three point six trillion whether or not the pitchforks are going to come out you see in this new gallup poll americans are divided on defense spending so overall thirty nine percent of americans according to the latest gallup poll say the u.s. spends too much on defense twenty two percent say it spends too little and thirty five percent say defense spending is just fine here's another chart if you look at the partisan divide a full forty percent of republicans say too little is spent on military and nine percent of democrats say the same thing and yet look back at that chart you see from the three point six trillion and government expenditure almost half of it is from just military spent and you know this is not welfare this is not corporate welfare well that's exactly the. and i should be made if the question was do you support welfare for psychopaths and the industrial military contracting business most people would say no but you call it defense and it gets confusing of course the fact is to see that if the if the interest of the dollars being spent on military hardware is to defend

who's really the ones that are out of touch public support for america's wars has dwindled the latest gallup poll shows that sixty one percent of republicans want to speedier withdraw from afghanistan and now some members of young americans for freedom are even parting ways with this group so here to discuss it with me is adam wood former coronation in turn at young americans for freedom thanks so much for being here and now you decided to leave young americans for freedom after they made this announcement after the straw poll to see packed why i will for a number of reasons the first reason i said is i think libertarians and conservatives alike should have a sense of prioritization i think right now it's the one thing that we agree on is that we need to get the economy under control we need to repeal obama care we need to deny obama another four years he's been a disaster in this country and i think that the division that young americans for freedom is trying to cause is counterproductive and the other reason is the demeanor in which they did it to call him to call his foreign policy that h

the gallup/usa today poll -- specifically the question is this way. would you favor or oppose a lot in this state taking away some collective bargaining rights of most public unions. 61% oppose, 33 percent favor. the delaware of the question and who it was -- by gallup poll. 1000 adults conducted on monday with 4% plus a--- plus or minus. we have rebecca rebecca heimlich, organizing and ohio in support of a senate law and the governor's position regarding ohio's public unions and she would like to limit their collective bargaining power, concerned about the state budget deficit there pearson questions or comments. new york city. a sample is a democrat. caller: hello? i am calling into c-span? host: you are on the air. caller: my name is elizabeth. i would ask the this woman, american for whose prosperity? how could you possibly keep a straight face? host: talk about more about your organization and in addition to state chapter you getting national help? guest: americans for prosperity is a nationwide organization. we have chapters or affiliate's in 32

. >> so a reents "usa today" gallup poll shows about two-thirds of america are opposed to eliminating collective bargaining rights. is this battle about money or politics? >> i think it's about both. you know, i think governor walker and governor kasich in ohio, governor daniels in indiana, they feel that by weakening or eliminating collective bargaining reports for public employers, for teachers, for sanitation workers, it will give them the flexibility to, you know, do what they want. they want to -- they figure they won't have to pay as much for cities and states won't have to pay as much for health coverage or be as generous on vacation days. might be able to privatize operations and save money that way. but the united nations, i think, also have a point that these are all -- republican governors, republican lawmakers doing this. these folks saw how unions saw how $7 million in the elections to try to help democrats and when they speak to labor leaders, they say this is political payback. they say governor walker and others are trying to cripple unions and make them much weaker, n

just a month before the feminine mystique hit the newsstands, gallup conducted major poll in december 1962, and he purported to find that women were -- american housewives were the happiest people on earth. what did it take to make them happy? that the man be number one. one woman he interviewed said being subordinate to men is part of being feminine. it's what gives her pleasure. another said ha a woman needs a master/slave relationship whether it's a husband and wife or a boss and a secretary. and even, and just sentences after describing how happy women are that they had all the rights they wanted, they just didn't care to use them, gallup even noted that it had been hard to interview all these women because some of the husbands wouldn't let them talk to the interviewers. [laughter] so it's no wonder that homemakers in the 1950s, some homemakers from be all income groups, were extremely insecure about their role in society. they were actually more likely than women who worked outside the home to suffer from low self-esteem and depression. and more likely -- ironically, though, the

gallup says more and more people are going to church. a lot that have is because of economic bad times that people lean on faith. with the warw economic down time, fiscal train wreck this nation is on people are looking for something to lean on. it comes down to their faith. people find root and strength in their faith they want our president to find strength in faith. >> the real reason why they question him is he's different. he looks different than any other president. he has very different name than any other president that we have. this country particularly the right has used his name and his looks as a battering ram against him and have always propagated these myths with regards to his religion they continue to do it for their political advantage. >> is he proof that a democrat doesn't -- bill clinton did, when he -- bill clip conmade a big deal about having consulted his ministers or whatever during the monica lewinsky situation -- and then -- in that situation. not a good one. >> right. he believes in pro choice. >> mispoint he t

