here's what eric erickson tweeted. quote, i don't think it's healthy to indicate that the jobs numbers are cooked. a best-selling author and currently writes a blog with his wife susie. so do you really believe that people in the obama campaign, the chicago guy that you tweeted about, that they cooked the numbers? >> anderson, last night before these numbers came out, i tweeted, i wonder what the assumptions will be tomorrow. because last month, the assumptions were that participation rate dropped to the lowest level since jimmy connor. that means people quit looking for work so they don't count. there are so many assumptions that one makes coming into these numbers. you pointed out very accurately that they polled 60,000 people out of a work force of 100 million plus to see how many people had work coming in and out. but the numbers that came out today, they were the highest numbers of household employment since june of 1983, the biggest year of the reagan recovery. the plausibility, it just doesn't seem right. maybe

with that in mind here's what conservative commentator and cnn contributor eric erickson tweeted today. quote, i don't think it is helpful or healthy to gop to argue both polling and job numbers are cooked. a lot of different opinions. in a moment we bring in ali velshi, who has opinions. so do you really believe that people in the obama campaign, the chicago guys that you tweeted about, that they cooked the numbers? >> anderson, last night before these numbers came out, i tweeted i wonder what the assumptions will be tomorrow. because last month, the assumptions were that the participation rate dropped to the lowest level since jimmy carter. that means people quit looking for work so they don't count. there's so many assumptions that one makes in coming to these numbers. you pointed out very accurately that they phone 60,000 people to ask about the work force of 100 million plus to see how many have come in and out. for the numbers that came out today, we would have had to have -- they were the highest numbers of household employment since june of 1983, the biggest year of the reagan

cnn contributor eric erickson tweeted joe biden tells crowds that gop bullets are aimed at them.r what gabrielle giffords thinks of that rhetoric. sarah palin used a map to targett democrats for defeat. democrats pounced accusing palin as contributing to giffords suffering. dare i say palin shot back. >> within hours of a tragedy unfolding journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood liable that serves only to insight the hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. >> senator john mccain defended saying political campaigns use war-like rhetoric. was joe biden's bullet remark out of line? facebook.com/carolcnn. >>> free speech on the football field. cheerleaders banners with bible versus can stay, for now. [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up to bring you a low-priced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with a low national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on your medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to focus on the things that really matter. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. or go to walmart.com for details

from erick erickson who tweeted i'm proud of obama for treating the navy so dismissively. that only helps romney in virmg virmgin a, florida, et cetera. and from ericthe thousands of virginias in the navy family, cutting our naval forces isn't a game of battleship. it's become a weird sort of internet sport. a compilation of catch phrases. >> you didn't build that. >> i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. >> i love big bird. >> it's romney hood. >> if i were to coin a term it would be obama-loney. >> i think it's called ronesia. >> funny. you remember the zinger, but maybe not exactly what it means. prove me wrong. what did president obama mean when he says bayonets and horses? here is the answer, he is saying governor romney has antequated views when it comes to the military. got it? are we clinging to our zingers because, frankly, they're the only things keeping us awake? talk back question of the day, do zingers win debates? facebook.com/carolc facebook.com/carolcnn. your responses later this hour. >>> it is just after 9:30 this morning. the bell rang at the new york stock exchange. pointing to a much lower open, disappoin