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These are issues that are particularly of importance to republican voters out there, they will become probably part of the election dynamic but again, overall, it's, you know we just had a poll come out the other day. it is all about jobs and the economy. jenna: there is also, when we talk again about this story, issues about trust, accountability and leadership. those are other things that come up. going to, what is sticking on your web site, tom, i would just like to ask you a little bit about that, are those the themes you see voters catching on as you watch the different traffic through th...

Jon: congress is hard at work churning out plenty of bills but very few of them will become law this election year. both parties accused of crafting legislation just to make the other side look bad come november's election. with democrats and republicans both focused on fighting for control of congress, can they actually get anything done before november? let's talk about it with tom beavin the executive editor at "real clear politics".com. or reel clear politics i should say. tom, thanks for being with us. >> thanks, jon exlet's pretend you want to get important things done in this country. y...

Don't like this argument very much either because they're part of congress and obama is portraying them as part of the problem. he can try to portray republicans in the house that way. on the other hand republicans can portray democrats leading the senate, point to the fact harry reid and democrats are supposed to be leading have not passed a budget in over three years. this issue will cut both ways. you will see both sides angling as best they can to make the arguments come november. some say --. jon: some say gridlock is good thing because the government can't get in the way. tom beavin from...

Candidates. i think we're probably, i don't think it is a pluto scenario. might be 20%, one in five chance we could see that depending what happens here on tuesday and on march 6. bill: democrats argue they saw enough of this in 2008. we'll see where it ends. tom, thank you. tom beavin out of chicago today. nice to have you. julie: fox news alert to a dramatic boat rescue in iranian waters. this is new video coming into to us from iranian state television. as you can see that boat is burning. the crewmembers are forced to jump into the water. the nine-man crew was rescued by a documentary team...

Chance to stop romney. bill: when you're talking there in chicago, we're watching mitt romney in greer, south carolina, is the field too divided with too many challengers to affect romney or not, tom? >> i think the field is too divided. if i look at the three, non-romney candidates, santorum, gingrich and rick perry, they're at 45% of the vote. mitt romney at 29.3, 30%. if two of the three non-romney candidates were not in the race, and coalesce behind one candidate, romney would be in some trouble. bill: despite what happens in south carolina do you believe ron paul has his own ticket? if th...