case to voters. among the former president barack obama is rallying in wisconsin right now for this after he made her stop in michigan earlier today. in a moment we ll talk with susan on with the former president will be a difference maker in the home stretch. but first fox news team alive it covers the battleground states that include pennsylvania were critical senate race is now in a statistical tie. rich edson is live in philadelphia with more that when a rich. hey good afternoon, eric. john fetterman the democrat is trying to get out of space. try to get democrats about here. he met with union members earlier this morning. on than just this afternoon at temple university to try to get students out to vote. had a rally here in the student center pre-temple is a north philadelphia which is where he spent a good chop of the afternoon. his campaign themes pushing access to abortion, increasing the minimum wage and ripping republican challenger dr. oz for his wealth and focu
every single weekend for the democratic strategists say their success in the midterms hinges largely on strong voter turnout part former president barack obama in high demand in the closing stretch of the campaign. campaign this weekend to try to help avoid a potential republican red wave according to some. this despite his disappointing track record with midterms particular back in 2010 november that? republicans gained a 70 congressional seats. i am not recommending for every future president they take like i did last night. i m sure there are easier ways to learn these lessons. shellacking remember that? susan chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner joins us numbered while the former president work has to magic you think susan? or has it faded and is it too late? much younger president obama in that clip. that is a great question. it is a midterm election for president biden. so that is the governing rule
accident. police finding key evidence in the instructor s stomach? and also caught on tape. a scary armed robbery at a dunkin donuts, a customer trying to be a hero but ends up unconscious. how this all went down, all in matter of seconds. up first this morning, big new developments with the chinese activist smack-dab in the middle of a political firestorm. hillary clinton is scheduled to speak about chen guangcheng in about an hour. we learned that chen can apply to study abroad according to a chinese state-run news agency. u.s. officials also say they just spoke by phone today with chen and met with his wife in person. they re expected to meet with chen in a hospital sometime this morning. the blind activist says he doesn t feel safe in china and wants to come to the u.s. he even interrupted a capitol hill hearing yesterday to request a meeting with the secretary of state. translator: i want to meet with the secretary clinton. i hope i can get more help from her. the
again, the trends are important for the president. when we see experts including his own, austan goolsbee and his own people who worked for him and tow the line and say it s true unless we get 2.5% growth we don t have months that is 200,000-plus jobs so we can see 120,000, whatever is it in the months ahead and it be begin to tick the number up again. to go to gene sperling s comment i don t think it made a difference either way. if you made a difference, it seems to have made a different in the republican direction. remember, the president front loaded his package. there was a significant amount of stimulus spending before the 2010 november election. in fact, the summer of 2010 was the summer of recovery. ostensibly. it didn t happen. at that point it didn t happen. at that point, the unemployment rate was 9.8%. so you could make an argument, i don t think it is a serious
george w. bush and barack obama. i think they re very happy to hear that and i think that s why he said it. before we finish on newt gingrich, and we must have a conversation about him, do you think it marks as it were a pivotal moment in term of the tea party itself in we had that huge success in 2010 november with that election. something like 87 freshmen voted in. we ve had gridlock. but now they don t seem to be having much influence in material of the nominee for the white house. the big job. you re asking a very good question. and that is, how did the party of tea party if you will, that was so, well, really zealous just a few months ago, and had a candidate every couple of weeks. they were excited about it. why does it lost its excitement? and i think it may well be, the economy is just worn on all of us. these bad times have been difficult for everyone. i think they ve decided that they want to get rid of obama. that s clear. and they have a vehicle for