. >> romney attacking the abc post poll.ve so many times you can work we refs without people dismissing you as a guy who works the ref. >> yes, but we are also talking about the republican's view of the media. you are cooking something against the republicans. you are a liberal by definition doesn't matter. doesn't hurt him with the base that much. general election same thing. the people he is trying to win over love this message. >> the general election is actually covered by the media they are trying to eliminate. the national disisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisis jerry springer on the latest numbers. speaking of faking it the florida legislature, taking one of those one size fits all koch brothers alec is on the new news network. >>welcome to the war room. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. >>make your voice heard. >>detremined to find solutions. >>that partnership in order to invest in our country is critical. >>driven to find the truth. >>how did romney get his groove back? >>fearless, indepen

. >> romney attacking the abc post poll.ou only have so many times you can work we refs without people dismissing you as a guy who works the ref. >> yes, but we are also talking about the republican's view of the media. you are cooking something against the republicans. you are a liberal by definition doesn't matter. doesn't hurt him with the base that much. general election same thing. the people he is trying to win over love this message. >> the general election is actually covered by the media they are trying to eliminate. the national distributor of working the refs actually calls them on it. planned parenthood. anna talked to a conservative and it got a little contentious. drama, when we return. jerry springer on the latest numbers. speaking of faking it, the florida legislature, taking one of those one size fits all koch brothers alec legislation introducing it into her own state house. details next on worse person. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. she's a political trail-blazer. >>make your voice heard. >>detremi

. >> seems to be in agreement with the polls that abc news-washington post poll showing if the election was held tomorrow, a, everybody would be really prized -- surprised and president obama would get 52% for romneys 43% do even better against gingrich, 55-40, no fight. you think some republicans may their current crop of potential candidates. one former candidate does not mind saying who the ideal person was to take on president obama. >> i was. i was the perfect candidate. america had their chance with the perfect candidate. >> there's an old bob and ray sketch that starts that way, we have to check our chances without her. with the surge in the polls, steve corn aky, good to see you. >> you too. >> does the president's approval number translate to anything practically physique speeking from essentially the start of the presidential campaign? >> it's not directly predictive because the approval rating is as tenuous as the economic recovery, but there's sort allison direct value here because it's basically affirming an old truism about presidential approval ratings, which is that noth

. >> his polls have gotten better, too, his approval mark at 50% in the abc news washington post poll, while 46% think otherwise. his john paul approval rating last crakdz the halfway mark last may. 56% greg that he deserves a second term. while a majority still disproves of his handling of the economy his 44% marks his best showing in one year. following friday's release of january's labor department report which saw unemployment drop .2 more to 8.3%, his private sector employers added 243,000 more jobs. so who gets the credit? senator bob mcdonald innings he should ge a share and his fellow republicans the rest. >> i'm glad the economy is starting to recover but i think it's because of what republican governors are doing in their states, not because of the president. >> making his unsubstantiated credit grab almost rational, the fox and friends programming. >> are they playing around with the numbers? >> look, it's the bureau of labor statistics, it's supposed to be nonpartisan, but that's the department of labor, solis works directly for obama. are they cooking the books? >> i'm sa

abc/"washington post" poll, 51/45. six-point spread for the president. pretty strong. newt gingrich, much stronger, nine-point spread. actually 11-point spread there. david corn. let's talk about the guy that's the front-runner now. six points. >> barack obama is making gains against blue collar, noneducated workers which were one of his weakest demographics. michigan, wisconsin, ohio. if you look at recent polls, he's creeping up again, as bob says, going in the right direction. that's where a lot of this pick-up is. i think it's directly attributed in footer hpart to how mitt rom coming across as newt's side kick. he's talking about jobs. i think the contrast is getting sharp. >> in an interview last night with matt lauer before the super bowl, president obama made this case for re-election while addressing the budget concern of many voters. the biggest concern of many voters, the economy. >> i deserve a second term, but we're not done. look. when you and i sat down, we were losing 750,000 jobs a month. in fact, we had found out just a few days before we sat down we

