we don't treat front runners very well and we certainly don't treat them very well in our modern politics. >> who do we treat well? >> and the idea of three years of her being a front-runner seems like somethin...

>> all right. "the wall street journal's" john hillson, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> 22 past. coming up on "morning joe," former republican governor charlie crist is running for his old job. we will talk to dr. emily senay being poison. later, actor sarah jessica parker on the set. up next, the political playbook. you're watching "morning joe." we will be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or ...