schools in parts of the city rampant with gang violence plans were implemented to provide students and parents with peace of mind. costs for this program doubled from last year to $15.7 million. the city also cleaned 2800 instances of graffiti, fixed street lights and on and on. the kids had to cross gang lines. what what is going on in chicago? what the hell is wrong with chicago? that these people can t fix? you know, it s a good question. i mean, we re kind of familiar, i guess, with the problems and maybe now the mayor is going to work toward granular solutions. safety is fundamental, right. you can t have a neighborhood, you can t have schools unless you have security and so programs like this, which, you know, in other communities they call like a walking school bus, where kids can get to and from school, you know, safely and
the prices on its all at this ma by 580 bucks. another reason they re worried about as we go further into the year. the dealers are offering manufacturers are offering dealer incentives. some cases they re selling cars at a loss in order to get money from the manufacturer. increasing subprime loan lending for people to buy cars is back at levels we haven t seen before the recession. used cars prices are dropping. why there might be light at the end of the tunnel. i spoke with a senior economist over at ihs automotive. someone a lot of people know. he said it is all likelihood we ll see a sideways, back and forth, jon, over the rest of the year. towards the end of the year we ll see a pickup. he expects, ihs expects sales to be about 15.3 million. next year, 15.7 million. they re not as concerned about the potential slowdown, despite those new incentives from the manufacturers for the dealers and these kind
republicans looking for someone to run against the president, he has the ability on occasion to be tough. there is the argument this morning, mark, this was something of a puritan victory for mitt romney because of how negative he was in the ads, talked about newt gingrich not himself, new research data i mentioned, romney s campaign and super pac restore our future own the air waved, put up more than 12,700 ads in florida compared to 210 ads by the gingrich campai campaign. in dollar terms, romney and al lies spent $15.7 million in florida compared $3.9 million for gingrich and friends. is there a down side to this win for mitt romney? caller: you think president is a likeable guy? sure. . caller: he ran more negative ads in 2008, i don t think voters necessarily correlate whether they like someone or not with negative ads, i think mitt
and marked him for destruction. it wasn t inspiring and at times it wasn t fair. but, willie, the romney team if you were just grading a campaign on doing what they had to do, whether it was soulless, whether it was unfair, whether it was cynical, and it was all three, they did what they had to do to keep their man alive. some numbers to support what rich wrote. romney s campaign combined with the super pac restore our future, 12,700 ads in the state of florida. newt gingrich s campaign and his super paquining our future, 210 30-second ads. the money was $15.7 million for romney, $3.9 million for newt gingrich. that completely supports what rich is writing. and it wasn t just about the money, though mark can speak to this too. they came out of south carolina realizing they had to go after
you don t have to ask me. just ask his advisers who are spilling their guts telling the world it was not the candidate that turned things around, it was their own brilliance. i find it to be one of the most fascinating articles that in the middle of the campaign you would have. one was to make newt angry and mitt romney look tough. and we were all saying, florida is a big state. you win by having lots of money and having 30-second ads and having the wind at your back. these advisers can take all the credit they want in the end. look at the money. you put it up on the screen. it s quite striking. $15.7 million between the campaign and the super pac dw f dwarfing gingrich. and this is the story. it s the money. it s surprising to see all of these strategists take credit in