one daily news columnist, andrea tantaros and doug schoen joining us to share some differences.nd before i get to the two of you, let's hear what the president is saying about the jobs numbers. >> here is the good news, over the past two years, our businesses have added nearly four million new jobs. [applause] we just found out that last month, in february, we added 233,000 private sector jobs. [applaus [applause] >> more companies are bringing jobs back and investing in america and manufacturing is adding jobs for the first time since the 1990's. [applause] >> all right. doug and andrea, we can hear what the president says in virginia, at rolls-royce, and the jobs numbers, is it improved with 8.3% unemployment rate to deal with? >> it's a good start, kelly. i think he was pretty tentative in making it it clear that america is coming back, has a long way to go. it's perfectly clear with 8.3% unemployment, he's not out of the woods, he's marginally ahead in the polls now, kelly, not over 50%, so, he's by no means turned the corner on the economy, but bottom line, this is much bet

here to help us understand it, chris stirewalt and doug schoen. welcome, gentlemen.chris, you see a reversal of fortune of mitt romney as we have seen so many times before. it was a week or 10 days ago mr. santorum was on this program. he was the national front runner. what changed it and does it matter the national numbers where you go into a contest where it's all about individual states. >> yes and no. the candidates are strong and weak in different places. but what we have seen this year is the local polls in large part track what's going on nationally. the republicans are going through their options bit by bit. maybe it's fair that at the end mitt romney end up with the surge. he never laely had a surge and we see him up 10 points since last month. in the "wall street journal" poll. maybe it's time for a romney surge. megyn: has been the front runner but never had a surge. doug, everyone is look at ohio in this contest to see who is likely to win. it is neck and neck. what makes the difference with 24 hours to go? >> in a word, momentum. is a looked at the polls

jon: if doug schoen, the democratic pollster calls the romney campaign and says hang in there, i'm suren, i'm sure they will take that call. >> absolutely. jon: doug, angela, thank you both. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. jenna: charges could be announced today against the american soldier accused of killing civilians in afghanistan. will he face the death penalty? what do we know about his defense strategy? we're going to go in depth next. there he is, gordon jones, poised at this moment to discover new plum amazins from sunsweet, the amazing alternative to raisins and cranberries with 50% more fiber, about half the sugar, and a way better glycemic index. yes, that's the stuff. he's clearly enjoying one of the planet's most amazing superfruits. amazin' yes, plum amazins, 100% fruit with so much more nutrition and taste it's simply, amazin'. hey, keep it down mate, you'll wake the kids. plum amazins. new, from sunsweet. jenna: new developments in the case against an american soldier accused of a massacre in afghanistan. word that staff sergeant robert bales could be charged today.

doug schoen. kelly ann conway and alice stewart press secretary for rick santorum. okay, guys. rick santorum created quite a hornet's nest by saying that as a precondition to statehood english should be the main language of puerto rico. is he wrong? >> first of all, let me clare are fie that he never said that. i was with him in at least two dozen interviews and town halls and press conferences. he never said that. that is not what he believes. rick believes that all puerto ricans currently english and spanish are the official languages. he said he would encourage the schools to teach english for all puerto rican children to learn english because english is the language of opportunity. >> judge jeanine: he must have said something. kelly ann? >> i believe he said that people should speak english and learn that -- that english should be the official language of the united states which, of course, it is not. i think that governor fortune must have been there because he quickly pounced on the remarks and he, of course, endorsed mitt romney who hasn't. he pounced on the remark and

doug schoen is a former pollster for president clinton and a fox news contributor. thanks for being here. doug i want to start with you. the white house helping to coordinate presents conferences and prayer vigils, and protests, is this commonplace? >> no it's not commonplace, this is a presidential election year. this is a big achilles heel for the president and democrats. they want to do everything to support the law. because one way ear the other it wilor another it will be constitutional or not constitutional. right now in the campaign people are against it and the opponents are intense and strident. >> reporter: let's put the poll numbers up for our viewers. own associated presents poll from a couple of weeks ago asking people what will happen in the future, will their healthcare be better or worse. people think it will be worse 32% to 14%. is this new push by the white house a realization of poll numbers? >> it's certainly a reflection of those poll numbers. it's a recognition that the original strategy, the political strategy behind the legislation did not wor

brad blakeman and doug schoen, gentlemen, good morning. what doug was doing four years ago, he was working with hillary clinton. she did not drop out until almost mid june. is that a good thing or a bad thing. >> it was a different set of circumstances. hillary clinton and barack obama managed to keep their race civil. there was no incumbent. now we have an incumbent that's above the fray. we have an increasingly nasty race that's producing polarization. we have a poll that shows mitt romney's negatives going sky high. >> no panic on the republican side but this will come down to mathematics. there comes a time with it's mathematically impossible to continue in the nomination and that's when it can hurt. if the candidate goes on a scorched earth policy it can do damage. but we are not at that point now. i think we could be at that point in a month if romney continues to pick up delegates and it becomes mathematically impossible for theoers to get the nomination. bill: gentlemen, are you ready for the headlines. april 2008, abc news, negati

