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Interesting to hear mark melman, the democratic strategist talk as openly as he did about the democratic issues on the economy. >> i know mark. i was wondering, you know, when his phone was ringing, rahm emanuel on line one. "mark, you're not supposed to say that." a big problem. perceptions are bad. to pick up where charles said, economy rallied strongly in the fourth quarter, it was up in the first quarter. 2.7 or something in second quarter. it's going to be revised down. >> bret: under two. >> maybe 1, 1.5 with the new data coming in. that is a big problem. they did the stimulus, they got ...

>> bret: bill, it was interesting to hear mark melman, the democratic strategist talk as openly as he did about the democratic issues on the economy. >> i know mark. i was wondering, you know, when his phone was ringing, rahm emanuel on line one. "mark, you're not supposed to say that." a big problem. perceptions are bad. to pick up where charles said, economy rallied strongly in the fourth quarter, it was up in the first quarter. 2.7 or something in second quarter. it's going to be revised down. >> bret: under two. >> maybe 1, 1.5 with the new data coming in. that is a big problem. they did t...

Gregg: put up on the screen and i'll have you react to it. who do you trust to handle the economic policy, the g.o.p. leads 42%, democrats, 36% -- graduates have branded the g.o.p. as the party of "no" and maybe that is exactly, mark, what americans really want, no to higher spending, no to bigger deficits and no to more intrusive government and do those poll numbers reflect that. >> well i think, what the poll numbers reflect is this circumstances of the moment, and, people look around right now, they see democrats in charge and see the economy is not in good shape and the natural reaction is...

We'll continue to follow it. >> now to politics, recent polls showing independent voters are so deeply concerned about the u.s. economy their support for democrats is dropping in a big way. the apgpk poll finding just 32% of independents want the democrats to retain control of congress, come november. way down from the number that supported the president, in 2008. and, nina easton, for "fortune" magazine and a fox news contributor and mark melman, ceo of the melman group, good to see you both, independents dictate, often, elections and now, 4 in 10, 40% say they are independent and both the pr...