nationally if you re getting congress or whatever, which party do you think is doing the best job of trying to restore american prosperity? and republicans win that by nine points whereas formerly they had been losing it from 2003 to 2009. the democrats won that category. so it s kind of funny, gretchen was right. your individual congressman is kind of ok. congress as a whole is really bad. the republicans in congress are worse. but the republican party is ok. so it s interesting, it does mean, though, that obama s unpopularity is bleaching through into the party itself. one of the things he wants to do, dick, is he wants another stimulus essentially with his jobs saying it really is a stimulus but there was an item in the wall street journal yesterday that talked about how temporary targeted policies, a lot of politicians think this is going to be good for me and going to get me re-elected, it didn t work for gerald ford. it didn t work for jimmy carter.
rallies across the country and we ask that question, almost every single person is engaged in the political process. i think 2012 is going to be a repeat of 2010. you going to see a lot of people get elected who are subscribed to the tea party values. and the idea that we have to restore american prosperity. uma: sal russo, thank you, appreciate it. you bet. uma: summer recess is over. congress is getting ready to head back to capitol hill. all this as new fox news polls show that most of you at home are fed up with the way our government is working. up next, a fair and balanced debate about how congress will handle the issues facing them, when they return. stay with us. sam higgins? you have frequent heartburn, right? yeah. well we re the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i m omeprazole. and i m sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day . gives you 24-hour relief. & one mission. two ingredients
deal in kentucky. we re going down the homestretch headed toward the finish line either late tonight or early tomorrow. as for democrats, they are expressing some frustration. if republicans stay unified there is little they can do to make a difference. they re saying at this point they think the tax package could have been a lot better with outreach from republicans. we didn t have hearings on this bill. and as you said in the lead-up here, there will be lots of amendments tonight that will change it. change it again and change it again before it ultimately comes through the senate. it will probably pass sometime very late tonight. final vote timing is unclear. there are senators dealing with significant health issues and so there is some thought if they get fatigued tonight perhaps they come back tomorrow morning and finish up. julie: jon. jon: president trump taking his tax reform message to the show-me state telling people in missouri the tax plan is a chance to restore a