polls say today? >> reporter: we're looking at the "washington post" abc poll.he first time president obama is leading roadside bomb, 51% saying they would go with him. meantime, 45% of the registered voters polled said they would vote for mitt romney. some believe that president obama could be benefiting from the latest jobs report that came out. unemployment now down to 8.3%. speaking of president obama, just yesterday super bowl sunday, a big day. lots of people watching tv. he said he believes he disee serves -- deserves a second term. here's what voters had to say. 49% say yes, the president should get a second term. meantime, 49% say, no, the president should not get a second term. you can see it's pretty much split when this comes to that point. >> there's another vote tomorrow. what's at stake this coming tuesday? >> reporter: i'm going to show you. we had a busy day leading up to tuesday's contest. rick santorum and ron paul started out in minnesota. meantime, mitt romney, newt gingrich, they were in colorado and, kelly, here is what is up for grabs. in

an abc washington post poll shows favoribility moved just ahead of romney's.haps of greatest concern to the romney camp, santorum has sizeable leads with tea partiers, conservatives and evangelicals. romney trying to ramp up emphasis on conservative. >> let me tell you something about conservatism. >> his campaign is using financial advantage to begin setting up fire walls and political advertising in critical states. >> they're going to go after the whole issue of rick santorum being a washington insider. >> abc 7 points out you can hear knit romney's stump speech. >> challenge we have in washington is that people go there and they get infected by a washington disease. >> the question will be will it succeed as it has in the past? bringing down santorum's numbers so that romney wins this nomination by default? >> and there is newt gik gingrich jumped unup, then fell back down to where he started. and today poked back over health care. >> if you look at other candidates in the race this is not well positioned. one did disqualified. >> in the past week rick san

a new poll out showing rick santorum and mitt romney essentially tied in the race. this the latest from the abc news/"washington post" poll. also showing rick santorum is increasing his popularity, all coming a week and a day before the next debate that will take place in two weeks before the next round of primaries in arizona and in michigan. a couple of new ads on the air in michigan. meanwhile the hill newspaper reporting negotiators could close the deal tonight that woks tend the payroll tax cut and extend emergency unemployment benefits and the medicare reimbursement rate for doctors. the sources according to the hill newspaper saying lawmakers on both sides of capitol hill showing, quote, real signs of progress on a package that woks tend the payroll tax cut without paying for it. that was a huge concession from house republican leaders and the negotiations that include senate republicans as well. let's turn our attention to the budget. among those testifying on capitol hill, defense secretary leon panetta, as well as the nation's top general, army general martin dempsey, both saying the nation can withstand t

according to an abc washington post poll, if the delegation were chosen today obama would have a lead under registered voters. >>> the latest poll show a split in the caucuses in minnesota and colorado. rick santorum has a narrow lead other minnesota. 29-27%. but in colorado, the margin is much larger with romney in the lead at 40 percent, santorum second at 26%. in both states gingrich and paul trail the other two. >>> mitt romney received an endorsement from wilson. wilson said romney is the one who could win the election and defeat president obama. he also said that romney had been successful. the republican party now is actually considered more moderate. >> live storm tracker showing a few rain showers. reports of the valley, san francisco, the avenues of san francisco. heaviest rain right now showing up in san rafael south to about san francisco. you see those yellows, this isn't the main storm. this is just the cloud, the moisture out in front of the storm. back here a few miles offshore is the main front. it gets here late tonight. you see heavy showers over san francisco. we h

. >> new washington post abc news poll shows president obama 51%, over romney's 45%, registered voters in a hypothetical general election contest. >> maine has a week long caucus process that wraps up saturday. colorado and minnesota hold their caucuses tuesday the same day missouri holds its primary. newt gingrich did not make it on the ballot there. >>> president obama and the first lady will host a dinner late they are month honouring members to have armed forces who served in iraq, february 29th at the white house american military involvement ended in iraq in december since then there has been public debate over the lack of fanfare over return of iraq veterans. >> former white house intern making allegations about john f kennedy, she claims she had an affair with the president that lasted more than a year she claims it started back in 1962 when she was 19 and an intern she told nbc she had her first sexual experience with the president she decided to write the book all these years later to keep her secret from becoming deadly. >>> news edge at 6, cracking down on distracted drivin

according to an abc washington post poll, if the delegation were chosen today obama would have a lead under registered voters. >>> the latest poll show a split in the caucuses in minnesota and colorado. rick santorum has a narrow lead other minnesota. 29-27%. but in colorado, the margin is much larger with romney in the lead at 40 percent, santorum second at 26%. in both states gingrich and paul trail the other two. >>> mitt romney received an endorsement from wilson. wilson said romney is the one who could win the election and defeat president obama. he also said that romney had been successful. the republican party now is actually considered more moderate. >> live storm tracker showing a few rain showers. reports of the valley, san francisco, the avenues of san francisco. heaviest rain right now showing up in san rafael south to about san francisco. you see those yellows, this isn't the main storm. this is just the cloud, the moisture out in front of the storm. back here a few miles offshore is the main front. it gets here late tonight. you see heavy showers over san francisco. we h