years it's now that really the american people seem to be also turning against us for the latest gallup poll said that seventy two percent of americans want congress to speed up this withdrawal and in fact this week there is the first ever anti afghanistan ad being played on t.v. let's play a short clip of that because it's time to end the war in. nobody's grandchild should grow up to bite and kill somebody else's grandchild because it's time to imagine what this nation could be if we focus the same resources on jobs and education as we do on the war. so americans are saying it's time to end this war now doesn't look like it's going to happen anytime soon you recently wrote a piece about this and you said that it's our responsibility to make sure that that our voices of her are her that the people that get to wage these wars and make the decisions in congress and the generals that get to keep pushing it you know don't get away with it so how do we do that well people have become much more active and it's understand why people are as active yes it's true that seventy two percent of the a

host: let me bring it back to this map from the gallup organization. the democrats losing 16 states the viewed as solid democratic states. now introduced there are states that are put in the gallup category. in terms of identification. it's probably a bigger number than i would put. but this is a country that independence has played a huge role in the outcomes. for example, in 2006, independent voters voted by an 18-point margin for democrats in congress. in 2008 independent voters voted in favor of democrats for congress. and senator obama over senator mccain thirned around voted in favor of republicans in 2010. so if this were an austin powers movie is -- they are going to play the key role in everything next year. host: let me take those numbers one step further. for 2010 listed 14 states, nine lean democratic. 18 competitive states. tossup states. five leaning republican and five are solid republican. diane is joining us from washington, d.c. with charlie cook of the cook political report. good morning. >> we're food. how are you? >> fine. >> first

host: thank you for calling in did a couple of polls from gallup. economic optimism ties three- year high. this level of optimism ties for the highest since gallup daily tracking began in january of 2008. one more hole from gallup. obama's approval rating on deficit sinks to new low. president obama's approval rating for handling the federal budget deficit has gone from bad to worse in recent months, even as his rating on all other major national issues have generally held steady. currently 27% of americans approve of obama on the deficit, down from 32% in november, while 68% disapprove. it on our republican line is fred in jacksonville, florida. caller: first of all, the first thing that should be cut is all foreign aid should be cut out. all police protection of the armies in germany, all those places, they should pay for their protection. we have been there longer enough. some of these bases should be shut down -- cut off. it is time for them to do their share. the other thing, the u.n. doesn't need to get another dollar and i am tired like the r

. >> steve: you galluped. >> jimmy: yeah, i was doing horse.n't know what was going on. [ laughter ] >> steve: the bumpy horse. >> jimmy: like that's a dance. yeah, yeah. >> steve: "hey, it's the bumpy horse." >> jimmy: i just started doing the horse. i don't know what happened. [ light laughter ] this is pretty crazy, you guys. a man here in new york was arrested yesterday for stealing a garbage truck. [ light laughter ] that's too bad because he was this close to having all that garbage. [ laughter ] you know? that's right. a man in new york stole a garbage truck. people knew it wasn't a real new york garbage man because he kept stopping to pick up trash. [ laughter ] "that's weird. he usually just parks in the middle of the street and we just wait for him." big news. it was announced today that egyptian president hosni mubarak's son, gamal, won't run for president. that makes sense. i mean, an unpopular president is voted out of office and then his inexperienced son becomes president? that could never happen. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> ste

host: let me bring it back to this map from the gallup organization. the democrats losing 16 states the viewed as solid democratic states. now introduced there are states that are put in the gallup category. in terms of identification. it's probably a bigger number than i would put. but this is a country that independence has played a huge role in the outcomes. for example, in 2006, independent voters voted by an 18-point margin for democrats in congress. in 2008 independent voters voted in favor of democrats for congress. and senator obama over senator mccain thirned around voted in favor of republicans in 2010. so if this were an austin powers movie is -- they are going to play the key role in everything next year. host: let me take those numbers one step further. for 2010 listed 14 states, nine lean democratic. 18 competitive states. tossup states. five leaning republican and five are solid republican. diane is joining us from washington, d.c. with charlie cook of the cook political report. good morning. >> we're food. how are you? >> fine. >> first

