marriage, higher taxes on the rich, want to preserve medicare at all costs, but i want to show you a gallup poll from the past summer. found that 46% of americans say that they are actually conservative on economic issues. 32% say they are moderate and just 20% say they are liberal on economic issues. when it comes to social issues, 38% say they are conservative and 31% moderate and 28% liberal and these are the numbers. has america really become as liberal as some democrats would like to believe, and is this evidence to the contrary? >> i think have you to look closer at the issues. when people put themselves into a category as progressive or

president, a new gallup poll shows that americans are paying attention, in a remarkable way.ith some detail and some very specific interest. in fact, when asked to name of most important problem facing the united states in most present gallup poll, let's look at this. this is important as the president prepares to speak to the nation tomorrow on one issue. 21% say that most important problem facings country was the economy. 21%. 20% said the deficit. 20%. 18% said dissatisfaction with the government overall. that number seemed low to me by the way. 16% said the greatest problem is unemployment that number colates closely to those unemployed, including those who have given up looking for work. 5% said just the lack of money is the number one problem. as they see it by the way, 4%, 4%, said gun control. this is where you are mr. president. this is where you are. and it appears president obama is being reckless with at 4r50e69 two oat leastthose issue remain out of work. two press briefings on gun control, well, let's see what happens. >> the gun control debate, the empireious p

gallup calls it straight.hat do you think is the most important problem facing the country, this was an open ended question at the top, economy in general at 21%, goes down to the federal budget deficit, dissatisfaction with government, unemployment, taxes, all the way at the bottom is gun. >> the web video which targets basically the president's children, who have secret service protection, as all children of presidents. over the line? >> based on this poll, he should have been apologizing for those children to breaking their piggy banks to pay for the national debt. that's what americans are concerned about. >> i'm asking you about the web video. >> because his children -- >> which children? >> children he had there on display, because his children, his own children, are well protected. joe biden opened up by saying that schools should be a sanctuary. well, he must have this confused, because the president's girls do go to a sanctuary, well-armed there, but most american kids are not protected at all. >> you

bush's fourth year as the most polarized in gallup records.h had the approval of 91% of republicans and 15% of democrats. according to gallup if the averages hold president obama is on track to be the most polarizing president yet. >>> up next, why is the country's oldest civil rights group joining a lawsuit against the city of new york? we'll tell you, then a little bit later this hour, why some kentucky insiders are warning ashley judd away from a senate run. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. ♪ ♪ ♪ tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta®(eszopiclone) can help you get there. like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. lunesta should not be taken together with alcohol. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations, or confusion. in dep

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liz: i don't trust gallup at all.f of americans identify conservatively and more identified themselves conservative on social issues than liberal issues. gallup is all over the map on this. stuart: charles, you've said that the g.o.p. should go at and target communities. charles: you can quibble with the data, with the rationale why someone may feel the way they feel, it won't change what marketing and you could even argue with logic, it's just not going to change that way unless they get really down and explain to people in a way they can understand that this is not a gift that you can-- that you go out for your first job interview at 27. in fact, it's a curse, explain it to them and maybe that helps. stuart: all right. we have been talking all week about a new report that says college kids now feel more entitled than ever. dr. keith ablow is here at 10:35. he breaks down the entitlement culture, why kids feel like they deserve more without actually earning it, at 10:35 this morning. let's go back to nicole. news on

new gallup poll, obama turns out is more polarizing than bush. >> eric: get out!greg: hard to believe. average of 86% of democrats and 10% of republicans approve of the job barack obama did as president. 76%-point gap that ties george w. bush's fourth year as the polarized year in gallup record. >> this made me feel good when i read it. i thought, you know what? you can't blame president obama. media gets him a pass. he will take it. that is how he operates. they haven't done their job but you can't fool the electorate. when you ask him what he has done often time the left think people are naive and they pool the wool over their eyes. this shows that you can't. they go you know what? not that big o a uniter. >> bob: if you look pew research did poll on the inaugural address. every issue he raised, big majority of the american people agreed with it. this is not one of those things he is so far behind of the american people. the pew -- they took -- >> dana: it's lik we will never be against letting poor people to starve to death and eat cat foot. we agree with that.

