america? let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. we re just an hour away. eight republican candidates vying for the party nomination. they are all taking to the stage tonight. the topic, national security. it has been 109 days since america lost its aaa credit rating. that s going to turn the rate on our mortgages and a whole lot more. we re not doing anything about it. we re still mad has hell about the super committee failing yesterday. fitch said the committee s failure would most likely result in negative action. so we re upset about the super committee and they are mad, too. panel member john kerry was watching outfront last night. he got mad and he called in. i think people are upset. i think nerve the country is upset. they are looking at congress and saying, why can t these guys get something done? but it s not enough for people just to say, oh, it s broken. you got to ask, okay, why. what is the matter that it is broken? so what now? we re hoping for a shock a
union. the leader of the western world was wrapping up a meeting with world leaders dominated by the debt crisis in europe when he was reminded of oncoming u.s. elections. the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. no one believes him, of course, but there are people who get paid to worry about the president s re-election bid and there is cause for concern. usa today and gallup polled 12 swing states the president carried in 2008. they found that in late october he was running a close race with mitt romney, herman cain and rick perry. nearly two-thirds of swing state residents say their families are not better off now than when president obama first took office. joining me now for a look at states in play, maryland governor martin o malley, who heads the democratic governor s association. thank you, governor, for being here. thank you. let s talk first about the president s prospects. that is a fairly grim at this point look at the
presidential politics. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. the leader of the western world was wrapping up a meeting with world leaders dominated by the debt crisis in europe when he was reminded of oncoming u.s. elections. the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. no one believes him, of course, but there are people who get paid to worry about the president s re-election bid and there is cause for concern. usa today and gallup polled 12 swing states the president carried in 2008. they found that in late october he was running a close race with mitt romney, herman cain and rick perry. nearly two-thirds of swing state residents say their families are not better off now than when president obama first took office. joining me now for a look at states in play, maryland governor martin o malley who heads the democratic governor s association. thank you, governor, for being here. let s talk first about the president s prospe