a month before the feminine -- "the feminine mystique" hit the newsstands, gallup conducted a major poll in december of 1962. he purported to find american housewives were the happiest people on earth. what did it take to make a happy? that the man being number one. one woman interviewed said be insubordinate to men is part of being feminine. what gives her pleasure. another said that a woman needs a master/slave relationship whether it is husband or wife or boss and secretary. .. more likely than any other to devalues themselves they then assessed their child care skills more negatively rather than less educated, less fortunate stay at home mothers or equally educated working moms. unlike today, if moms who actually did work outside the home were more confident in their child-rearing skills than these middle class homemakers felt. and as i listened to these women talked, i set out to figure out why were these women so responsive? why did they feel so lost? and it seems to me that what friedan did was have its biggest impact on women who were part of a generation caught between two world

we will wrap up the program with charlie cook and his latest views -- his views on the latest gallup poll on party affiliation in the u.s. next up, from this morning's post a washington journal -- this morning's "washington journal." our presence is so expensive and what is keeping it that way? guest: corrections costs have been going up significantly over the last several years. frankly because we keep incarcerating more and more people. today, for example, can the state of michigan, one out of every the people -- one out of every three people that works for the state worked for the department of corrections. these are institutions that are a secure and we need to protect the public. we need to make sure there is a severe remembered h -- we need to make sure there is a secure perimeter. they are expensive to build and expensive to operate. host: beyond the basic infrastructure of keeping prisoners inside and keeping them out of the public, what are the other costs? we are talking about caring for people and benefits. guest: corrections has done a fantastic job over the years of limi

i mean, if you look at gallup polls and i'd be interested in seeing another one now that the prevailing ideology is starting to shift a bit, but as of about three or four years ago, most people in our country thought that the reason we had low educational outcomes was because kids weren't motivated in low-incomed communities and parents don't care. our corps members know for a fact that's not true. they see their kids working harder than any kids work and they see their parents do care when they're, you know, brought into the process. so they come out of it thinking, when the kids are met with high expectations, given extra supports they do well and they come out of it realizing that there's no silver bullet in this. >> we're going to get to that. >> yeah. >> but i still want you to answer the question. whenever i see teach of america spoken of in a derogatory manner, it's invariably by someone on the right, which confuses me because i would have thought it was almost -- i would almost thought it was the other way around. do you have a sense of this? am i wrong in thinking this? >> i do

next up, in a gallup poll on political party affiliation.harlie cook was our guest this morning on "washington journal." we spoke with him for 45 minutes. host: we are glad to have you back. appreciate your time. >> i have been doing this for 25 years. host: i want to begin with some news that came out this past week that looked at solid democratic states. a comparison between 2008 and 2010. these solid blue states cut in half. what does that tell you? guest: 2008 was a great year for democrats. democrats really searched out in the have seen it come down. if you look at the broader party identification numbers, would you see is democrats have gone down and independents have gone up. that is not reflected in the map, but democrats peaked. it is thought that republicans in this version where they pushed the independents -- if you look at the wrong numbers it is more independents going up host: this is a snapshot in 2011. in terms of competitive states, the states include indiana, wisconsin, virginia, florida, nevada, new mexico and arizona. ne

. >> it was a big gallup poll in 1962 just before "the feminine mystique" was published and they asked marriage needs a boss. when sociologist interviewed people and asked, you know, do you have a good marriage, they would get answers like this. yes, we have a very good marriage. we hardly... he hardly ever hits me. >> reporter: of course as women's roles in society changed so did their view of marriage. in this country now, women outnumber men in college and nearly twice as many single women than single men own their own home. they're getting married later and at all different stages of life. mara is the president of kleinfeld bridal. do you have maternity wedding dresses. >> they don't start out to be that way. we can adjust them. our alterations department is filled with magicians. now a bump is a fashion item as well. >> reporter: a pregnancy bump is a fashion item even in a wedding dress. >> yes: go down with aisle with a bump and flowers and nobody thinks anything of it. they congratulate them twice. >> reporter: and the truth is even as the number of married people shrinks, poll

