you. next tuesday is election day. next tuesday a lot of you will go to the polls and stand there in the polling place and make a decision. i think when you make that decision it might be well if you would ask yourself, are you better off than you were four years ago? is it easier for you to go and buy things in the store than it was four years ago? is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? is america as respected throughout the world as it was? megyn: well it is a question ronald reagan made famous. are you better off than you were four years ago. now a new poll that asks that very question could spell a new challenge for the white house. the cbs new york times poll finds just 20% of americans feel their family s financial situation is better today than
back. if we leave two years from now or four years from now, does th reduce does that road the odds? and if answer is no. they have to come out and speed up the withdraw. you are increasingly saying more republicans saying we have to get out of there, but notable the new york times said that the united states that is a vital interest in ensuring that afghanistan is not a launching path for terrorists and should continue to see if there s a process for withdrawal. the wall street journal saying that one soldier s actions should not influence. that is the excuse, we sacrifice so much, does that give us an excuse to sacrifice
substantial stand here. it s one of the biggest rally cry that you can hear is that america is not tough enough on china. people are starting to worry about united states s role in the global economy so i think it s smart for the president to start to talk about his message on china. absolutely important for independent voters. the problem i think for his press conference today is he is starting to see events popping up outside of his control. he had to talk about the killings in afghanistan that happened early we are in week. he is going to have to talk about gas prices and he will have to talk to those events that are not in his control. and it s his response that voters are watching. we have a cbs new york times
martha: it could be a major milestone for president obama s approval ratings and it continue come at a more crucial time in this race. i think there will be a lot of crucial moments as we head through the rest of this race. this is a look at the approval number for press from the cbs new york times poll. he s at 50%. that is a level he hasn t seen in quite sometime. not since may of 2010, accept for the brief bump he got for the killing of osama bin laden. americans showing increased faith in an economic turn around. we are show happy to be joined by sarah palin, former governor of alaska, former vice presidental candidate and a former fox news contributor. so glad to have you in the studio. glad to be here. martha: talk to me a little bit about that. for republicans and conservatives they look at that number. it s got to make them nervous. as people start to feel, maybe there is some light at the end of the tunnel, maybe i should stick with the guy that we ve got. the way i m look
have to all care about. and i think that part of the american dream, however shredded it has been, has been upward mobility and we are seeing that to decline. with all the republican attacks on europe, you still have higher levels of mobility in europe. but in terms of the safety net. what struck me in this new york times article last sunday which was powerful about the geographic of safety benefits was critics, even critics of benefits rely on it. and the fact that states with the most anti-government state officials are receiving more safety benefits. there s something very powerful in the la30 years of government with bashing. look how the government handled the bank bail outs, it s not working in some cases but at a time when businesses nor consumers are investing or