so this is a money play. if mr. obama is showing you the money, you like him. if he is taking it away from you, you don t. i know i m oversimplifying. this is the essence of the presidential job approval numbers. unless obama care turns out to be a stunning success, which would give lou dobbs a heart attack and then he would have to have obama care to get treated, mr. obama will not be treated kindly by history. primarily because the economy is so soft. take home pay for working americans is actually dropping. on that issue and others, a fox news poll breaks this way. on the president s health vision had 5% approve. 51% disapprove. on iran, 42% approve. 46% disapprove. on the economy, 40% approve, 56% disapprove. syria, 38% approve, 51% disapprove. on the federal deficit, 35% approve, 59% disapprove. based on those numbers, the president s overall job approval rating should be
doing worse than he did that same poll a month or two months ago. in almost every poll obama is trending down. it s not that romney is doing such a great job. it s that obama s campaign strategy is so horrible he is alienating voters every day. bill: what campaign? gay marriage,. bill: do you think gay marriage is a campaign strategy. it s a strategy to get money. bill: he doesn t need any money. he needs money. bill: why? he does, bill. bill: look at all the money he has in the bank. by the time election day happens, given the trend lines we are looking at republicans and their pacs will have twice the money obama does. bill: you think it s a money play. pure money play? republic packs are a 5 to 1 ahead of the democratic pacs, super pacs. bill: what about george soros? he could write out a check but he hasn t. and in terms of the candidates, owe boom that has the lead. but at this point, in 19 at this point in 2008, he had
doing worse than he did that same poll a month or two months ago. in almost every poll obama is trending down. it s not that romney is doing such a great job. it s that obama s campaign strategy is so horrible he is alienating voters every day. bill: what campaign? gay marriage,. bill: do you think gay marriage is a campaign strategy. it s a strategy to get money. bill: he doesn t need any money. he needs money. bill: why? he does, bill. bill: look at all the money he has in the bank. by the time election day happens, given the trend lines we are looking at republicans and their pacs will have twice the money obama does. bill: you think it s a money play. pure money play? republic packs are a 5 to 1 ahead of the democratic pacs, super pacs. bill: what about george soros? he could write out a check but he hasn t. and in terms of the candidates, owe boom that has the lead. but at this point, in 19 at this point in 2008, he had
doing worse than he did that same poll a month or two months ago. in almost every poll obama is trending down. it s not that romney is doing such a great job. it s that obama s campaign strategy is so horrible he is alienating voters every day. bill: what campaign? gay marriage,. bill: do you think gay marriage is a campaign strategy. it s a strategy to get money. bill: he doesn t need any money. he needs money. bill: why? he does, bill. bill: look at all the money he has in the bank. by the time election day happens, given the trend lines we are looking at republicans and their pacs will have twice the money obama does. bill: you think it s a money play. pure money play? republic packs are a 5 to 1 ahead of the democratic pacs, super pacs. bill: what about george soros? he could write out a check but he hasn t. and in terms of the candidates, owe boom that has the lead. but at this point, in 19 at this point in 2008, he had
romney. enough is enough. this could tilt it over. dr. sabato, here is what i don t understand politically speaking. president obama is not going to get one vote by coming out in favor of gay marriage. not one. all liberal people who were going to vote for him anyway. is he raising more money. now if it were a money play maybe that is something to consider. certainly he raised when he came out than a million dollars in less than 24 hours or whatever it may be. but, as i, you know, ms. omero and i were discussed the swing state independents are now going to swing more to romney based on, this i believe. well, to the extent that this is still an issue in october and november, bill, it is early may i think it s an election fundamentally about the economy. there is going to be 130 to 140 million americans who have going to vote in november. yes, the vast majority will vote based on economics. there will be millions who will center their vote around social issues, whether it s