so, what is going on? well, first of all the nbc deal is registered voters, not likely voters. secondly, there is an 11-point difference democrats over republicans in the nbc journal poll. it's not that they stack the deck. it's just that the random sample came out that way. the journal's article today about the poll doesn't mention the democrat advantage. not good. by the way, the "wall street journal" and fox news are owned by the same company. the truth is nobody knows who is ahead. the campaign is very fluid right now. what talking points does know is that many american voters have no clue as to what is going on in the country. last night we told you that 35%, 35% of american homes, more than 100 million people are now receiving welfare payments. 50 years ago that number was 6%. today, the social security administration tells us more workers are on disability than at any other time in the nation's history. almost 9 million collecting federal disability checks. in february of 2001, the number was 5 million; in just