clinton nominated her to be the ambassador to the u.n. and then secretary of state. she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. let s take a look back at her remarkable life. by the time madeline albrecht became secretary of state, she raised a family and had a full career, but this second act of becoming the country s first female secretary of state in 1977 was historic. this is a dream come true. working to shape several moment in history. born the daughter of a czech dip diplomat. she graduated from wellesley and advised presidential candidate, michael ducacus.
did not do that poorly in the house races there. unless it was beto that inflated those numbers. let s look at the context. yeah, it s a fascinating table because we are going to be talking about the polls from now all the way up to the primary, and what we see is actually most of the time the polls, at least in the recent history have done a good job of getting who the nominee was going to be, whether it be hillary clinton, barack obama, or al gore. so it shouldn t be surprising giving where some are polling, but michael ducacus was polling at 1% at this point in 1988 and went on and won the nomination. by and large it s good to be first or second in the polls? i would rather be at the top instead of the bottom. we are talking about new year s resolution. you have important numbers.
how about you? oh, i m a bears fan. she s a chicago boy. i ll give you the highlights. there you go. okay, drew. thanks a lot. drew griffin here in studio 7 for suzanne malveaux, who s over in afghanistan. let s get you up to speed. new numbers out today provide more evidence of a very weak job market. the number of americans filing first-time claims rose. it was up to 414,000 last week. why is that important? economists say the number needs to fall below 400,000 to reduce the unemployment rate, which is stuck at 9.1%. president obama lays out his jobs plan tonight. our special coverage, obvious, beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern. republican front runner rick perry made his debate debut last night. quickly, it became clear that he and former massachusetts governor mitt romney were willing to slug it out. we created more jobs in the last three months in texas than he created in four yeast in massachusetts. it s is a great state. texas has zero income texas. governor