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Throughout the course of the first three years. a lot of folks don t feel that way. but when you look at this quote from jay kost, a colleague of yours at the weekly standard. we want to look at what he had to say. very astute political observer. nobody can win the presidency if they lose the independent vote by 10 to 20 points which is where i reckon things are headed. things could change. he said i would much rather be romney than obama at this stage. read into that for us, a bit, steve. first of all i agree with you that jay cost is one of the smartest people who talks about politics in the country. i think he is right. if you look at independents across the nation, but look at independents in the states that will matter the most in places like wisconsin, ohio, maybe iowa, florida certainly, independents in those areas seem to be trending toward mitt romney and buying his argument that he is the one who can improve the economy. so i think jay is right and i think he is, that is ....
choice for president, economy, jobs, 52%. let s take a look at the next one here which is a deeper look at that. who do you think would do a better job handling the economy, this one has not been looking this way in recent polls, steve. they re in a dead-heat, who would do better for the economy. so interesting. in some ways this poll echoes some others we ve seen in the past weeks and some ways it different. you have several categories voters seem to be somewhat pessimistic about the past. they look at, you know, the poll that he just showed, are you better off than you were four years ago? by two to one voters saying they re not if they re one way or the other that is a negative, that s negative for the president for sure. there are a couple other findings in this poll that are negatives for the president if you look backwards. if you look forward the president seems to be at least competitive and there are voters who seem to be optimistic if he hasn t solved the pr ....
that is how we start this morning. good morning. i m martha maccallum in america s newsroom. . i m gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer president obama getting 49%. mitt romney not far behind, 46%. martha: a telling quote from top political analyst, saying at this staple he would rather be in mitt romney s shoes than the president s shoes in this race. stephen hayes joins me, writer for the weekly standard and fox news contributor. good morning steve. booed morning, martha. martha: let s look at couple more polls. let s pull off the first one in terms of the economy and how it looks. what is the single most important issue in your choice for president, economy, jobs, 52%. let s take a look at the next one here which is a deeper look at that. who do you think would do a better job handling the economy, this one has not been looking this way in recent polls, steve. they re in a dead-heat, who would do better for the economy. so interesting. in some ways this poll ech ....