grandholm. jennifer: oh, right. jennifer: we re going to start with big news on the campaign front today. mitt romney who staked his entire campaign on the premise that he would do a better job on the economy than the president, is now trailing the president on the issue of the wait for it the economy. that s right. likely voters think the president would be best on the economy, 47-46. that s a narrow lead but it s the first time the president has lead on this pivotal issue on the campaign. and this news comes as the administration stakes another major step to shore up the economy. ben bernanke announced a plan yesterday to buy mortgage backed securities which would help the housing market and overall economy as well. and the fed said it s not going to stop acting until the unemployment rate going down. hallelujah if congress won t act at least the fed will. and mitt romney immediately criticized the move. i think we have to have a leadership in washington that en
grandholm. jennifer: oh, right. jennifer: we re going to start with big news on the campaign front today. mitt romney who staked his entire campaign on the premise that he would do a better job on the economy than the president, is now trailing the president on the issue of the wait for it the economy. that s right. likely voters think the president would be best on the economy, 47-46. that s a narrow lead but it s the first time the president has lead on this pivotal issue on the campaign. and this news comes as the administration stakes another major step to shore up the economy. ben bernanke announced a plan yesterday to buy mortgage backed securities which would help the housing market and overall economy as well. and the fed said it s not going to stop acting until the unemployment rate going down. hallelujah if congress won t act at least the fed will. and mitt romney immediately criticized the move. i think we have to have a leadership in washington that en
so, picture this: a political candidate running in a national race with this kind of approval rating plummeting over the last year from 24, really crummy to a measly 10% today. that is a lower favor ability rating than paris hilton, lower than the iraq war. the only person who has got a lower approval rating is fidel castro. this is not a winning candidate. political advisors would probably say to this person, maybe you should consider another line of work. so who is this deeply flawed mystery candidate? da-dah da-dah: congress since the tea party took the house in 2010, congress has congress s already crummy approval itrating has taken a nose dive. who is the leader of the flawed tea party congress? actually not speaker john boehner. in reality, the de facto leader of the house republican caulk caucus is paul ryan. ryan has been a leader in congress s refusal to compromise with president obama and the democrats. he publically trashed the deficit deal. he which of course
so, picture this: a political candidate running in a national race with this kind of approval rating plummeting over the last year from 24, really crummy to a measly 10% today. that is a lower favor ability rating than paris than the iraq war. the only person who has got a lower approval rating is fidel castro. this is not a winning candidate. political advisors would probably say to this person, maybe you should consider another line of work. so who is this deeply flawed mystery candidate? da-dah da-dah: congress since the tea party took the house in 2010, congress has congress s already crummy approval itrating has taken a nose dive. who is the leader of the flawed tea party congress? actually not speaker john boehner. in reality, the de facto leader of the house republican caulk caucus is paul ryan. ryan has been a leader in congress s refusal to compromise with president obama and the democrats. he publically trashed the deficit deal. he which of course led us close t
mitt romney is at it again making statements on foreign soil. this seemed to contradict official policy whale offending entire populations. this time it s the palestinians. but really here is my question. are these gaffes? or are they maybe finely tuned admissions. mitt romney told donors in israel that they re palestinianing are poorer than israelis because of their cultural. you notice the stark difference in economic vitality, culture makes all the difference. unsurprisingly an palestineen official called the remarks racist. why would romney say that in a speech? he simply could have been clueless, but he could be pleasing one of his biggest campaign down e sheldon adelson. he adamantly opposes the palestinian state and said that the u.s. should not increase aid to the palestinian states. and he could not have been more pleased at the speech. take a listen. any thoughts on the speech. yes, i liked it. he added 1 trillion-dollar in his campaign in the three days tha