conservative when gallup calls them up and asks is pretty extraordinary it truly is . do you see as going forward in the future obviously apparently you're think that the country is going to continue to get more progressive what externally you have to be optimistic here in the middle we have loved one external forces do you think are driving or internal forces for them. or internal forces i mean like i said the demographics are shifting in a way that whatever the biggest force on the other side is money you're talking about you know it's a bit of radio i don't have to tell you that the money media has been pushing money friendly ideas for a very long time and that they're the right is still extremely dominant media that six companies control most of our media. there is a you know they have a big megaphone we have to make sure that our ideas get out there so people can actually have a chance to hear the men agree with them because when they do actually hear them they tend to agree with us so well said sir geoffrey thank you so much for talking with us and is one reason

gallup gave it as a gift to the country. if you go on a gallup.com, your schools can plug in how much innovation energy, on to print your energy, and how many are in internships. -- entrepreneur energy and how much -- how many students are in your internships. it is too low. >> let's say we solve the issue on been teaching folks how to be an entrepreneur, -- that we solve the issue of regulation. have governments that and found ways to make it easier to do business -- have found ways to make it easier to do business. in small communities, unemployment is that 13%, and in some areas it is like 9%. the question i have, it is a two-part question. you need a customer. it ultimately comes to meeting a customer. -- needing a customer. let's say this territory or county figures that out. do you then take from the other county, or the other state and prosper and blossom? you alluded to the issue of globalization, where america is at 25% now, but if you look at all of the experts, intent, 20, 30 years, -- in 10, 20, 30 years, we are

a new survey by gallup showing the unemployment rate at 9% right now. that would be a major spike from where the government says we are right now. charles payne, you say it's time to start worrying about unemployment. >> absolutely. i think lot of people started worrying when the numbers came out. i i found it interesting that friday when the numbers were released, the white house was subdued. they took a victory lap but -- the 8.3 number didn't have the pizazz, and here is the thing. the asterisk, 1.2 million people leaving the job market. when you think about our country, when that people in a month say, i give up, i give up on the american dream, i give up on the notion of having a job, i throw it all in. i throw in the towel. the regular media, but we knew better. >> do you trust the gallup number which says it's 9% now, or do you trust the government number which says it's 8.3%. which is closer to the truth. >> i think the gallup number is closer to the truth without a doubt. >> they're also saying that underemployment goes up to 19%. >> right. >>

thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> the gallup poll.is registered voters and the margin of error is 4 either way. are there other explanations for it? is there a romney or republican surge indicated by that poll? >> i don't think there's any underlying reason why this poll seems like an aberration. when you also look at the general trend from the beginning of this year, and through the president, president obama's numbers are stacking up against all republican candidates are on a slight uptick. job less claims are on a four-year low. things are turning up for him in the most important places so i don't think we should read too much into this latest poll suggesting that obama is getting weaker somehow. >> this was additional today it canning that president trails in some other states. those things that the white house would worry about? or were they expecting very little out of iowa and virginia anyway. >> no doubt this is getting brought into the fold. but we're so early in the race. obama has barely campaigned in any of these states. t

gallup.u look at the real clear average of the polls it's less than that, but you still see santorum in the lead. look at michigan, real clear politics average in michigan. this is 35 to 30. there is a new p.p.p. poll out that has spread at 4%. rick santorum in the lead. panel tonight is damon stoudamire, byron york and steve hayes. byron, the thoughts on race and you had romney officials out today, saying michigan is not a must-win for the romney campaign. you had santorum folks saying it's romney country. expectations? >> i think the question is whether everything that santorum has been saying that has been message about social issues, contraception, about the church and prenatal testing and everything, whether it catches up with him in michigan. whether it hurts him with a republican primary electorate. one thing you see covering campaign, involved in twitter and the internet and listening to this stuff. a day you go to campaign event and people there haven't heard about it. it takes a whi

