excuses. we use excuses why we didn t get it. how do we tell what s an excuse and what isn t. the traffic was bad, it really was bad. the circumstance is true, at what point does that tip over into an excuse? the frequency with which you say the traffic was bad. traffic was bad once a month, then it is like, traffic is bad. traffic is bad three times a week, you re not leaving early enough. leave earlier. second, the traffic was late so i m late, i m annoyed, so i don t have the project done on time and i have you can t use it to explain everything. then the third is your gut. if you re really, really honest with yourself and you say, if i m accountable, i get no excuses. then is the traffic really, really relevant here? all right, well, million dollar neighborhood congratulations, again. thanks for coming on the show and i hope to see you soon.
states. hello, alip looking at seven battleground states and how the rate compares today with when he took office. nevada and florida, unemployment rate is higher than the national average. nevada and colorado the rate is above what it was when president obama stepped into the white house. rest of the battleground states it s interesting. the jobs marks are improving. they had been improving since when the president president went into office, still improving, iowa, new hampshire, low unemployment levels. 5% in iowa. new hampshire, 5%. virginia, 5.6%. in ohio, with 18 electoral votes, much more than iowa and virginia combined, you ve seen a significant drop in the unemployment rate from 8.6% to 7.4% over the year. they went from 48th in the nation to higher than that. it s an interesting story, ohio, big auto manufacturing, big manufacturing base, and this is one of those places where mitt romney had said, don t have that auto bailout. my feeling is nobody wins without