problems in the economy. tell us what you think. j.b., first. that s why we have nicknames. j.b., then fifty. i think it s a fair assessment. i think in some ways the report looks weaker to me than the positive reactions. the 175,000 on payroll nice job control room. sorry. go ahead. it was a bit of the 175,000 on payroll is a bit above what people expected. i like to think the average of the trend in the payroll. 130,000 per month over the past three months, it s a down shift in the rate of job growth, if you go back six or 12 months before that. i am concerned. there s weather in here. that s part of the story as well. but, certainly better than expected, not great. what do you make of it, peter? i want your take as well.
us of all the ways that we are united as one american family. we are back. the president and his republican opponent both canceled their campaign stops today and they pulled the negative ads from television stations in colorado. for an assessment of how candidates handleded the news and what impact it could have on the campaign, we ve got john heilemann and mark halperin, editor for time. both are msnbc political analysts. this is a tough thing for a presidential candidates. they re out there in the midst of a hard fought campaign. a tragedy like this happens. how did the two men handle it, do you suppose? well, it s always a tough thing to do. certainly, they re in high gear and have been in high combat the last couple of weeks in particular. you ve got a down shift and change tone pretty quick.
programs that don t work are now obsolete and we should eliminate. there is programs to eliminate and programs to consolidate. but what is also true, if we are going to be honest about our debt and deficits, the real problem is the long- term. and now this comes as a democrats so a down shift in the public s perspective. democrats had the edge last year. 51 percent of the people believing that the democrats were keeping the country prosperous. and now the democrats number dropped ten points and republicans have gained that advantage of 43- 42 percent. and here now to discuss all of this is host of power play on fox news.comlive chris. hi, ally.