. >> meanwhile, a new abc "washington post" poll showed that while the country is split on whether president should get a second term, voters believe if the swren election were to be held today, the president would beat mitt romney and he would definitely beat mitt romney. "outfront" now political reporter ken vogel and jamal simons, also, doug high. great to have you with us. interesting news when you look at this, ken, about super pacs, right? i guess he's basically saying i don't like them, but since i can't change the rule, i might as well play. >> he's trying to have it both ways here. this is a president who going back to his earliest days in politics has made getting rid of the interests of the influence of big money in politics sort of a central part of his political identity. in 2008, he and senator mccain combined to discourage outside spending. in 2010, he complained about it bitterly when karl rove raised a lot of money for these outside groups. after they beat them in the midterm elections, democrats started to back away and now, you see them actively trying to raise this exact

a new abc news/"washington post" poll shows even with massive unemployment, president obama would beat romney in a head-to-head matchup, 51% to 45%. but romney has the edge on handling the deficit, and a majority, 53%, disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. they favor, however, obama on handling taxes. and that's an issue area to watch. when democrats are ahead there, clinton, obama, they win, and when they trail, dukakis, kerry, they lose. obama leads there partly because two-thirds of the public don't think romney paid his fair share in taxes, since he paid that lower 15% rate for investments. these relatively bad numbers for romney raise the question, diane. has this primary battle done irreparable harm to him? 31% of americans have a favorable opinion of him. while 49% have an unfavorable opinion. >> that seems high. >> no, this is high, even compared to other candidates at this point in their primary battles, whether obama or john mccain or john kerry or george w. bush. these are bad numbers for romney. >> some cautionary numbers. >>> still ahead on "world news," n

according to a new poll from washington post/abc news poll not election were held today, and i know thiswell, whatever, president obama would have a solid lead over mitt romney, 52 percent to 43 percent and the republican candidates have in time to rest. colorado among the handful of states holding g.o.p. contests this week. and now from denver in the mile high newsroom. all but one candidates are in colorado today. >> that is right. and that would be ron paul will she in minnesota but he did spend a fair amount of time in colorado last week, and begannered big crowds. today, newt gingrich is in golden, colorado, where he toned down his attack on romney saying he has rethought the whole campaign but, still, he attempted to narrow the frontrunner's lead. >> she not a bad person, per se, but he also is not a person who goes in this with force and will and fundamentally changes things. we are in a situation where we need to have fundamental change. >>reporter: meantime, governor romney is in grand junction talking to republican voters there and romney has the benefit of his established orga

. >> meanwhile, a new abc "washington post" poll showed that while the country is split on whether presidentd get a second term, voters believe if the general election were to be held today, the president would beat mitt romney and he would definitely beat newt gingrich. "outfront" now political reporter ken vogel and jamal simons, also, doug high. great to have you with us. interesting news when you look at this, ken, about super pacs, right? i guess he's basically saying i don't like them, but since i can't change the rule, i might as well play. >> he's trying to have it both ways here. this is a president who going back to his earliest days in politics has made getting rid of the interests of the influence of big money in politics sort of a central part of his political identity. in 2008, he and senator mccain combined to discourage outside spending in their race. in 2010, he complained about it bitterly when karl rove raised a lot of money for these outside groups. after their rode these outside groups to beat democrats badly, they backed away from their opposition and now you see them a

