should go, they re both going up. bret: so the sense is the unemployment rate here is better than the national average. absolutely. it is. 7.2 as of june. a huge decrease. we peaked at 10.6% in 2009. so we have really come down. that is another reason. auto bail-out aside, the president says the economy is on track and recovery is underway, you buy it in ohio more easily than in other states where they haven t seen the gains we have seen. the latest poll shows obama over romney. that s the following of the unemployment rate in ohio. bret: agriculture is a big issue. how does it play? they are worried about rai rains. it has nothing to do with politics. use can t blame obama or romney for rain. if one of these could be rain maker they would seal up the ohio vote.
man. there s a difference in the ohio vote. as i recall from looking theity data, my memory is that i think that rick santorum did poorly with people who are you know, against did did well with people against abortion and it split pretty much the way you expect it to. santorum has become identified as a social issues candidate. he argued against it and said it s not fair. but the point is that there s not a agendgender gap, that is important, you see the field has gotten a bit dinged up with women and independents as this over contraception and other issues has played out. does it effect turnout and whether a large group of women are staying home? i think it could be a big factor in the fall, you are seeing the obama campaign focused on women as they are surge targeting women voters.
come after women s rights. come after all sorts of basic civil rights. we have to come together and defend the basic right to vote. ben jealous, president and ceo of the naacp, a man who i learn something from every time i talk to you. ben, thank you so much for joining us tonight. i really appreciate it. thanks, friend. last night, when we covered the lead-up to this ohio vote, calling connie schultz, we played a sound of one of the fox news celebrity, in ohio campaigning for the governor s side of it, for governor kasich s side for issue 2. this was the sound bite of mike huckabee speaking recently in ohio. make a list of 10 family members, 10 friends, 10 neighbors, 10 folks you work with or have worked with in the past and call up and ask them are you going to vote on issue 2 and are you going to vote for it? if they say no, you just make sure they don t go vote.
8-year-old who talked yesterday at the board of ed meeting, you have to watch it. the people s mike gave her an ability to speak the mayor mike has more or less shut down. it s an amazing thing that s happening way beyond the discussion of policing. it s not going away. it s not going away any time soon until there s change. we ve seen this happen in this country, back in the 60s, the civil rights. there is a parallel. the passions were very high. dogs and hoses were turned on americans who were watches that just wanted to vote, that wanted equality. there s inequality in income in this country right now. people are frustrated for all the things i listed in the commentary tonight. the fact of the matter is, when elected officials say, i m going to go back and get arrested, that crowd is only going to grow. lauren flanders, justin elliot, thanks for your time tonight. i appreciate it so much. remember to answer tonight s answer at the bottom of the screen and share your thoughts on t
couch at fox news this morning to talk about ohio s issue number two. steve asked morris about the upcoming ohio vote. dick, what do you think of sb-5 as it s known in ohio? before we do that, i want to point out flying 22 hours from hong kong to new york is a nightmare, not a dream. nonetheless. i think that this is a terribly important issue. a week from this coming tuesday, two weeks from yesterday, there will be an issue on the ballot in the state of ohio to repeal what s called senate bill five which is one of the most important and positive pieces of legislation to emerge in any state this year. pretty disgusting to watch four highly paid fox news personalities just yuck it up over an expensive overseas flight and praise issue two in the same breath. dick morris has no idea what working class firefighters, police officers and teachers are facing with this vote. dick morris has never rushed into a burning building to save