19% agree with the republicans, they are getting killed in the public debate with the president. the president approval rating has never been higher in the polls that come out this week, they re losing and the point to conclude, megyn, i think that the republicans would be smart to find common ground with the president before march 1st and find a better way to make sure that the cuts are implemented in a fashion than they re being discussed now. megyn: go ahead, marc. for the president common ground means giving in on tax increases. look, we already did the tax increases, 600,000 billion of tax increases with no spending cut. where is the balanced approach obama talks about? it s simple, here is the balance we re going to cut 85 billion dollars out of a 3.5 trillion dollar budget. that s a minuscule amount and we will spend more this year than last year, it s just a question of where and how to do it and to do it in a responsible way and look, the president hasn t put forward a pla
so we have to get real. we need to listen to our constituents, freezes aren t going to cut it. while, there is a great deal of talk in washington these days about spending and taxes, one person who isn t saying tobacco taxes is president obama who struggled with smoking for years the first lady told a group of print reporters today the president has not smoked in almost a year and said she is very proud of him. bret? bret: okay, mike. thank you employers posted over 3 million job openings in december, a drop of 140,000 from november. with 14.5 million people out of work, almost five people are competing for every available job. stocks were up today. dow gained 17-1/2. s&p added 5-1/2. nasdaq finished up 13. federal reserve official said strengthening economy mean s the central bank $600,000 billion bond purchase program may not be necessary. the president of the federal reserve bank of richmond predicts the economy will grow
constituents, freezes aren t going to cut it. while, there is a great deal of talk in washington these days about spending and taxes, one person who isn t saying tobacco taxes is president obama who struggled with smoking for years the first lady told a group of print reporters today the president has not smoked in almost a year and said she is very proud of him. bret? bret: okay, mike. thank you employers posted over 3 million job openings in december, a drop of 140,000 from november. with 14.5 million people out of work, almost five people are competing for every available job. stocks were up today. dow gained 17-1/2. s&p added 5-1/2. nasdaq finished up 13. federal reserve official said strengthening economy mean s the central bank $600,000 billion bond purchase program may not be necessary. the president of the federal reserve bank of richmond predicts the economy will grow at 4% this year compared to