that may be a longer term strategy and the problem is people are being killed in the short-term. jim, the economy, the number one issue for the elections in 2012, europe, obviously, coming into play. do you think the media are making the connection for voters between what s going on in europe and this country? i think they re covering the euro thing pretty heavily, i think that s getting a lot and what is astonishing to me, the dog that didn t bark, the egyptian semi coup and the egypt s old guard, if that s not a snooze headline, nobody has any idea. and the fact that they overturned the civilian government and that would be news to me, but i think the problem media, a, realized nobody cares and they also don t want to force the obama administration into doing something about it ab we ve got enough to chew on. and goes against their narrative, change is coming and wasn t supposed to happen
i m ali velshi. welcome to your money. americans are split on whether they would vote for mitt romney over president obama if romney is the republican nominee. but they are solidly behind the gop front runner when it comes to the crucial issue of who can get the economy moving. a cnn opinion research corporation poll finds just 40% say that president obama can get this economy moving, while more than half of those polls believed that mitt romney has what it takes. now, this polling data leads me to the most important economic issue of all, and that is jobs. more than 100,000 jobs have been added in each of the last six months. it is not enough. it is not enough, but it is steady improvement. nothing means more to how americans feel about the economy than whether they have a job or know someone who just got a job or conversely, someone who lost a job. let s head to south carolina and bring in cnn contributor will cane, a good friend of our show. will, as a conservative, are
an excellent job being steadfast and holding their ground and staring down papandreou. it is messy and a muddle. but the world can deal with a muddle but not chaos. maybe the world cannot deal with the euro thing and not worth the struggle and expense and fight and the idea of getting a united states of europe didn t make sense on paper and hard to execute in reality and by the very criteria that the european union uses, only germany fits it perfectly . france so it is sort of like the fancy golf club that keeps cutting membership fees to get you to join to stay in it. is it really worth it? i think all of the european countries had to vote again, they might not do this. it is too late to turn back now. why?
dominance, including names on the screen, when they translate sales overseas they are getting less bang for the buck because the dollar is richer here so it boomerangs and ironically that helps the euro, wouldn t it so everybody is cool, right? guest: well, the euro is the problem, so, the feeling is if it helps the euro it is hurting the world. the euro is a destructive force. neil: do you see the euro thing falling apart, that is what is going on, it is disintegrating and they are trying to make the rules more lenient but very few pass muster to be in the club and greeks will be just the first to be kicked out voluntarily or forcibly and others follow, right? guest: well, yes, but the trouble is the debt. the problem is the spinoff of this is huge, the debt problems, and pushing resex interest depression. the real answer in my personal opinion is the euro should be