the results from the latest gallup poll are next. >> warmer temperatures and a chance of rain showers. right now in baltimore we are now near 50 degrees. winds out of >> in tonight's commitment 2012 report, rick santorum appears to be ahead of mitt romney by 10 points. >> that is according to today's gallup tracking poll. the distance between the two is closer. thmichigan is cromie's home state. -- from the's home state. santorum appears to have the lead in michigan. most republicans think romney would be more likely to win against president obama. you can preview tomorrow night's republican debate in arizona by going to our website, wbaltv.com, and clicking on politics. >> the 21st dayf their bridge in baltimore. the normal high temperature is 46. the top was 52. official measurements where it was 49 at the airport. that was after rather cold morning. 23. five degrees colder than normal. a cold morning and a milder than normal afferent -- afternoon. western maryland, the west virginia panhandle, temperatures are not very chilly. a sign of cloud cover and a warming trend. 52 in peters

a february average by gallup shows santorum ahead of romentny by ten p percentage points, but a gallup-usa today survey shows 54 percent of americans think mitt romney has the skills to beat president obama, just 32 percent say santorum can win. take a live look at shelby township, michigan where mitt romney is fighting to win his own statement we may get to that video in just a minute. how hard will he have to fight to keep santorum at bay? karl rove is a fox news contributor and former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush. i'm sure you've looked at numbers karl. why is mitt romney having trouble in michigan? >> well, first of all, he may have been born there but he lived there 40 years ago and times change, and this is a volatile race, in the real clear politics average, it's santorum up by 3.2%, 34 and change to 31 and change, and you can see the volatility in the lasto in the polls that they've done in the last couple of weeks. there's a new poll out from ppp, a democrat operation in north carolina showing rates at 37, santorum, 33. a week ago, they had

check out these numbers brand new from gallup., you can see a 10-point advantage for santorum over romney, gingrich and ron paul down there. this surge, at least in the national numbers, randi, has continued. some say, has santorum plateaued? has he topped out? we're going to see it first in the state polls in michigan or arizona. some of those states are voting on super tuesday. but yeah, this is traumatic for mitt romney, of course it is. but you know what matters the most? the primaries on super tuesday. if romney wins in michigan and, a lot of people will calm down. >> romney has to win in michigan, doesn't he? >> well, it was his home state. romney won michigan four years ago over john mccain. how about another state that a candidate has to win? newt gingrich. he was a front runner at one time. he's really dropped in the polls. he needs to win georgia on super tuesday, and here's what he said about it. >> it's very important for us to do well in georgia and we're going to go all out to make sure we carry the state. i think as

gallup gave it as a gift to the country. if you go on a gallup.com, your schools can plug in how much entrepreneur energy and how much -- how many students are in your internships. it is too low. >> let's say we solve the issue on been teaching folks how to be an entrepreneur, -- that we solve the issue on teaching folks out to be an entrepreneur, and then on regulation, so we have governments that and found ways to make it easier to do business -- have found ways to make it easier to do business. in small communities, unemployment is that 13%, and in some areas it is like 9%. you need a customer. it ultimately comes to meeting a customer. -- meeting a customer. -- needing a customer. let's say they figured it out. do you then take from the other county, or the other state and prosper and blossom? you alluded to the issue of globalization, where america is at 25% now, but if you look at all of the experts, intent, 20, 30 years, -- in 10, 20, 30 years, we are a small piece of the pie. if we are driven by small business, how y

are campaigning without a clear path to the nomination much less to the white house, a series of gallupls lays out what president obama has to do. but gallop gives the president little chance where he is polling under 40%. that leaves the rich crop of swing states to fight over. for more on the gop race yes ear joined david. good to see you tonight. >> good to see you. >> was he calling out mitt romney and the house as selfish while his policies may be more justified than his opponents. >> in a political season you can never discount that's what he was doing. i think he was making his case and he was trying to make his pitch in a way that would resinate at a prayer breakfast. >> could gingrich be campaigning there just to try to get some attention for his barbs. >> talking to my sources in nevada today, this race probably is romney's to lose and by a lot, meaning he should sew it up saturday night. nobody else can match him in organization and stature there. ron paul comes in second in his ability for organization. >> the trump endorsement today, what effect does that have? >> you know,

