dozen more states are expected to consider increases. joining us now, michael, thanks for being with us. happy to do it. more than 3/4 of americans, 76% would support raising the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour if it were on the ballot. that s pretty solid support and i guess the midterms and 2016, is there a counter to it? will the republicans push back on this? i think there would be a counter pushback from the republicans, especially republicans who believe deeply that raise a rise in the minimum wage would actually hurt employment and cause small businesses especially to employ fewer people to layoff people which they will see as a good thing. that will be their argument. i think the president and his party are counting on the fact that as you suggested the polls seem to be so positive from
to stay home and raise kids? or does it help romney to dig his way out of the mess he s in with female voters. i m asking. do you think he ll use this as long as he can? what time is it. we have about another 12 hours in the news cycle. i expect it will carry on at least until the end of today or tofrl it is a long way from where he is now with the female vote to where he wants to be. there is a lot of counter pushback on the ann romney story and the fact that she is the wife of a wealthy husband. he has money to spare. they can afford whatever help they need to raise the children. versus the working class women who have to struggle and scrape and work jobs along with raising children. so i think the outrage factor will siller down and the real issues will take root. it is not just women the obama campaign is targeting. vice president joe biden hit the trail in new hampshire to coin a new phrase, the so-called romney