that s the context we ought to put it in. shannon: leslie, how could this play out with voters in the pr battle over the numbers? you look at places like san jose out in california last week voting down some of the union perks and pensions. do you think the average person out there is now starting to question just how tough things are for public sector employees? well, as you know, whenever you take percentages, quite frankly whether it s a union employee, whether it s just a federal government employee, do we include congress in that? they are federal government employees. i d love to see congress left and right reduce their salaries. are you up for that, lars? sure, you bet. it will be what americans feel, not what the number actually is, as i ve actually said in november, on that big day, on the dave the election, what americans feel about the economy, how they feel in their own personal situation. do they feel that things have improved? and who do they trust, president obama
white working class democrats sensitive to the economy. i doubt this would be the state to put mitt romney over the top. but if wisconsin is competitive or leading romney on election day it will be a very good night for the republicans. shannon: thank you, sir. shocking new numbers from the federal reserve on how big a hit americans took and a great recession between 2011 and 2010. the median family met worth fell 40%. levels not seen since 1992. 20 years of gain gone. the main reason the housing collapse that sent home values plunging. social mobility decline which means people fell to lower income brackets than rose to higher ones. new questions over the president s healthcare law and its impact on small businesses
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we spending taxpayer money? i was against the valerie plane witch hunt as well by the way why are we spending taxpayer money, time on this to prove nothing, really? they ve said the program is a bad program and it doesn t exist any more. why are they tying up so much of government time on this issue, except for the fact that they want to go after attorney general holder to hurt barack obama. shannon: tony, let me ask you this. any chance that this back tphaoeurs on the g.o.p.? they ve been very vocal. they have hammered this again and again, this is the response from the doj yesterday. chairman issa has distorted the facts, ignored testimony and flung facts at the attorney general and others that has so many americans disallusioned with washington. any chance it blows up in their face. absolutely there is a chance it s going to blow up in their face, which is exactly while kirsten s point and the point the doj tries to make that this
he doesn t need a new speech he needs the economy to improve. the net worth of americans net worth has fallen by 40%. americans have known it for a long time. people believe their housing values have collapsed and they are look for something to turn it around. shannon: we have other polls that we can look at. let s look at pennsylvania. that has been back and forth. it s been very close. in the most recent polling we see president obama maintains a lead there. but you think about issues through ohio as well. why do you think the president is still on top in those particular states? this has been a fairly safe democratic state in recent elections. you have two big urban areas philadelphia and pittsburgh hat give the president the lead at