politifact tests the truthfulness of that statement by consulting the gallup poll, which they note hasy since 1992. politifact goes on to cite the most recent gallup ideology poll results from last year, which show that 21% of americans identify as liberal, 35% identify as moderates, and 40% identify as conservatives. so marco rubio says a majority of americans are conservative, politifact looks into it and finds that, actually, only 40% of americans say they're conservative, and that obviously isn't a majority. so quoting politifact, he said a majority of americans are conservatives, in gallup's poll, the number has never crossed the 50% threshold. oh, but wait, there's more. politifact goes on to point out that even if you split up the independent vote, people who say they are in the middle, even if you split them up into leans republican or leans democrat, still, there's no majority for the more conservative of the two parties, for the republican party. "the independent splitup so that the country is almost evenly divided." so to sum up, marco rubio says the majority of americans ar

she had an adventurous spirit and was an accomplished horse woman who lived life at full gallup.the oral history provides us with many of mrs. kennedy's personal recollections and insights and i hope you'll allow me to comment on just one. when asked by arthur schlessinger, whose son andrew is here with us this evening, about where the president best relaxed, mrs. kennedy replied, it was while sailing. he loved the sun and the water and not the phone. and she remembers jfk as blissfully happy with the wind blowing his hair. and adds, it was for him what getting out on a horse is for me. with her thoughtful forward to the book and some of her mother's recollections, we also learn about caroline kennedy, whose presence animates this institution like no other, and whose steady leadership has put this library in the forefront of the presidential library system, in providing worldwide access to archival collections. we learn of the adventure stories her father told caroline as a young girl, stories about two ponies, white star and black star. as he wove these tales, the president woul

ever, a majority of americans 53% now think that gay marriage should be legal according to a 2011 gallup poll. and that is a -point increase over the previous year. lord only knows what it would be right now. and there's a stark difference between age groups. a full 70% of people who are 18 to 34 support gay marriage. on the other hand, just 39% of those who are 55 and older do. here's where the right to marry stands nationally. 29 states now have a statute or constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. 8 states have legalized civil unions. and 6 states have legalized gay marriage. there is perhaps no political figure who is more closely associated with the issue of gay marriage than my next guest gavin newsom is the lieutenant governor of california. and i am pleased to welcome you. here in the war room. >> thank you. >> thanks for joining us. >> it's an honor. >> is you've been fighting for this. >> yeah. >> you've been leading it. what's the significance for california now? >> it's remarkable, we're here in san francisco almost eight years to the day when we initiated weddings betw

viewed by everybody in the country some kind of like ruckus you know is that even look at obama's gallup numbers he got in the most trouble when occupy was really starting up and gaining steam occupy doesn't do anybody has his numbers were only bad because more progress was were upset with obama and they were he didn't bless him in popularity among independents don't think that that look you know looks bad for the democrat a reason to have to put in popularity in gallup when occupy first came on the scene it was getting a lot of press was because it exposed one of the issues that a lot of liberals have with this president that he's not been liberal enough ok but also that now by norming occupied in the ideas like you say if there's a correlation there by ignoring occupy his numbers actually have improved now i mean occupies deeply unpopular but none of this is is addressing the question that i asked which is why do conservatives hate democracy in the workplace unions are dead. it's all about money in the workplace all about why do conservatives not you know why why this push for a right

let me show you first the recent gallup poll.s mitt romney in the lead but look how rick santorum is this is a gallop tracking poll separates romney from santorum. how much have you given if i may ask? >> geraldo i need to dispel this billionaire thing when the press picked up on this idea my wife asked if i was squirrelling money away. i am sort of a billionaire wannabe. i hope that doesn't make me less interesting to interview. i am also excited about -- >> can you still lend me a dollar? >> i have enough money to take my wife and buy buttered popcorn. you come get your dollar. >> how much have you given him for his campaign? >> it gets to the point that was mentioned earlier about disclosure. the disclosure has to be revealed i think january 31st. that number is available. i keep that number private. >> six figures, seven figures? >> it's six figures. i think what steve forbes said earlier is so right on that is why he is one of my heros and i consider him a national treasure. what he said is we should basically give the money

