vinnie, good to see you both. it s not just low approval ratings for the president but john fund of the wall street journal pointed this out, in his home state of illinois, his home state, a poll there finds that by a substantial margin, voters are less likely to support a candidate endorsed by barack obama. is the president hurting his own party? you know, i don t think, gregg, that this is any different than you ve had incumbent presidents historically, particularly in modern history. i worked in that first cycle when bill clinton was president and he wasn t very popular after that first 18 months. president obama has spent a lot of his political capital to make head way and progress on health care, on financial reform, on a lot of his accomplishments, so it s not shocking that that is sent down. what is more interesting, if i m doing a straight analysis on a congressional race is who is really going to show up and i think you ll find, and this is true historically, if you re run
hurricane named martha. martha: or, gregg, too nice of a name, thank you, janice. gregg: this year, eggs and meat, and, the food you eat, is it safe and who is keeping an eye on that. martha: and does your child have trouble sleeping without a teddy bear, a certain stuffed animal that is a favorite? what about your husband or boyfriend? why one in four men. gregg: come on. martha: i m not kidding, carrying a cuddly something with them when they travel. you do not want to miss that. i m not kidding you. gregg: na, maybe a blanky! boss gonna be great. got the gecko t-shirt. 4 million drivers switched! gecko water bottle. notebook. chamois. gecko: sir, i feel a little bit uncomfortable with all. you know. with all this. i mean, it s not about me. should be about how geico s the third-largest car insurance company in the nation. things like that.
administration officials today who say a couple of things, first of all, all of these issues about whether or not to set transition phase deadline, set a withdrawal date for removing the surge forces was debated and the president made a decision, and, every stake holder in the conversation leading up to the decision is carrying out and believes it is the right policy and as you said at the introduction, the administration believes if you don t set a deadline in afghanistan, things will continue to linger and linger and linger and this afghan forces will not have a sense of immediacy about getting trained and preparing to step into the breach that will be left by the u.s. military and the nato forces and thirdly, administration officials say, look, the debate gets circular after a while and i don t need to tell you, our audience, gregg, the last couple of months, in afghanistan have been extremely dangerous and deadly for u.s. and nato forces. the casualty numbers are increasing. the a
that. it is a very bad week. let s start with yesterday s housing numbers. down 27% the sale of existing homes and i have to tell you, if you dig within the numbers you will see one in five of those meager sales that were reported, ber in fact foreclosure sales, forced sales and it was probably even worse than that, raw number, implies. a half-hour ago we got new figures on the sales of dishwashers and microwaves and big ticket gregg: durable goods. that is the technical name, very very, disappointing. the lowest level since january of this year, now, fast forward to friday of this week, we get a new reading on the overall economy, likely to show we have virtually no growth at all. only maybe 1% of growth. that is it. this economy is stagnating and it is spiraling down, and the housing market is in disarray, and we are not spending our money. very bad week. gregg: and it looks like a lot
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