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Mobility this country has and what the actual facts of the matter are. i think our political culture has a way of reinforcing it. >> value in this irregardless of its truth. when you look at international survey data, asking people in different countries how much control they feel about their own -- >> interesting poll. >> believing you have more control over your fate causes peop people to work harder. woo i think it's important to recognize -- >> you're saying this is a useful delusion for the masses is what you're saying? >> it isn't a statement that's either true or false. >> sure. of cour...

Has risen to the highest level of a whopping 33%. still his net negative, 36% have a negative view of him. he trails president obama 48%. the positive's view of the president. when you look at this silver spoon battle here, someone doesn't like you. are they think that there's something about you for whatever reason, they don't want to have that political beer with you at the bar. it is easy for the silver spoon to stay out because they don't like you. you have this thurston howell iii as some have referred to him as. this caricature of him. >> the new survey data comports with "the new york t...

The election, just them us how you see these numbers as you're watching them come in, scott. >> reporter: the first thing to recognize is that everybody wants to put a dollar figure around what is the middle class, and that is not the way people see themselves. in fact among people who who earn more than $100,000 a year 45% of them think they are middle class. there are even 1% who earn more than $100,000 a year who classify themselves as poor. something is going on here with regard to hair attitudes and the way they see people around them. in almost all of the survey data there is a concern a...

polls. economic conditions vary greatly from state to state. let's take a look at a few. vermont's unemployment rate is at 5.1%. that is much lower than the 8.3% national average. in january, only one in about 21,000 homes in vermont were in the foreclosure process. a very different picture in ohio. unemployment much higher there, 8.1%, though lower than the national average. 1 in 616 homes is in foreclosure in ohio. in georgia, it's seen some of the worst numbers. unemployment there, 9.7%. higher than the national average. 1 in 328 homes are in the foreclosure process in georgia. cn...

President is the wrong thing to do politically and it is also a terrible thing to do for the country and it does, i think grievous damage to our system and our institutions. and it's one of the reasons, when you look across the field of survey data, that you see in institution after institution in this country the collapse of trust. and it's a big problem and this doesn't do anything to help remedy it. >> steve, you have been in the room with presidential candidates at the highest level who have to make these decisions and successful presidential candidates of their way to nominations. if a pr...