think that that look you know look bad for the democrat a reason to have to put in popularity and gallup when occupy first came on the scene and was getting a lot of press was because it exposed one of the issues that a lot of liberals have with this president that he's not been liberal enough ok but also now by norming occupied in the ideas like you see if there's a correlation there by ignoring occupy his numbers actually have improved now i mean occupies deeply unpopular but none of this is is addressing the question that i asked which is why do conservatives hate democracy in the workplace unions are demo. it's all about money in the workplace all about why do conservatives not you know why why this push for a right to work for less states what's wrong with when you have to pay your employees a wage that they can live on when you have to supply them with benefits when you have to you don't have to do any of those when you switch just have a democracy you have to deal when you do that the people that own the companies can't take up home as much money so they're paying the politicians

this is in the latest gallup tracking poll.econd place with 26%. >>> president obama hoping the payroll tax deal is just the start of a productive year. he's expected to push congress to pass legislation to help the economy and to create job. that's scheduled an event in just a few hours from now. >>> deadly storms rolled through oklahoma and one person is dead. another person trapped. look at the first responders trying to dig through the rubble of a mobile home that was flattened. just desperately seeking any signs of life. that storm pounded the plains with hail and rain. 70-mile-an-hour winds as well. >>> it is fat tuesday, as they call it. live picture on bourbon street. don't you love waking up to a shot like that? take a look on the left-hand side. love the garage festering on bourbon street. things are going to get pretty excited there. a dozen parades are getting ready to roll out this morning in and around the big easy. you will know from years gone by this is the last big blowout of carnival season before ash wednesd

. >>> the latest gallup poll says rick santorum is surging. if three states earlier this week now tied with a fading newt gingrich. while the gallup poll shows mitt romney is supported by 36% of republican voters santorum is picking up steam, 20% support conservative candidate he gained 10 points in the past week. >>> congresswoman nancy pelosi of san francisco is using an amusing new web ad to make a serious point. in it she takes a tongue-in-cheek shot at host stephen colbert and his new super pac. >> he used to be my friend i even signed the poor baby's cast when he hurt his hand. since the day he started his super pac taking secret money from special interests he's been out of control. >> using the ad to promote the disclose act which would require so-called super pac funds to be more transparent who is donating. colbert is using his super pac, americans for a better tomorrow, to draw attention to the influence of those new groups on the presidential race. super pacs began following two supreme court rulings no cap on the size of political

this is in the latest gallup poll. another poll puts central in the lead.d also be in trouble in michigan. that's where the poll shows central closing the gap. santorum says this has become a two-man race. >> this is a two person race now and we are focused on making sure folks know we are the best alternative to barack obama and tap the best chance at beating him. >> gingrich disagrees. the former house speaker said that he will not drop by the race to set up a direct contest between romney and santorum. four remaining gop candidates will face off again in michigan and arizona two weeks from today. washington has become the seventh state to allow gay marriage. the governor signed the historic legislation yesterday. >> opponents are trying to block this. this comes as the new jersey state senate approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. governor chris christie had said that he will veto that bill. maryland governor o'malia said he still needs the votes of a couple of lawmakers to pass a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. supporters of the bill nelly las

a new gallup poll is out on americans' views on china.e want to hear from you this morning on "washington journal." your views on china -- friend or foe? you can also contact us electronically via e-mail or twitter. finally, you can continue the conversation on china on our facebook page, facebook.com /cspan. no hyphen in c-span in that case. this is "politico's" article. host: it also goes on to say "the three u.s. senators, the gop senators, have not signed off on this bill." the have not signed off yet on the payroll tax cut issue. that is from "politico." also from "politico," is this story from tuesday. host: those are the headlines out of this new poll. we want to hear your view, whether or not you think china is a friend or foe. we begin with a democrat in texas. brenda you are on the air. caller: good morning peter. thank you so much for taking my call. china, because it is a communist nation and i could never be friends with someone who treats their people the way that they do. the problem with china -- is not a problem with chin

