candidates aren t telling you about what is and what is not within their power to change. but first, i ll tell you about a storm that s raging in the distance. it s headed to our shores. it s an economic storm. it hasn t hit yet. we re starting to feel the outer bands of it. those who watch me every week know, i m generally an optimist. but i understand the u.s. economy. the u.s. economy is driven about it confidence of its citizens. the customer in this case is the american consumer and is always right. they think things are slowing down, it will welcome self-fulfilling because they ll stop spending. businesses stop hiring. and the economy could grind to a halt. let me tell what you i m talking about. here s the good news. we had 20 straight months of job growth in the united states. the pace of that growth is slowing. the last five months, there have been fewer jobs created each month than were created than in the month before. but jobs are being created, not lost. so that
right. they think things are slowing down, it will welcome self-fulfilling because they ll stop spending. businesses stop hiring. and the economy could grind to a halt. let me tell what you i m talking about. here s got news. we had 20 straight months of job growth in the united states. the pace of that growth is slowing. the last five months, there have been fewer jobs created each month than were created than in the month before. but jobs are being created, not lost. so that should make people feel better, not worse. let s talk about your homes. a lot of your equity is there. the home prices in the routes probably at or near their bottom. the so-called shadow inventory of homes is lower. foreclosures are up. but those are a new wave of foreclosures from the signing scandal. we re probably near the end of this thing. fewer homes, less inventory makes it a good time to buy. if you re buying a home, at 4% mortgage interest rate or lower on a 30-year fixed mortgage, the rate yo
he will go west and do what he did last time. win colorado, new mexico, nevada. if you look at north carolina and virginia, the two states have low unemployment than the national average. they have more minorities coming in. rural areas are falling down. used to be republican. smart move on his part. give him credit for pushing the jobs bill. kimberly: we have a couple of graphics on that in particular. the president is touring the swing states like north carolina. look at the numbers there for 2008. he won with 52.7% of the vote. now facing 61% disapproval and 42% approval. do you think it will turn it around for him spending actual time on the ground with voters? bob: sure. a lot of it depends on black turn-out in both of those states. kimberly: in virginia he won with 49.9% of the vote and now he is looking at 52, disapproval of 45% approval. what do you make of the jobs now, bus tour. greg: kimberly, i m glad
sector or the private sector because public money is being involved, that you re being taken to sites directed by others. the dpoment is not meant to be doing that. megyn: the latest poll shows 38.8% of the folks favor this health care law, 52.7 don t raifer it, the rasmussen poll is the latest and that has similar numbers, 34 percent, 64 percent against. obviously the obama administration feels it has to do something even if it involves adopting the language that it doesn t necessarily like, in other words, referring to the obamacare. let s not goarks this, it just went into effect in september, people are just beginning to understand what it means for them, the fact that their 25-year-old child can be covered under their policy, the fact that they cannot be turned down because of preexisting condition, the fact that there is no limit now, you can use your $100,000 you re out of here. all these things are part of the new law and if it helps people understand what their rights are
he will go west and do what he did last time. win colorado, new mexico, nevada. if you look at north carolina and virginia, the two states have low unemployment than the national average. they have more minorities coming in. rural areas are falling down. used to be republican. smart move on his part. give him credit for pushing the jobs bill. kimberly: we have a couple of graphics on that in particular. the president is touring the swing states like north carolina. look at the numbers there for 2008. he won with 52.7% of the vote. now facing 61% disapproval and 42% approval. do you think it will turn it around for him spending actual time on the ground with voters? bob: sure. a lot of it depends on black turn-out in both of those states. kimberly: in virginia he won with 49.9% of the vote and now he is looking at 52, disapproval of 45% approval. what do you make of the jobs now, bus tour. greg: kimberly, i m glad