quite taken aback that we are talking about religion. as you know, i ll brag on you on your own broadcast, the reasons that your viewers see you once in this time slot and so many nights again for nbc nightly news is that i m want to call on you for the fact that you and i have both been in this a while and sfiometimes perspective is good, last night was one of those times. here we are again, talking about religion and then it was dow at 13,000 and more on the economy. the voters have a funny way of deciding what is ultimately important to them at the polls. and it could be this year, gas prices, we have to wait and see, that is another trending issue. thank you so much. brian, we will be watching rock center. and of course, what political story will be making headlines
washington. but a big part of it is people s own personal experience. this is say real trending issue. the hostility to the pay raises and the security that public employees have, we talk about their sacrifices at a time when so many small businesses, blue collar workers are suffering or out of work. we have lawmakers tell us we have small businesses come in and say i m laying people off. i m worried about losing my own income. then you have public union person come in and complain about a freeze. yeah. and mike, unions make the argument that helping them helps all workers. that s a number, though, even if that s the reality, that s a message that they re not selling, because you look in this gallup poll, 62%, 63% of americans think that unions actually hurt nonunion workers. you could sort through a thousand different polls. i guess the bigger point is,