the lowest public approval ratings than any president in modern times. he hasn t got to the basement yet. it will be lower than it is now. that s why we need to a candidate who reps conservatives and constitutional conservative positions. bret: mr. cain? this is a game and it is hypothetical. i ll play the game. if governor romney would throw out his jobs growth plan and replace it with 9, 9, 9, he has a shot. if he does not, i would probably go with speaker gingrich, who i have the greatest admiration for in all seriousness, because of his history and because of his depth of knowledge. i could go on, because i have respect for everybody up here. but it is a game.
the lowest public approval ratings than any president in modern times. he hasn t got to the basement yet. it will be lower than it is now. that s why we need to a candidate who reps conservatives and constitutional conservative positions. bret: mr. cain? this is a game and it is hypothetical. i ll play the game. if governor romney would throw out his jobs growth plan and replace it with 9, 9, 9, he has a shot. if he does not, i would probably go with speaker gingrich, who i have the greatest admiration for in all seriousness, because of his history and because of his depth of knowledge. i could go on, because i have respect for everybody up here. but it is a game.
four hours or so. morgan stanley come out with a global note cutting its global growth forecast and saying the u.s., the world is dangerously close to recession quite frankly and naming a couple of different reasons why they think that global growth will not be as strong as they thought. among them, europe s debt problems and also mentioning what they call policy mistakes in the u.s. and also the drama about the debt ceiling. they say, overall, consumer confidence, business confidence, almost this negative feedback loop we are on the verge of people being so worried and not able to break out of that. lowering their global growth forecasts and enough to shake a shaky market which bank stocks in europe are down and real concerns about the debt crisis in europe. still even after france s aaa rating was reaffirmed. an icky situation here this morning. the dax and ftse is down and cac is down also. bracing for a big sell-off this morning. saw new data from the united states. joble