numbers from zillow.com. median home prices in iowa up 14% since the 2007 peak in housing prices. average housing prices are down more than 30%. yet you have them up in iowa. it is stunning. partly because of state s ethanol and farm based econ me. now the economy is still not doing great. there are a lot of issues there. voters may be less concerned about it than say florida, or south carolina where unemployment its 10%. how big a role the economy played in deciding who to support tomorrow is something we ll be watching and doing that with the help of our magic wall. gloria borger will be with us. write down a new name for this. john king has a magic wall. i don t want to do anything. we can fling things on to the other wall. we can catch, throw. this is sort of an acrobatic wall. maybe. come up with a name. but there is all the things we can do. faces we can show. a couple things i know you are
against the global trend saying manufacturing is going to grow in this country in 2012 and the second biggest economy in the world, china, biggest competition to the u.s., but we need them, is also seeing gains in manufacturing. that would be fantastic news. well it has been 150 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? well, the economy is a big issue in this election, but in iowa it may not be issue number one. all right. let s take a look at what we have data on the economy. look at unemployment in iowa. it s pretty amazing. you ve got unemployment down and housing prices are up. look at the jobless rate in iowa. 5.7%. that is almost three points lower than the national average of 8.6. but the number that really stood out to me when we ran the numbers from zillow.com. median home prices in iowa up 14% since the 2007 peak in national housing prices. average housing prices are down more than 30% in this country yet up in iowa. that s stunning.
federal reserve told out front something i think is way more important. the united states is going against the global trend saying manufacturing is going to grow in this country in 2012 and the second biggest economy in the world, china, biggest competition to the u.s., but we need them, is also seeing gains in manufacturing. that would be fantastic news. well it has been 150 days since the u.s. lost its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back? well, the economy is a big issue in this election, but in iowa it may not be issue number one. all right. let s take a look at what we have data on the economy. look at unemployment in iowa. it s pretty amazing. you ve got unemployment down and housing prices are up. look at the jobless rate in iowa. 5.7%. that is almost three points lower than the national average of 8.6. but the number that really stood out to me when we ran the numbers from zillow.com. median home prices in iowa up 14% since the 2007 peak in
front. well, good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett. out front tonight from cnn s election center. an episode of survivor how republican presidential candidate, rick santorum described the iowa caucuses. here is the thing about iowa, no offense, iowa, you are really important. you are also small. only 2 million registered voters. 640,000 republicans. if the 2008 caucuses were an in caution of what is a head for tomorrow, only about 100 tough those republicans will actually go out on a cold january night to cast their votes. and those who do, only a 50% success rate when it actually comes to picking the eventual nominee. so what s all the hype about iowa? the bottom line is it has a huge influence in who stays and doesn t stay in the presidential race. maybe small, but it packs one big punch. listen to candidates today. they know what is really at stake tomorrow. we are not looking for a chief executive officer for this country. we re looking for a commander-in-chief. w
good evening, from cnn s election center because, yes, it has begun and it s an episode of survivor. at least that s how republican presidential candidate rick santorum described the iowa caucuses. here is the thing about iowa. no offense, iowa, you re really important but you re also small. only 2 million registered voters. 640,000 of them republicans. and if the 2008 caucuses were an indication of what s ahead for tomorrow, only about 100,000 of those republicans will actually go out on a cold january night to cast their votes. those who do, it only is a 50% success rate when it actually comes to picking the eventual nominee. so, what s all the hype about iowa? the bottom line is, it has a huge influence in who stays and doesn t stay in a presidential race. it may be small but it packs one big punch. listen to the candidates today. they know what s really at stake tomorrow. we are not looking for a chief executive officer. for this country. we re looking for a commander i