look at this here. 40% of the vote in new hampshire between the two candidates. both are leading contenders when they say second choice. for this to be settled this warren/sanders fight has to happen eventually, right? it does. part of what is something is as similar as they are ideologically, they don t always seem to pull from the same voters. i know it s early. eye dee logically you re right, they are similar. but elizabeth warren seems to pull from a more establishment wing of the democratic party at this point, which is really interesting because i don t know that s where everyone thinks her opinions seem to align. she seems to win over more and more of the finance sector crowd you have been hearing, which given her policies is really interesting.
. that s very much in line with expectations. this is going to shave something like, oh, maybe three-tenths of a point off gdp growth. that may not send like a lot. but it s billions of dollars. as you mentioned, the back pay is interesting. we have decided, and i think it was a good decision, to pay people for their furloughed work. so they re going to get back pay for work they still to do now. that s a very unfortunate consequence of this quite foolish, politically eye dee logically political shutdown. you hear all the huge numbers. you toss them around. it painted a pretty positive picture. 204,000 jobs. unemployment rate rising 7.3%. you re throwing a buzz kill on all of that. look, one thing that didn t get quite enough attention yesterday, and i agree. that jobs number was an upside
not if you re working toward a privatized system. what is this privatized system of which you speak? a privatized va. an eye dee veterans groups immediately went through the roof about. and an easy target that ms. angle s democratic opponent harry reid took a shot at. now in another extreme proposal, sharron angle says privatize it, end the va as we know it. when she was asked whether veterans benefits like prescriptions and doctor visits would be covered if she had her way. no, not if you re working toward a privatized system. ends our promise to veterans? sharron angle, dangerous ideas that put veterans at risk. i m harry reid and i approve this message. democrat on offense against a republican s totally politically indefensibility unpopular position. result, republican runs from that position falling all over herself along the way. sharron angle, i yield the floor. i said that they could do a