time when the crisis began. i m sure you heard this anecdotally from folks but people who went to buy b.p. stock when they thought it hit rock bottom withhe hopes it will regroup and get back together. get back to where it was before. do you see that happening? up 40% from june low and so some made a lot of money. a lot of people i know buying the stock are from louisiana. they have an interesting situation. franchisee want to change the name to anako. they have to be at the forefront. this could be a win-win for them. they could invest in a few winners but they have to be transparent and they have to be committed to this long after this well is capped. shannon: how tough is it to turn things around when you turn it around, they didn t get off to the best start? when you see the advertisement with the local people who grew up in the gulf and are there working on b.p. s behalf, those things. you know, how do you swing back from something that
was a ceo there for a long time and preaching that she is a fiscal conservative. up against rob simmons there. what is the secret to success? does she pull it off in the primary? the nomination battle was decided when she won the party endorse mement earlier in the year. simmons withdrew from the race and belatedly got back in there. she is ahead double digits in the polling. this is a sleeper senate race for republicans who have a chance to pull off the upset. in the quinnipiac polling, blumenthal was ahead and then after that was it was 25 and 17. the latest poll last week showed the race down to ten points. you could see a come pettive race in october. shannon: thank you for helping us break races down.
you remember this. bell, california, finding out that the newly released documents shows seven more city employees pulling down hefty six-figure salaries. some were part time. you remember the outrage there. they were furious to find that administrators were making $400,000 and three others made $200,000. now we have reports with benefits on top of the salary, the excity manager compensation totalled $1.5 million. up next, is the obama administration taking steps that could prevent our troops on the front lines from getting to vote in november? again, this is not a partisan issue. this is about making sure that the people who defend our freedoms have the basic civil right, the right to vote. shannon: that is start john cornyn from texas. we ll tell you how he is involved in a story you saw first on fox. what is at stake for the troops. that and more when we continue. tylenol 8 hour lasts 8 hours. but aleve can last 12 hours.
some people think it s good for country. they believe in a pure democracy. they don t think it will cause the president candidate to focus on a big city and group. they re mistaken. it is misguided. thatly find a suck secs institution successful institution that served well for two centuries. shannon: you point out it s not just the democracy. this is a republic. a number of states signed on to this. some people think don t we have to amend the constitution? is it legal? what are we doing? constitutional amendment requires 38 states. that s the route they should take but that s not what they re doing. this could get it done if 11 biggest states agreed to do
in 2009 and the company reports a 7% market share. according to the bureau of labor statistics, many the last decade to june 2010, 5.6 million manufacturering jobs have been lost in the united states. that s staggering decline of 33%. they are finding ways to streamline the production at the u.s. facility. he credits the company success manufacturering at american soil to dedicated u.s. workforce. they take the quality special. in lawrence, massachusetts, molly lion, fox news. shannon: a turbulent year for toyota no, secret. recall and questions about reliability. the auto maker doesn t seem to be stuck in any financial gridlock.