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Global warming. there are some jobs that can't come back because of the economy. you are saying people that are not working -- >> they're discouraged. >> because they don't have jobs that fit them. >> so the economy, the reason why you work in the economy, it is not providing the jobs. >> how do you argue the last port of the united states had the biggest economic growth. >> there is no question we are coming out of a recession and growing but president reagan had a 9% growth rate and we are at 3%. that is great. >> yeah -- yay. >> well it is a good thing. >> and kim strosel who writes in the ...

He was charged with everything from shaking down a chicago childrens hospital to attempting to sell the u.s. senate seat once held by president obama. with you you bu this week's former illinois governor rod blagojevich was convicted on just one of the 24 felony counts against him, marking another defeat for u.s. attorney patrick fitzgerald who also prosecuted conrad black, convicted in 2007 using the so called honest services fraud law. the supreme court jumped -- junked much of the law, leading to release from prison. the jury had earlier dismissed nine of the 13 charges mr. fitzgerald filed...

Stick. we've seen this time, and again. >> and i -- kim makes an interesting point about this broader culture of prosecution. about this case, in particular why could he not prove intent? jurors feel he was full of bluster, in the end there wasn't a lot evidence proving he got anything in return. >> what they and was charged guilty of committing economic economic -- chicago politics. it's not surprising a chicago jury wasn't fully persuaded of the guilt. scary thing about the whole prosecution is that it begins with patrick fitzgerald coming out one morning at the end of 2008 and saying abraha...

Particularly help tofl him there. is nothing better than a republican foil in the became of john boehner. >> and are you buying that at all kim? strosel? >> no. no. and like you said, this would be very bad for the presidency if republicans take back the house or the senate. he's going to go out there and this is the only thing they have to offer at the moment. and i'm not sure this resonates. the former governor of new jersey campaigned on a, you know, bush is bad and caused this. he's no longer the governor of new jersey. that didn't work. one of the problems is a lot of voters hearing this ...

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