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sean: 2009 brought us a new president. it saw tea parties and town halls sweep all across the country, and throughout it all, there was no shortage of scandals in washington, hollywood, and, yes, even the world of sports. al thoues andhgoing to cover tonight we will cover all the issues and much more. h joining 12. sean: 12? how many of you voted for john mccain? 12? it s split. ov ratg habarack obama s i was going to say that we should have one more obama sho person because we have a few more percentage points. let me ask you this question.th they have been saying that the recession is over. you are the american people. tell me, by a show of hands how many of you believe the recession is over? one individual. i will let you go first.idual,l why do you think it is done? ou by definition the recession is over. by employment, it s not over. and none of you think it s over, why not? we haven t created enough jobs. most of the jocks we created are in the private sect
t? i am bill o reilly. we do hope to see you again next time and remember the spin stops here. because we re definitely looking out for you. sean: 2009 brought us a new president. it saw tea parties and town halls sweep all across the country, and throughout it all, there was no shortage of scandals in washington, hollywood, and, yes, even the world of sports. tonight we re going to cover all of those issues and much more. joining me for the next hour is frank luntz, who has brought us one of his famous focus groups and they re going to be asked to share their thoughts on the past 12 months. first, we re going to turn our attention to the top economic events of 2009. before we get started, we have the main question we ve always got to ask out of this audience, how many of you voted for barack obama? 12. sean: 12? how many of you voted for john mccain? 12? it s split. actually barack obama s approval rating has fallen a lot. i was going to say we should have one more