. >> in a new washington post abc news poll out today. among all adults nationwide.n the head to head matchup. romney trails president obama, but when it comes to the party rivals, leading gingrich by 14 points, with rick santorum and ron paul farther behind. the real clear politics average of recent national polls, shows a much smaller gap between romney and gingrich, so romney still leads. >> and ultimately we learned former speaker gingrich is giving up a legal battle for a spot on virginia's ballot. and the camp did not turn in the 10,000 needed signatures and challenging the rules. the a rule for a write in, the legislature, would not affect the contest in march. >> bret: thank you. and tuesday's other caucus in minnesota and mike tobin, how the candidates are preparing. >> rick santorum, newt gingrich and ron paul are working the ground in minnesota, all looking for an opportunity to pull off a win or at least gather enough conservative support to make the statement that mitt romney is not running away with the republican nomination. >> and when they change it,

poll shows mitt romney losing. the president beats romney by nine points in a new "the washington post" abc news poll.t's the first time the president's approval rating has hit the 50% mark since way back in last summer. and it has been going up. team fox coverage continues now live in indianapolis tehran paul event. what's congressman paul have going on there tonight? >> you know, shep, ron paul continues to rock the youth vote if you will. he just did an event in saint cloud minnesota before 900 people. many of them young, many of them college students. his messages hitting a lot of familiar points and they do very well with the young people. he talks about increased liberty, decreased government. decreased spending overseas. particularly while the homeland is broke. it does he have well with this crowd. he has a big room here in minneapolis he is trying to fill. he has the crowd streaming in right now, shepard. >> shepard: the candidates that say that minnesota is the place where they can break mitt romney's momentum, right? >> yep. rick santorum told me yesterday he is still in the game. what the

we saw the washington post, abc poll and the matchup of obama and romney.othetical at this stage. is romney being hurt the longer it lasts, what happened saturday night, while others were watching the saturday night live skit, the new gingrich was making a speech. >> it depends on how he handles it. if you use it to build organizations in battle ground states a long fight can be a good thing. >> did he do that on saturday night? >> both romney and gingrich made reference of the importance of the general election. if you look at his failure to do a hard message on hispanic outreach and the few number of hispanics that showed up at his events that i went to, they did not take the opportunity to get intense in-state coverage. the record we have had so far, we have had contests this battlegrounds in new hampshire and florida and they have not done as good a job as they could have to send out that marker. if they do go be forward, we have an elections coming up in ohio and lots of battle ground states it could make a difference. >> it was so minimal that i saw o

a new "washington post" abc news poll shows the former senator gaining in popularity among women in theing us to morning is amy garter of "the washington post" to talk about this. thanks so much for being on the show. >> glad to be here. thanks. >> this is an interesting phenomenon that i want you to take me and the audience through. rick santorum, someone who's had a checkered past in terms of women's rights. i want to put up a quote he had said in thhis book in 2005, it takes a family. get that on the screen here. the radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness. so rick santorum not too thrilled and women in the workplace, but he seems to be getting a lot of support amongst female republicans? >> it's a little counterintuitive. i think we were all a little bit surprised his favorablety, you know, his popularity among women within the republican electorate has actually ticked up substantially since the beginning of the year. about 13 points. he still trails romney in popularity among w

polling for abc? >> no, he's not. >> i joke about it, but again, last time i said this other polls followed. abc news, "washington postpolls always have about a 3%, 4%, 5%, tilt the president's direction. there are others that go the other way. >> there's a lot in here to read that tells you the current state of play, including mitt romney's been hurt by the republican process. again, plenty of time for him to recover. but you can see why both the economic news and the current polling trends are making the white house very happy. >> and romney has had despite some wins, terrible couple of weeks. >> but despite the fact you think the super bowl is the only news, he did win nevada over the weekend. >> well, we think he did, they've only counted 14 votes out there. >> they finished this morning. >> did they. >> by the way, i think the republican party, and i'm sorry, dear people of nevada, i know you won't like this need to tell the nevada gop if you can't run your caucus any better than this, you are not going to be one of the first in the nation. what a disgrace. that this state which scratches and claws to be first in

according to a new "washington post"-abc news poll, the president leads the former massachusetts governor now 51-45 percent. let's talk about those numbers now with form senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush, karl rove, he is also a fox news contributor. the newspaper, "the washington post" n. writing about these results, karl, calls it a clear edge for the president when it comes to reelection. is it? >> i don't think so. i mean, it's good news for team obama. for the last three weeks we've now had three national polls showing him with a lead, a measurable lead against mitt romney. the interesting thing is the president trades between 45- 51 percent and that is shrepbgs -- essentially where he's been stuck in the head to head matchups for the better part of the year and you drill down in the numbers, they're not too good. one # percent think the economy is excellent or good, 89 percent think not so good or poor. in fact the president's job approval rating is on the economy, on jobs, handling the deaf at this time and taxes are all upside down with a strongl

