medicare be allowed to wither and die on the vine, and i had one democratic consultant say, you begin and end your campaign with that. there s so many ways to go after him, and he will likely say something so over the top he will likely scare the voters. in the debate, he did a good job in keeping himself in check. and the washington post noted he writes a little smiley face on his notes to remind himself to come across in a congenial way, because he recognizes his personality could become a problem. do you think he could win the nomination, or do you think his organization is too weak to get that nod? i feel like all the rules are being rewritten. i think, yes, he can win. but if this does become a long campaign, i mean, mitt romney is not going to fold and leave the
what about the bottom of the pack, perry, santorum and bachmann. did they help themselves? perry did better than a lot of people thought he did. some of his answers may have helped him a little bit. bachmann did a great job. she started the whole newt-romney thing, which i think a lot of people don t like either of the candidates will latch on to, and santorum brought a lot of comments in the debate, so i thought they actually did a pretty good job, the bottom tier of candidates, if you will. want to get to the new numbers here by the nbc news poll. mitt romney is 48% to 41, and
if you look at newt romney, they were for cap and trade, and t.a.r.p., and they were for the illegal immigration problem. let s bring in our big three panel for quick reaction to last night s debate. i am joined by a usa columnist. jacky, who won and who lost and why? we will start with the bad news. this was a bad debate for mitt romney. the $10,000 bet didn t play well, especially in iowa where that s a lot of money to a lot of people. and winners? i think newt gingrich, really, withstood the attacks. michele bachmann did a good job, too. i don t know if it will help her in the polls at all, but she proved to be a good debater there last night.
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years, and then they just say, you know, the heck with it, it s not going to work out. when you look at this and its long term implications, how do you see that picture? it s very concerning. when people are out of the labor force for a significant period of time, it s hard for them to get back into work. as a result, you can have the permanent under class of workers who have productive skills and have something to offer the economy, but it s very hard for them, a, to be encouraged to try to look for a job again and for, b., for employers to consider them again. this is true for women that go on to maternity leave, and studies show their wages go down and they lose a certain amount of income in the course of their career because of time lost when they step out of the labor force. you will see that compounded now. interesting stuff. thank you very much. now for more of the office