have more confidence in this economy than they have had over the last year. you see people in terms of their approval of the president going way up. he s now at 50%. what about gas prices, juan? gas prices are emerging as a problem. as eric was telling you earlier, a lot of that is related to the kind of turmoil in the middle east. it s not something right. how long is that going to last? it s not like things are going to calm down there any time soon. i m saying that s not something that you re going to point at the president or at one of his challengers and say you guys are responsible. they pointed at bush. let s me go back to the culture wars for a second and say that when it comes to the culture wars, you say all of this being pushed by people on the right. you hear newt gingrich talking about a war on religion. you hear people that are opposed to abortion trying to, you know, force their agenda in terms of getting the susan komen foundation to pull their support fro
so greatly. so also, what planned parenthood, it s my understanding they provide mammograms and other types of breast screenings which is why they would have received this grant money from susan g. komen. now they will not receive the money to too that either, right? that s exactly the point. they were never providing money for abortions or contraceptives but only providing money for breast cancer awareness and breast cancer treatments and so that money will not be available. there seem to be a lot of casualties in this ongoing war that is going on now in terms of abortion, in terms of sterilization. in terms of contraception and planned parenthood, since its inception, has been at the forefront of being for abortion and choice in america. the komen foundation, under the sense that there s a congressional investigation is saying no, we re not going to give money for these tasks