Surrogates claiming that mitt romney now carries the momentum into the homestretch. That was bushs education czar. The Romney Campaign even put out a web video titled momentum. Three minutes plus it intercuts lots of patriotic scenes with lots of shots of smiling mitt and his pal paul ryan. Two guys totally opposed to gay marriage who look like theyre about to announce one anticipating that a tide of dissolution voters will easily sweep them into office. However, the numbers suggest that while this race is exceptionally tight momentum may be more of a talking point for the Romney Campaign than an actual fact. True, the latest abc News Washington post poll shows romney leading president obama by 3 points and governor romney enjoys the same lead over the president in gallups sevenday tracking poll. But romney has been up as much as seven points in gallups National Polling so it dropped to three from seven doesnt exactly sound like momentum right now. Looking at the allimportant swing sta
[ theme ] stephanie oh, pardon me. Ive just doodling a picture of george w. Bush naked in the shower. Gak stephanie good morning Jacki Schechner. I love those pictures. Laura, hand me the fleshcolored crayon, would you . Stephanie at least youre not on a Carnival Cruise. I missed that story. [ laughter ] stephanie Carnival Cruise ship is on fire. Ship is currently on fire. And toilets were just up d running thisorning. Oh, that sounds so unpleasant. Stephanie Food Poisoning no toilets and the ships on fire. Other than that. Aint we got fun stephanie all right. Here she is in the current news center our news director, Jacki Schechner. The pope is stepping down. Pope benedict xvi announced this morning he will resign on february 28th. In a statement to the cardinals he cites advancing age and deteriorating health. While the move is not unprecedented, it is not common. The last pope to resign was pope gregory 12 in 1415. Pope benedict xvi has served less than eight years but is 85 years o
Way armed with the facts, and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. I want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. Stephanie miller. I said are you gonna be my girl stephanie it is the Stephanie Miller show. Welcome to it. 23 minutes after the hour. Eric boehlert from media matters, great stuff this week. Read it. Get. We continue rightwing world. Rush limbaugh. Must we . Okay. Unemployment benefits are paid to people who are not working. And when theyre not working what are they doing . Theyre watching television. Theyre reading tmz. Or theyre playing video games. Now granted theyre going out and buying stuff. Jack daniels. Smirnoff ice. Chips. Lottery tickets and so forth. Stephanie wow he has such a keen understanding. Thats exactly what they purchase. I would like to see how he would live on unemployment insurance. How long would that last . Ten minutes . Hes clinging to such an old stereotype. Hes clinging to the right wing picture of what they see
Stephanie hot brie. Yes but also stephanie i forget. Piers morgan. Really . Stephanie thats right. We went out to lunch. I saw piers morgan. I said hello. I see you in hair and makeup all the time at cnn. You didnt go like this, did you . Stephanie yes like i had a puppet on. No, i did not. We have lots of healthcare news. Well do a healthcare corner with jacki later. Here she is, Jacki Schechner. Good morning, everybody. Hope everybody had a good holiday. President obama just updated his schedule for the day. Hes holding a meeting with senior officials and cabinet members next hour. Which will reportedly lay out his plans for smarter government and then give a speech on his new management agenda just before noon. The white house says the president s going to talk about a threepronged approach, better smarter and faster delivery of government services, saving money and then also making some Government Data more transparent who helped private industry to create jobs and solve problems.
Stephanie no, i did not. Geraldo rivera did that. Stephanie he didnt have the decency to wear a hoody. You couldnt see the nether regions but you could see enough to know you could see a hint of stephanie i wondered why my google machine told me Geraldo Rivera trending. Here she is, Jacki Schechner fully clothed in the current news center. I warn you not to look. Good morning everybody. President obama shifting focus this week, will try to steer a conversation toward the economy in a series of speeches starting on wednesday. Hes going to give the speeches that are designed to highlight the benefits of the second term agenda. Priorities like healthcare, education, Immigration Reform. He will talk about ways to expand domestic manufacturing and to continue to revitize the housing sector. As a preview to wednesdays first two speeches, one at knox college in illinois and one in missouri, this highlights past economic speeches including one at knox college when he was still in the senate. P