he spent the last year saying this is not an accurate unemployment rate. it s 4.8%. this is his baseline. my guess is sean spicer will be asked about this if they accept this as the real number. this is great starting point. it s tough to get lower than 4.8%. that s pretty much at full employment. the new cbs new york times poll, cbs poll, president had 40% aapproval. 48% disapprove. you mention the word baseline. he starts here. you can say that s horrible. he s under water. you could flip that coin and say that s where he starts and you get good economic news like this, there s only one way to go. we know how much he cares about ratings and people liking
yesterday in iowa puts him at 6% in iowa. the cbs new york times poll that is a national poll that came out last night puts him at 6% nationwide. jeb bush s numbers just continue to smell. whatever he s doing to try to turn around his campaign, it s not working. and on top of that, he got this very depressing headline today at politico.com, which was first to report on the closing of one jeb bush supporting super pac. the super pac called vamos for jeb. they explained to politico, they were a super pac designed to showcase hispanic support for jeb bush. quote, when jeb bush first announced he was going to run, we thought he was going to be the president to go for it and unite hispanics with americans. obviously, that is slightly awkward phrasing, but i think we know what she means there, maybe. but then obviously donald trump came in the picture and changed everything. completely changed everything. and so therefore, vamos for jeb
vote for him. there is a difference there. still have a year to go. if they did that, there are some people making the argument, let s just go ahead and lose them. if we lose the election, let s at least keep the senate and house and let s focus on 2020. that s already can the gop afford to do that? the secret here is trump isn t actually winning what people think of as the republican base. he s winning some but a big chunk of the vote is self-described moderate and liberal republicans, which doesn t mean that they are liberal necessarily in the way that, you know, maybe people that read the new york times understand the term but they are often working class and disaffected white men in the midwest and northeast, voters some of whom stayed home in 2012 rather than vote for mitt romney and not a conkntitconconsit
journal said did donald trump s comments frequently insulting and he has the wrong approach on many issues? 41% agreed. 24% agreed with this statement. trump s manner and language bother me but he s raising important issues. so they may oppose 6 in 10 may oppose the plan but trump still has considerable support. also new changes in the republican race. dramatic changes and again, trump is on top. this is from a cbs new york times poll. trump staying on top with 35% but cruise and carson, especially if i bring in october numbers you see the difference. donald trump up from october. ted cruz quadrupled up from 16% and ben carson support is cut in half and marco rubio and rand paul finishing the top five in the republican race. that s a big shift but again in the national poll, yet another one, anderson, showing donald trump remains with a commanding lead. i know one of the polls asked potential voters to describe their feelings of if donald
inflammatory remarks about latinos, women, and now muslims, many say he wouldn t stand a chance in a general election. you re not at all concerned about him being the nominee? no, i want him to be president of the united states. reporter: johnny arnold thinks trump could take democrat hillary clinton in a match-up. when it comes to immigration and debt, when it comes to defending our country, i feel like he s stronger than she is. reporter: despite what some republicans are saying, no one here told us tonight they thought trump was hurting his party. he s trying to make america great again and i think he s doing it his way on his own the way he would work in business. reporter: and you think that s playing well in the party, not driving people away from the party? i think it s playing well with the public. and the party will i guess be determined at the convention. reporter: about that new york times cbs poll showing among all registered voters, 40% say a trump presiden