bill. bill: first tell us about the survey from the hill.com. >> well, it's a picture of a grim economy and it's the first time we've seen this kind of reaction to this grim economy in a generation. remember, bill, we are used to endless gains in profit, prosperity, and that's true all the way back to the 19 # \on/zeros. now, those gains in prosperity have stopped and the headlines on the economy are universally grim. for the last three years, we've had bad news on jobs, housing, debt, on the rate of growth, declining income. it's all been grim for three years. look at the situation now and in the future. no change. it still looks, i hate to use the word again, but grim. bill: on the future, only 19 percent believe in this survey that the united states will be the post powerful country, 20 years from now. >> yes. well, you look at the headlines that our americans are looking at. nobody is predicting strong economic growth in the future. the best we can hope for is maybe 2 percent. nobody is predicting an