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And they do indeed need help in the lower ninth word. back to you. >> bret: amazing five years later. trace, thank you. don't forget about the text to vote poll. so far, more than 8,000 of you have already voted. tonight's question, what is the most important economic issue? debt/deficit, housing, jobs or taxes? the results, plus an all-star panel discussion on the economy in the mid-term elections later in the show. elections later in the show. up next, th

We would make sure that the bodies are run, close without -- [ inaudible ] absolutely, full terms against corruption. >> i was heartened to hear the president, members of his government recommit to a significant effort in the days ahead to guarantee the independent operation of their -- [ inaudible ] >> bret: kerry made a trip to kabul to ask karzai not to intercede in proceedings against afghan officials.

Welcome home, man. the president is doing everything we think is appropriate to continue moving the economy in the right direction and he will be continuing to urge republicans in the senate to stop abinstructing the small business bill to end capital gains taxes to create jobs again. >> across nearly every industry, we have been put through a lot. we suffered a very severe financial shock. and a great recession. and people don't forget that very easily. so i think there is a lot of nervousness. >> bret: the president is vacationing in martha's vineyard, as we told you, but the jitters about...

People with a stable enough situation, police force that protects the military and a government that is safe enough from the taliban for us to leave. if we are playing in to the hands of the taliban, which is what corruption does, undermining our own mission, losing men and women unnecessarily. and we are pushing off the dates by which we can actually begin to draw down. >> bret: chris? >> look, i think for the president this year, that the political problem of afghanistan is that people are uncertain why we're there and what we're doing. poll after poll tells us people aren't satisfied with t...

>> bret: charles, unemployment number is 9.5. underemployment number, people you don't see that have given up looking for a job could be 17-18% according to some. >> historically high and number of unemployed for six months also historically very, very high. i think there is something new happening in terms of the economy, at least the perception of it. that is a sense of fear. we happened in 2009 where they thought yes, we're in a recession. things aren't good. but as obama himself said, we came, we were pulled back from the brink. and we were in a bad time, but not a scary time. we had impro...