a new gallup poll says the 2010 cold season is worse than past years. >>> 7:11. a city on the brink of a serious crisis. >> i would very much love to keep my seat until my term is up. >> the mayor of hercules facing a recall explains why the financial can'ter there is not her -- disaster there is not her fault. >>> clear skies. temperatures, 30s, 40s. sunny, breezy. highs upper 50s, low to mid- 60s. >> all right, steve. thank you. >>> 7:14. right now the head of the federal reserve is on capitol hill to give a major update on the economy. alison burns joins us from our washington, d.c. bure rewith why fireworks could fly at this hearing. alison? >> reporter: dave, it is ben bernanke's first appearance before congress since republicans took control of the house. let's get right to a live look at the house budget committee. chairman bernanke just began his opening statement. he just said that it does appear that a self-sustaining economic recovery in the u.s. is taking hold. but gop lawmakers have been vocally critical with his approach to the economy. here's how t

host: let me bring it back to this map from the gallup organization. the democrats losing 16 states the viewed as solid democratic states. now introduced there are states that are put in the gallup category. in terms of identification. it's probably a bigger number than i would put. but this is a country that independence has played a huge role in the outcomes. for example, in 2006, independent voters voted by an 18-point margin for democrats in congress. in 2008 independent voters voted in favor of democrats for congress. and senator obama over senator mccain thirned around voted in favor of republicans in 2010. so if this were an austin powers movie is -- they are going to play the key role in everything next year. host: let me take those numbers one step further. for 2010 listed 14 states, nine lean democratic. 18 competitive states. tossup states. five leaning republican and five are solid republican. diane is joining us from washington, d.c. with charlie cook of the cook political report. good morning. >> we're food. how are you? >> fine. >> first

. >>> a new gallup poll is out on who was america's greatest president.ccording to the survey, the greatest president was ronald reagan. ronald reagan came out ahead of abraham lincoln who came in second place in the survey -- in the survey. many other presidents made the list, including bill clinton, john f. kennedy and barack obama. george w. bush tied for 10th place with thomas jefferson. the poll people say they are voting for presidents they've known in their lifetime. >>> the writings of former presidents are on display in the bay area. >> your most obedient and very humble servant -- >> the presidential signature exhibit will be opened today in palo alto. it comes courtesy of retired wall street executive, joe baldwin. he began to collect the memorabilia in 1980, first buying a letter written by george washington. the collection is open between noon and 4:00 at the --:00 at the all saints episcopal church on waverly street. >>> we all have a chance to help the smithsonian decide which video games to feature next year. the art of video games will sh

in fact, the gallup poll came out and said the current unemployment is actually at 9.9%.the only john rosebud we are growing are in government, when that music stops, it is a game over. and the game doesn't end very well. we have a real-life example of where the socialistic path is taking us. exhibit a increase. take a look at greece. here you have people in the streets because they wanted more government, and why were they writing? because of retirement age was going to go from age 61 to 63 the middle those evil bureaucrats. that is the end result of socialism when the demand equations knows no bounds. or spain, spain has the highest unemployment right now in europe. remember president obama told us early on in his administration we have to be more like spain. do you remember that? we've got to be more like spain and put into place the wind generation and all the things spain is about because that is the future. i don't know about you, i don't want 22 per cent unemployment in the united states means reality right now. we don't want to be seen. we want to be america. we a

a gallup poll taken at the height of the standoff finding that 61% of americans and a majority of independents do not favor eliminating collective bargaining for state employees in their own states, and yet republican governors are taking the unions on at a time when public opinion of organized labor is at a low point. 45% have a positive view, down to the lowest level in a quarter of the center. the question we are asking is, if you could advise the president to meet with one person, who with that individual be? good morning. caller: how are you doing? i think the lady had a great idea about the president taking calls. even if they were screened and the questions were reasonable. with everything going on in the world, why are we talking about this this morning? i think the question should be, who he should not be talking to. evidently the ones he is talking to is not helping in that much prepar. host: we are focusing on the the news of the day. chriswsmaker wirs show with van hollen with the budget. we had a caller that phoned in on friday and we thought it was an interesting question to find

it is a strong -- it is not a galloping -- gallup poll.sted because it tells us thing. it is important to us because it tells us what conservative activists are thinking about a lot of different things, including the people they look to as leaders. tom? >> thank you for having us do this. i would like to say there are a bunch of cells that do this. but there are people like david in my shop who spent two days running around collecting the straw poll and being yelled at by every presidential campaign. soon, we are going to have to hire a truck and carry around armed guards. this year, they tell me that this might actually work. this year, i have to tell you that i have been doing this straw poll as long as there has been a straw poll at cpac. this year really shattered every single cpac record in history. [applause] there were, on average, the four straw polls completed every single minute. the straw poll ballot places were open as cpac this year. that is phenomenal. 3742 people participating in this straw poll this year. that is more than