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The list, education, terrorism, afghanistan, iraq, and for all the sound and fury, gay marriage is seen as an extremely important issue by only 15% of americans. i mentioned optimism, 43% of us say things are going well in america, 56% feel the opposite. look at the increase from december, though. in december only 29% thought things were going well, it's up to 53%. 71% thought things were going badly, now down to 56. there is a partisan sled to this but not the one you'd expect. democrats in spite of the god juggernaut in november are most optimistic. december, 41% thought things were going we...

With christine each saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. eastern. "your money" is saturday and sunday. three chances to watch on the weekend. and we always read your tweets and facebook posts. updating top stories, breaking news just in to cnn. after a big setback yesterday, rahm emanuel back on the ballot in chicago. the state supreme court stayed yesterday's lower court ruling which said that he does not meet residency requirements for the mayor's race. emanuel moved back to chicago late last year after stepping down as president obama's chief of staff. americans are more optimistic about jobs ...

Leader mitch mcconnell. >> i'm going to sit where i usually sit. >> reporter: now if only i could get somebody from fox news to sit with me while i watch the speech. ♪ if only for one night >> reporter: even a one-night stand beats all that standing. just keep your hands to yourself. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> she sure can tell a story. we want to know what think about the speech in report card style. head to my blog. i'm going to post it on my facebook and twitter accounts as well. we'll be looking for your a-f grades on the economy, energy, afghanistan/iraq, gay marriage, government ...

Afghanistan. and despite the shake-up that saw commanding general stanley mcchrystal replaced by general david petraeus, a recent military review says american troops likely can begin withdrawing this summer, and afghan troops may take complete control in 2014. give the president credit, too, for pulling all the combat troops out of iraq, as he said he would. that's why, even on this long road, we're calling this a promise kept. and we want to know what you think of the speech and report cards. head to cnn.com/ali. i'll also post the results to facebook and twitter throughout the day. we'll ...

Shift. now, there's a partisan slant to this, but not the slant that you would expect. democrats, in spite of the gop juggernaut in november, not only are the most optimistic political party by far, they say they're far happier than they were a month ago. look at that. democrats went from 41% in december to 65% now. republicans increased as well from 19% to 24%. independents have had a big gain as well, saying in december that 25% of them in december saying things were going well. now 41%. that's the big picture, okay? i've been asking on facebook and twitter for your take on the state of the ...