i mean, it raises money. sure. all that coming out on friday, i guess. maybe the timing, i don t know. they re fundraisers. it happens. it happens all over the place. they are always going to california to david geffan s house on a bad day. no problem with that. and i wish david geffan would invite us to his house. well, we have to talk to rattner. steve brought his charts to put friday s numbers into perspective. let s talk about the job situation overall. talk about the jobs or the mets and the no hitter, man. at least there s some good news amidst all the gloom. how about the mets? not just the no hitter. bill maher, new owner of the new york mets. did he buy one of the shares? yeah. they were selling 12 minority shares at $20 million a pop, and i think bill maher bought one.
they have stayed close since then. and he s travelled a little bit with the governor. so he s in this very sensitive position. clay johnson, a prep school friend, did it for george w. bush. and of course john podesta for barack obama. it often but not always leads you to white house chief of staff. in this case, it might be a personal counselor. so mike leavitt may be the valerie jarrett if barack obama is if mitt romney is elected. close adviser from inside the state of utah. let s talk about that jobs number from friday. the 69,000 jobs added. how is the romney campaign using that number and the previous two months to push its campaign forward? well, for one thing, they have a new slogan. and this is a little cheeky, a little naughty. their new slogan, you saw it behind romney on cnbc on friday, the only interview he did friday. you saw it on his podium in las vegas. putting jobs first. and of course, putting jobs first is a play on the
took a sip of well, i think that was i need a ban. they were making fun of me. they don t know what i m drinking, but i ll have to watch it. did they lambaste me? no, it was fun. that s great. i deserve it. so friday, steve, you re here at a perfect time as always. friday, you open up the wall street journal and there s a story on the front about how asia is slowing down. and inside that very broad band especially china and south korea and australia. and then there s a story on the inside about spain s banks collapsing. then there s a story about greece falling even faster than anybody expected. then there s a story about our gdp falling faster in the first quarter than we expected. i mean, on and on. one bad story after another. and that was of course followed up with very bad news from the