pop candidates dropped out of the presidential race right after the ames iowa straw poll. two candidates. who were they? okay. one s easy. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty. hi, hi, gov. but who else? you, else, the correct answer is thaddeus mccover. a short-lived and little-noticed campaign for the republican nomination for president that ended around the same time that tim pawlenty s campaign did. interesting about thaddeus mccover and tim pawlenty, they were the first two candidates to drop out of the race. they both endorsed mitt romney when they dropped out with, but the next to candidates to get out of the race did not endorse, neither herman cain nor michele bachmann, neither of the next
we are unwilling to allow barack obama to implement socialism in the united states of america. that will happen on our watch! we won t threat. minnesota congresswoman michelle bachmann making what amounts to her closing argument tonight to one caucus in black hawk county, speaking in cedar falls at the university of northern iowa calling the president a socialist, standing there with her mom, so it s sort of a mom and apple pie and also doomsday close argument that she s make together voters of iowa. mmm, mmm bachmann, probably the hardest working republican candidate in iowa, vying with rick strump for that title, been to all 99 counties. she has county by county support in iowa that s almost unpair leltd. won the ames iowa straw poll and seen her fortunes since dim. hoping for a surprise showing but at this point we re just
we are unwilling to allow barack obama to implement socialism in the united states of america. that will happen on our watch! we won t threat. minnesota congresswoman michelle bachmann making what amounts to her closing argument tonight to one caucus in black hawk county, speaking in cedar falls at the university of northern iowa calling the president a socialist, standing there with her mom, so it s sort of a mom and apple pie and also doomsday close argument that she s make together voters of iowa. mmm, mmm bachmann, probably the hardest working republican candidate in iowa, vying with rick strump for that title, been to all 99 counties. she has county by county support in iowa that s almost unpair leltd. won the ames iowa straw poll and seen her fortunes since dim. hoping for a surprise showing but at this point we re just
enormous. i can tell you that. welcome to you both. nia, why should sarah palin be upset about people speculating about her president s ambitions? isn t that what she wants? by all accounts, exactly what she wants. look at the iowa commercial, slickly produced. there in the run-ups there in the run up to the ames iowa straw poll and there is speculation about whether or not she is running to keep the interest in her around. and also to remain relevant. of course, we remember in 2009, she could facebook post or tweet, really dominate the national discussion and frame a debate. remember her talking about death penalty, so much so that president today respond to it. that changed over the last two years. you ve got now a field of republican hopefules who really dominate the conversation. so i do think this is her pitch
another recession. and adds new urgency to the political debate here in washington over new jobs initiatives. the dow jones industrial average was down just short of 420 points or 3.7%. the nasdaq down 5.2%. the s & p 500 down 4.5%. it is what drove the markets down that is again stoking recession fears. overseas more jitters as europe struggles to contain its debt crisis. here at home, data some see as evidence of a new downturn. weekly unemployment claims rose much more than expected. sales of existing homes dropped by 3.5% in july. analysts had been expecting a modest increase. the key manufacturing index was way down. and inflation on consumer goods was up. add in collapsening consumer confident and you get sober advice like this. 2012 could be a very difficult year. i m on the camp that we have more chance of being in recession than avoiding it. so they should be conservative right now. their confidence should be down. because there s every reason out there that they s