And first to front page politics, this weekend both president obama and mitt romney are preparing for mondays third and final debate, but not before some contentious campaigning on friday. The president unleashed a new line of attack during a rally in virginia, pointing a new term for governor romneys shift of position on several key issues. Hes changing up so much and backtrack inand sidestep in, weve got to weve got to weve got to name this condition that hes going through. I think i i think its called rom indonesia. Romnesia. Heres what mitt romney said to the crowd in daytona beach, florida. They have no agenda for the future, no agenda for america, no agenda for the second term. Its a good thing they wont have a second term. They have theyve been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. New today, the Salt Lake Tribune has announced its endorsement of president obama. The paper cited a number of reasons, including the president s stimulus spending, Auto Industry bailout and
The real clear politics poll of poll shows it extreme close, and a look at the Electoral College projection shows it is razorthin. With this debate as the last big scheduled event before november 6th, to quote vp joe biden, this is a big fing deal. Lets start with luke russert. Now that his Baseball Team is waiting until next year, well concentrate on this election. Cheap shot. My Baseball Team is on break, too. Were in the same boat. Back in d. C. , what are the socalled insiders telling you about whats going on with this race . Its interesting, toure. Obviously, very close in the battleground states. The importance of this debate tonight, republicans that ive spoken to today have said the following. Mitt romney has to try to expose barack obama on the issue of libya. He has to try and raise questions about Barack Obamas policies in the middle east, and try to implement in voters minds perhaps this guy who takes all this creditor killing Osama Bin Laden, though it was honorable and gr
tonight even though the debate is about foreign policy, you can expect close and frequent tie-ins to the economy. the economy is the story not just here but globally. our next guest writes that the so-called superrich are the driving force behind income inequality. she s not talking about the 1% but instead the far more elite .1%. if you want to understand what s happening to middle class and low income households, you need to know what s happening in the house of have. joining us is christa friedland the author of the new book. thanks for stopping by. i guess the first question is we have heard about the top 1%. this is the top 1% of the top 1% or top 10% of the top 1%.
the real clear politics poll of poll shows it extreme close, and a look at the electoral college projection shows it is razor-thin. with this debate as the last big scheduled event before november 6th, to quote vp joe biden, this is a big f-ing deal. let s start with luke russert. now that his baseball team is waiting until next year, we ll concentrate on this election. cheap shot. my baseball team is on break, too. we re in the same boat. back in d.c., what are the so-called insiders telling you about what s going on with this race? it s interesting, toure. obviously, very close in the battleground states. the importance of this debate tonight, republicans that i ve spoken to today have said the following. mitt romney has to try to expose barack obama on the issue of libya. he has to try and raise questions about barack obama s policies in the middle east, and try to implement in voters minds perhaps this guy who takes all this creditor killing osama bin laden, though
million just from that. that s about $3.4 billion in total. now, national retail federation is saying that the average american is probably going to spend about $421 just to compare that. okay. well, thank you for that. we appreciate it. well, actually forget the 1%. there s a new book out which says that it s the 0.1% that we should really be worried about. plutocrats, the rise in the new global super rich and the fall of everyone else looks at how the local economy has put the money and power in the hands of an increasingly smaller group of international billionaires leaving the rest of us in the lurch. joining me now is the author, christa friedland, digital editor for for royalreuters. this society don t travel in anything but private jets right now. who are these people and why are they causing our downfall?