a gallup national poll shows romney leading by a bit over rick santorum by 20% to 22%.t week rick santorum held a double digit lead over romney. we are talking about super tuesday when 10 states are up for grabs. massachusetts is one of them, that of course is where mitt romney served as governor. chris stirewalt is host of "power play" on foxnews.com. these are big, big states tomorrow. a fair amount of delegates upper to grabs. but the prize. the big contest, is a week from tomorrow. >> that right. super tuesday. only 5% of the delegates in the republican process have been spoken for. but about it end of march, by the end of the coming months more than half of them will have been spoken for. so things start happening very fast starting tomorrow. we have been through a 2-month warmup. now it gets very fast and the stakes gets very high. if you are not mitt romney and what you need coming out of this week if you are not a presumptive front runner who is well funded with a national organization. you need the big mo coming out of tomorrow's election so you can go into the

what the romney campaign was focussed on tonight were the gallup poll numbers. the new gallup poll numbers show the president with a 43/50 favorable/unfavorable rating nationally, and also show mitt romney with a test matchup beating the president 50-46. so, the speech that he gave to the uaw today and enjoys the sort of havoc created inmishgan and the weakness and the division of the republican party, but they should not be deluded at the white thousands that it is anything but a close race, because the unemployment is over 8%, and while the auto industry was saved and thank god for that, there is a lot of work to be done. >> and steve, you seem to be admitting that the real ti of this out there in the country, and as howard is saying tonight from the gallup poll and the white house connection and i think that there is a disconnect, and this euphoria from washington is misplaced. >> well f foundational element of the race remains the same. both sides have about 48% of the vote, and it is going to be a very, very close election in a closely divided country. it i

i was head in gallup about a week ago. so i think in a few more weeks i will be ahead there. >> he has again negative and it is working and -- >> so, to use your words he has gone negative and it is working. what i'm asserting to you is over time i don't believe the american people will approve of a campaign which suppresses turnout. i think it is amazing if you look at florida every county i carried in florida had an increased turnout. every county romney carried had a decreased turnout. that should sober every republican if the only way he wins is suppressing turnout how is he going to do that in the fall? if the only way he wins is outspending somebody five to one how will that apply to obama who will outspend him? i suggest there are underlying factors in the race and i'm quite happy to continue campaigning and mildly amazed that the news media is finding excuses to say wouldn't you please quit this evening. >> [inaudible] mitt any -- romney is still ahead as he is right now? >> well, first of all, i'm not sure that mi

let me show you first the recent gallup poll.tt romney in the lead but look how rick santorum is this is a gallop tracking poll separates romney from santorum. how much have you given if i may ask? >> geraldo i need to dispel this billionaire thing when the press picked up on this idea my wife asked if i was squirrelling money away. i am sort of a billionaire wannabe. i hope that doesn't make me less interesting to interview. i am also excited about -- >> can you still lend me a dollar? >> i have enough money to take my wife and buy buttered popcorn. you come get your dollar. >> how much have you given him for his campaign? >> it gets to the point that was mentioned earlier about disclosure. the disclosure has to be revealed i think january 31st. that number is available. i keep that number private. >> six figures, seven figures? >> it's six figures. i think what steve forbes said earlier is so right on that is why he is one of my heros and i consider him a national treasure. what he said is we should basically give the money str

gallup organization. >> right.hink we're not out of the woods yet on the economy. >> well, kuji, it will be an interesting thing but i think if we get back to economic issues, the president actually has a good story to tell. >> i totally agree. if you look at the markets at and i talk to my republican friends on a daily basis, it's a leading indicator. the highest s&p since 2008. if you look at the market as a leading indicater and six months out, i think it will put obama in for a second term. >> it will be interesting. thank you for coming in on a friday night. coming up, the latino votes this year is beyond important. it is really the key voting block in several swing states. but who's message is going to resonate? and later our resident wise guy brett ehrlich pulled his tux out of the closet in honor of the oscars. >> i go to the oscars in a way. that's not really going to the oscars. that and more in "the war room." we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. [[vo]]...we're the idea nobody wants to he