what is interesting, alex, is this washington post, abc poll showed that 83% of americans support theould be curious to see if there was a president mccain ins offe if that would be true. they are supporting target assassinations even of american citizens without trial. >> there's no reports of the collateral damage of the drone strikes and it makes liberal democrats feel good that they can support -- >> president obama has gotten a huge pass from libertarians because he is a democrat. and it's one of those things that we see people like glenn green wald talk about all the time. it's not honest to not hold him to the same accountability as they held bush. >> thank you so much for joining us, jermey. a great read, coming up the linspiration, it's coming. a look back at "what just happened" that is next on "now." wanna know the difference between a trader and an elite trader? it's this... the etrade pro platform. fast. beautiful. totally customizable. finds top performing stocks -- in three clicks. quickly scans the market for new trading ideas. it can even match options strategies to y

. >> reporter: the new "the washington post"/abc news poll finds 56% of americans trust president obama now on international affairs. that adds to his overall approval. now up to 50% in that poll in this election year. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >>> back close to home police returned to mcpherson square today after this weekend brought big changes for occupy d.c. protesters. early saturday morning officers moved in to enforce a no camping policy. today they hauled away thaenent that were deemed health hazards and those that had bedding. even with the tents moved out it is clear there is a lot of work before the grounds on mcpherson square get back to normal. >> we needed our ice scrapers out there this morning. will we need them for the rest of the week? >> or anything more perhaps like a shovel? we haven't used one of those this season, veronica. >> no, we haven't even thrown that word around much either this winter. but as far as today goes it was another one of those easy, easy winter days for us. of course it started out pretty cold. temperatures were awfully low. a range between

now, we're seeing in the polls this pro tracked primary is pulling down the g.o.p. brand name. in a new abc "washington postpoll, president obama is leading governor romney. >> gregg: another poll up on the screen, people regard mitt romney as the guy who has the credentials but look at this. he is also regarded as the republican presidential candidate with the best case against barack obama. what do you think of that? >> i think that certainly any republican candidate is going to try to go after barack obama four years in office. they will make it a mandate what he has done as president. mitt romney very much we've all seen him talk about what he he did in the state of massachusetts. healthcare reform plan, saving the olympics, his success in business. he wants to be the outsider that non-washington entity that is the best match-up against the president. obama campaign is looking to make this a focus on their candidate, excuse me their opponent. they would love to make it an issue of mitt romney and his tenure at bain capital. what he did. >> gregg: ten states up for grabs on super tuesday, how do you see

a new washington post abc news poll shows president obama at 51% over romney's 45% among registered votershypothetical general election contest. >>> a former white house intern is reviewing some intimate details about president john f. kennedy. in a new tell all mimi alfred claims she had an affair with then president kennedy that lasted over a year. she told nbc it started in 1962 when she was a nine teen-year- old intern and that she had -- a nine teen-year-old intern and she that she had her first sexual experience with the president. she said she decided to write the book all these years later to keep her secret from becoming deadly. >>> virginia may become the next state to make texting while driving a primary offense. right now it's just a secondary offense meaning you have to break another law for a police officer to cite you. critics are concern it will lead to overblown charges and confiscated cell phones. >>> a father suspected in his wife's disappearance set off an explosion that killed himself and his two young sons. investigators now say he had a plan for some time, details ne

we have some poll numbers to give you, a new national abc "washington post" poll of republicans.nding lead, 39%, to newt gingrich's 23%. you can see how the rest of the folks come out under that. this is following newt gingrich's loss in nevada this saturday. tea party leader dick armey says that newt gingrich's time may have come and gone. listen. >> south carolina was an aberration because newt gingrich had what is likely to be in final analysis his best moment in south carolina. he had just one masterful moment where he transformed himself from perpetrator to victim, attacked the media, which as you know is always popular with our base, and just sort of took that momentary surge. >> now we have the colorado campaign chairman for newt gingrich. they will hold their caucuses tomorrow. thanks for being with us. we appreciate it. as you heard dick armey say and others have said, when the slide starts it's very hard to reverse that slide. is this a downward trend? and newt gingrich made it clear he's not getting out of the race, so what do you do about a downward trend? >> well, al