according to our polls. joining me now, susan page. 58% identified health care as their biggest objection and biggest concern. it s not only clear that it s their biggest concern when they look at the president, it s clear it s really hurting president obama s standing on issues like is he trustworthy, is he a strong leader, can he get things done. it has cost the president a lot. this last fall has been hard on kathleen sebelius, hard on barack obama as well. even though people are more positive now about the economy and the economy improving, they re not giving obama any credit, the president any credit for the economy. it seems to be sort of the backlash from the health care rollout. here s the hope the white house has. as the health care rollout goes a little better, and it is going better, if that continues, then people will notice more that the economy is working and be more willing to give president obama some of the credit for it. you know, historically, the
is the takeaway? it is that last number that you showed, 59% of americans saying things are going badly in the country, that s a 9% increase from the same question that we asked back in april, so it goes to show you at this point, even though there s talk about the economy improving, if it s improving at all, americans out there don t think it s improving and what s really interesting is that when we asked this question, we asked it of course all across the country, and that is the sentiment all across the country, whether you live in the northeast, the midwest, down south, whether you re a woman, whether you re a man, whether you re black, whether you re white, it doesn t matter, doesn t matter what your income level is. you think things are going bad in the country. in addition to that, politically, though, if you re a democrat, you actually think things are getting better and if you go across the political spectrum if you re a republican, you really have a bad outlook on the econo
and a record. look into your crystal ball. is this sustainable? i assume this is a no, how long will this go? if i had that crystal ball, look, i asked one of the biggest investors in the world. i said, you got stocks up so much this year, more than 20% for the dow, 30% for the nasdaq. s&p up big time. can it go on forever? here s what mohammed told me. at some point, you need to get off this wave. because this wave cannot last forever. no one can tell you whether it s within the next few months or years. at these levels of valuations, we think it s about trying to take money off the table and be more cautious. there are plenty of analysts who disagree with him, who say the valuation of the market is not overvalued. 16 times the s&p, right in line with history. you still have the fed and an economy improving.
congressman, good morning. good morning, chris. the approval of congress, i don t know if you heard it, 5%. military families are going on local tv. they aren t getting death benefits because of this shutdown. john mccain says we ought to be ashamed. is he right? well, he is correct because i think the government needs to function. and right now it s not. you ve got this tea party group that really doesn t believe in government and doesn t believe in folks working together to get compromise. i think if you read paul krugman, which i do, you ve got to have a middle class. the economy improving gets us out of our debt problem. and our debt ratio to gdp is not that great compared to other times. and they re hurting the economy, which is hurting the deficit, which is hurting the middle class and that s just wrong. i think both sides agree that this is probably not great for the economy, so the question is how do you get there? republicans are now saying very publicly in op-ed, on t
literally. and if populations growing, demand is growing. if demand is growing, prices are rising because supply is somewhat limited, and we have to get away from reading an uptick in house prices as a reason to throw a party because, right behind it, is going to be a seasonal downtick in home sales and if that turns us into a depressed society because we re getting faked out by every little bump in the road, people can have faith in its housing in america, going to recover, but we ought to focus on things like the economy improving. the housing market will be ahead of itself if over the last few years this country had been more business-friendly. we talked about this. reduce taxes, please. reduce regulations. don t make me feel like a shoe is going to drop. i don t seive that changing. neil: thank you. orders up. massive walkout on. how unions are getting into the minimum wage fight.