this is like one of the sort of arranged marriages, we don t know what the groom is going to be but we know who the bride will be. the vice presidential candidate, i think, will be rubio. i think first of all he s brilliant and he s a solid conservative and impresses everybody when he speaks and has quite a background but critically he s the key to winning the latino vote and the florida vote. obama s weakest link in the base that he put together that got him elected in 2008 is among latinos. his job approval among latinos according to gallup has dropped from 85% in may of 2009 to 44% now. just a tough above the national level and that means if you put a latino on that ticket, you have a very good chance of actually carrying the hispanic vote which not only would be significant in this election, it might flip that entire growing
strategist, krystal ball, former congressional candidate and msnbc contributor and reuters editor at lafrg, christya freeland. for the while, the jobs talk will political value. it appears the lauhalf life is rapidly declining as people realize it is little more than talk. how much longer will the talk be tolerated and what about the response to its obvious hamm hollow or rhetoric nature be? this week, totally hollow. we had at the beginning of the week the debt ceiling deal, effectively washington tying its hands saying there will be no job creation. really, when you think about what kind of government, what can they do to actually create job, the government can create jobs. set up an infrastructure bank. the government could stop firing people. since may of 2009, half a million government workers have lost their jobs.
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a deadly day for some of our bravest americans in uniform. two americans died while conducting operations in northern iraq. so far this month, 11 u.s. troops have died in combat related conditions in iraq the of the highest related combat deaths since may of 2009. the scheduled withdrawal from iraq set for the end of december. in libya, where some of our american pilots continue their mission with n.a.t.o. in the skies, new reports of a major push by the anti-government rebels on the battlefield. opposition fighters claim they re making significant advances to the forces loyal to muammar gaddafi. closing in on the key city 50 miles from the capital. our rick leventhal from misurata, rick? the opposition fighters have suffered extensive casualties over more than four
policy at the end of this year, although there s a possibility the u.s. and iraqi governments could amend their current agreement and the troops could stay for a while longer. this is the deadliest day for americans in iraq since may of 2009, when five americans were also killed. six were killed the month before, in april of 09. meantime, iraqis are also falling victim to the continued violence in their country. there was a suicide bombing in tikrit today that killed at least 13 people, according to reuters, 15 others were wounded in that attack, a car bomb attack, meantime, in baghdad, a roadside bomb attack, and car bomb explosion, and a seige of check points, all of that today, in the various attacks, five iraqis cold killed, 16 others injured. jenna: taking to you florida, prosecutors in the casey anthony murder trial are now focusing on high tech forensic evidence, including a test that s never been introduced as evidence as we know it. it s measuring air samples