Jenna: some are suggesting that s what the housing market needs, to get all of this out of the system and, hopefully, start anew in one way or another. we ll watch this very closely, adam. thank you. reporter: yep. jon, you know, if you ve been watching our coverage on america s election headquarters, you know that mitt romney is on a roll after going two for two in iowa and new hampshire, he is now the candidate to beat as we head to the south carolina primary. his rifles have just rivals have just nine days to chip away at governor romney, so can he be stopped? let s ask the man with the crystal ball, larry sabato, director of the university of virginia s center for politics. as you gaze into the crystal ball, larry, can he be stopped? it s very, very tough to stop him. he s now a clear favorite even in south carolina. if you doubt that, just look and see what senator jim demint did. he s not endorsing romney as he
Jenna: a major discount for a major purchase. some say the spring season is exactly what the housing market needs for a real turn around this time. better weather, bargain basement prices, low interest rates, it s a great combination. so is now finally the time? steve moore is on the money for us for the wall street journal . if i had a nickel for every time we said this is the bottom, i could buy the entire new house! [laughter] there s an old saying, jenna, it s always darkest before the dawn. jenna: oh, okay. i think we are very close to the bottom, i don t know that we ve hit it jenna: you think this spring? i really do. i know this is a counterintuitive i think this is a good time to buy housing hg and real estate. you ve got prices in places like california, nevada, florida that are like half of what they were three years ago.
National had a good column where he compared germany which is not exactly a small government libertarian state, he compared germany which did not go down this path and he compared it to the united states which under bush and obama did all the failed stimulus. germany is back to the prerecession unemployment rate and they are 2.5 percent growth is nothing to cheer about but better than what we are getting under the obama policy. neil: all good points. thank you. and home sales plunged by double digits last month. a realtor says that is the last thing the housing market needs. where is this a bad idea? everyone is waiting for it. so now we have all these people saying, i will in the buy anything right now.