joining me now doug schoen, a fox news contributor. how are you guys? great to see you. union members are going to go. because of a supreme court decision they can knock on your door and raise as much money and give it to super pacs as they want. >> i have almost half a billion dollars raised and spent by unions this year almost exclusively to elect the president and other democrats. his forrically 95% of union contributions go for democrats. the problem isn't the numbers. i have run against unions in new york and new jersey. their boots on the ground operation is second to none. unions are part of this populist anger you see reflected in the tea party. big labor is viewed to be a corporation. taxpayers understand that unions are off and leading the charge for more taxes, more spending, raising local and state taxes to astronomical levels. jamie: you didn't tell me what the republicans will do about it. but we'll get back to that. we'll put up a poll. in the 2008 presidential election 21% of the votes came from union household. that's not insignificant, doug. >> what ton

a former republican campaign manager and aid to gop leadership and doug schoen also a fox news contributorth for joining us today. george will conservative political analyst says the republican party should stop wasting resources on the race for the white house because he says it can't win, the resources better expended and this is a quote making sure republicans wield all of the gavels in congress in 2013. also adding another quote that a lame duck obama would have substantially reduced capacity to do harm to republican-backed issues. is mr. will right. trey, i will start with you? >> he is not. i have a lot of respect for george but he is completely wrong here. 8 months is an eternity in politics and there are so many things that could potentially happen. issues in the middle east. gas prices. employment issues or the unemployment rate. i understand it is discouraging for republicans right now because the party is currently in a mud fight for the nomination. but that will change. people have short memories. i actually think that this process could be healthy for the party as they get int

let's bring into the discussion, the campaign insiders, doug schoen.er for president carter and a former republican congressman for new york is here as well. does this put santorum back in the race or not? louisiana? >> i think he has been in the race as an option against ropeny. this race is all about romney. it's been a year of republicans resisting the probable inevitability of romney. they don't really want him. the turnouts are low in the primary. they are unenthused. in a year when republicans are supposed to be tuned up to beat president obam ark they are not that happy with the choices at all. >> gregg: pat, diswriz over? >> i think that romney looks inevitable. but it's very disturbing. t by so much in louisiana, i mean, santorum almost got a majority, almost 2-1. you put that with the rasmussen numbers in virginia, where he is trailing obama in a critical swing state in the south by 9 points. he's he's behind in north carolina. i wonder, i ask my colleagues, i worn if we are not seeing the fact that romney's problems among southerners, this f

let's bring in our political panel, doug schoen and fox news contributor, and matt, former white houseesident george w. bush. thank you for joining us. >> happy to be here. >> patti ann: so let's start with you, doug. so really you would have to be an external event, none of the republican candidates could beat the president on their own merits? >> if you look why governor romney is now, his negative is close to 50%. he's trailing president obama in key swing states like ohio and florida, virginia, north carolina. and bottom line, the republican race, while it shows signs of winding down, remains incredibly negative. the president's approval is inching toward 50%. while i think the vice president may have overstated it a bit, i don't think he overstated it by much. >> patti ann: biden followed up by saying, but i'm very confident the president is going to win. he was just saying in the off chance that he doesn't these would be the reasons. what do you make of it all? >> i just really appreciate president obama picking joe biden to be his running mate. he's the gift that keeps on giving

[applause] bill: mary katharine ham of "the daily caller", doug schoen former pollster for presidentlinton ton, both fox news contributors. back with us. how are you two doing? fine, bill. bill: we tried to get columbus and galileo, but they weren't available. >> if we could run the whole country on sarcasm we would be good to go. here's the thing. president obama spent a lot of time on the trail doing exactly what he accusing others now. both economy and gas prices are complex indexes. nonetheless they are blamed or, the folks in charge get credit for them and that is just the way politics works. i also say within the speech he has been dinged twice in two days by "the washington post" fact checker getting facts wrong. one about oil reserves and using fake internet quote attributed to rutherford b. hayes. he is all over the place. bill: the hayes museum back in fremont, ohio, they were none too happy. >> there will be an attacked a about that. bill: doug, you think he sound a by the defense sieve on this front. how come? >> oh, absolutely. bill, with the polling evidence showing he

doug schoen joins me now, former pollster of president bill clinton. fox news contributor.ampaign advisor to john mccain's presidential campaign and chairman of the civic forum presidential action committee. >> thank you. martha: get your initial reaction. how bad is what rick santorum said or is it? >> i've been as critical of mitt romney as next conservative and having been out on the presidential campaign trail and i appreciate rick santorum's fire in the belly but really at the end of the day all he provided is reckless fodder for a president who doesn't need more advantages. he is writing barack obama's campaign come americals. president obama, we can't wait until 2016. we have to get him out because some policies like obamacare are just irreversible. martha: doug, what do you make of the comment and what does it mean for rick santorum's future. >> this says to me, martha, that the republican party is still hopelessly divided. rick santorum fighting on. will probably win in louisiana and strong in may in texas. the party is divided because mitt romney is an etch-a-sket

and radio talk show host david webb the founder of tea party 365 in the middle and doug schoen on the. dede. let me start with you. as form assistant to president bush do you agree with george will that we should forget the presidency and just focus on congress, winning back congress? >> no. i mean, that's the most insane thing i've ever heard. you cannot give up the presidency, never ever give up. and this is one of the most important things americans can do is vote for the president of the united states of america. i mean, we're in a terrible position right now in our country with the economy and so forth. yes, americans should engage in something so important. i don't know what george will is doing. i think many cocktail parties and this elitist and defeatist attitude is wrong so republicans and make sure that vote and concentrate on the white house. >> david, it looks like you might have been at the cocktail parties and may agree with george will on this, don't focus on the presidency, that will come and go every four years, we've got to get control of the committees and gavels in