narrative remains to be seen. christie s poll numbers have been dropping in new jersey. a poll taken before these latest charges and guilty plea shows 56% disapproval rate 38% approving. if he s losing popularity in his home state, what does that say about his national appeal? let s take a look where he stands in the field of potential gop nominees right now. there are six candidates ahead of him if we could show that poll of christie up against the other nominees. there he is at 6%. if christie is hurt more by the latest bridge scandal stories, which of the other candidates would probably gain the most? it comes down to the more moderate centrist type of republican candidate. the people like former governor bush, to some extent governor walker and of course to senator rubio who are trying to navigate that political tight rope if you will between the tea party more conservative base of the republican movement versus the
with us. steve, is this going to be the year momentum to overturn this thing reached a crescendo? yes, it will david. the year where the proverbial stuff hits the fan. you mentioned employer mandate kicks in even though it s over 100 employees. 50 to 99. those companies have to do a lot of paperwork. owners find out even if two small businesses the internal revenue service will add up the employees and hit them as well. confusion about what you can and can t duct. the cadillac tax even though it doesn t kick in for another two years. penalties tripling. companies will be raising deductibles and co-pays on that. so you re paying more getting less and that 25% rise in insurance premiums the worst thing, though, is the co-pays and deductibles, where people are getting hit and they don t know what coverage they really have. rick i know you ve seen these depressing from your point of view. look at the disapproval rate of obamacare. 59% disapprove. do you think that s going to chan
that we are the people. we are the pinnacle of power. we are the ones who decide the direction of the country. but, when we go into a voting booth and we look for a d or an r or a name that looks familiar, we really are shirking our responsibilities of being knowledgeable and we end up getting what we have. you know, congress has a 90% disapproval rate but return people to congress at a rate of 90%. which means we are obviously not doing our job. and we have to equip ourselves with with knowledge. knowledgeable is a formidable foe of hauls hood and ally of truth. it will be difficult for people to deceive us with floury words when we actually have a good understanding of what s going on. also, we, the people, must recognize that we are not each other s enemies. the real enemies are those who drive wedges into any possible crack so they can create, you know, a war on women, age wars, income
vulnerable. he only has 51% disapproval rate. a poll got a lot of attention when one showed near 60%. a lot easier to imagine you how he survives in a red state with a disapproval rating around 51. and i have a hunch that his party s base will come back together after this primary is over. also the power of seniority with mitch mcconnell. do you want to guy who would be majority leader or a senator who starts off 98, 99 seniority. also interesting to see how the health care law plays in to it. nate cohen, you do great work. thanks so much for joining us. now another number in today s data bank. 1146. p that s how many irs employees who owed back taxes received bonuses from october 2010 to december 2012. more than 2800 workers were awarded more than $2.8 million
is nothing, no other thing they can do other than that and hope and i think they will. i do think over time that the economy, if it really is recovering and we have been here before, but if it is, it will accumulate as long as health care looks like it s working again. david, i m sure that all of us get the health care number and the disapproval rate because of the website follow-up and everything leak. that anecdotally, if you walk around, stumble around an american city like chicago or boston or any other number of cities in between, i never hear, my ear does not hear health care first. it hears j.o.b.. the most important word in the english language and can i sell my house or buy a house? so what s up with these polls? all the coverage for the last several months has been about the health care law and the problems with the website. that has to have an impact on people s attitudes. i think it has. i think it s interesting there