. >>> un nuevo sondeo de gallup revela que los estadounidenses no están contentos con el congreso conbación fue de solo 10%, esta encuesta fue una semana después del fin del debate del abismo fiscal. >>> crece el escándalo por la supuesta corrupción entre políticos mexicanos y las tiendas walmart, el gobierno mexicano ha denunciado a walmart de soborno de las tiendas, alejandro roldán con las denuncias y las defensas de los implicados. >>>a unas horas que el congreso de los estados unidos diera a conocer los sobornos para la expansión de al menos 6 sucursales de walmart méxico, entre los funcionarios señalados está el gobernador de morelos. >>> es una calumnia, quien diga eso que lo pruebe. >>> no quiero ningún trato con walmart, ni antes ni nunca. >>> otro de los funcionarios señalados es el director del instituto nacional de antropología e historia por haber permitido la apertura de una tienda en una zona arqueológica después de un pago de 52 mil dólares. >>> mis derechos compañía walma emitido la intención de colaborar con las autoridades. >>t>estamos seguros de realizars una inves

the sinking poll numbers late last year parallelled the flip-flop in the gallup poll.wing 44% of americans are pro-choice. 40% pro-life. the losses were tempered by gapes at the state level. >> states we got 33 pro-life governors and pro-life legislatures. >> pro-life leaders are buoyed by the roll that science is playing if affirming their view, life begips at conception. medical science acknowledges the child as the newest patient. no question about it. laws are beginning on a state level to recognize the unborn as real person. victim. >> a smaller pro-choice rally stood silently as the pro-life group chanted in their direction. >> the marm for life organizers say it gives them scant positive coverage they get the message out. >> they have the biggest social media movement online. educating a million people a week. the facebook at 430,000 is bigger than planned parenthood facebook. >> one organizer admitted the roll given thedy my nicheed power is to block the pro-choice initiative for the next four years while building a new foundation through enthusiastic young sup

"gallup poll," obama turns out, is more polarizing than bush during the fourth -- >> get out! >> hard to believe. there's an average of 86% of democrats and 10% of republicans approve of the job of barack obama as president and 76%-point gap, which joins george bush's as the most polarized year in gallup records. >> it made me feel good when i read it. i thought, you know what? president obama, you can't blame him, the media gives him a pass, he'll take it. he gets testy with them. that is how he operates. they still love him, no matter what. they haven't done their job by the media but you still can't fool the majority of the american electorate when you ask them what he has done and i think oftentimes the left thinks people are naive. they can poll the wool over their eyes, and the poll shows you can't and look at this and go, yeah, you know what? he's not that big of a uniter the way he said he was going to be. >> does the polarization tell you you he's achieving what the most hard core segment of his party wants. >> look at -- pew research did a poll on his inaugural addre

the latest gallup poll has you at 9%. mitt romney is at 39%. >> wait, wait, wait.hat you're looking for are delegates. and we're doing quite well. o. >> let's see how well you're doing. mitt romney, 568 delegates. ron paul, 71. >> okay, what about the state where is they're still working through the process, which is most of them. you know, whether -- you know, whether it's up maine. we're doing well in the state of washington. eelntown ad inththings tco3letesot'watoso che o meaid,oms eyesot'watoso you didn't care. you still got your fees. or you made a ton of money, but quite a few of the companies have failed. a lot of people lost their jobs, livelihood, lost money. with to me, the key question is, do you know instinctively from your recollections how many of those companies that you went into would have failed any way if you hadn't. >> there's no question that a number of place where is we went in and invested, we were investing in an enterprise that was in trouble. that where the future was very much in doubt for it. we invested in one business, i think it lost

the latest gallup poll has you at 9%. mitt romney is at 39%. >> wait, wait, wait. what you're looking for are delegates. and we're doing quite well. >> let's see how well you're doing. mitt romney, 568 delegates. ron paul, 71. >> okay, what about the state where is they're still working through the process, which is most of them. you know, whether -- you know, whether it's up maine. we're doing well in the state of washington. and north dakota. excellent now in nevada. and even missouri the other day, some really good news came out there for us. through the process, our people in the right places and they're doing the things to become a delegate. so it's way too soon for you to write anybody off. besides, just because somebody is in second or third place, there's a race going on. what if mitt romney isn't the best person? >> people have tried to portray you as a kind of ruthless money machine who same failed, some succeeded. you didn't care. you still got your fees. or you made a ton of money, but quite a few of the companies have failed. a lot of people lost their

those are the lowest readings in gallup's 38 years in asking the questions.n rasmussen polling was asked how they felt about the u.s. becoming a communist country, 11% said they would approve. you were at multiple points in the tenure, you were less popular than communism, there was a theory in their effort to grind the u.s. to a halt, in making congress a destructive force. it was the american voters who blamed the parties in charge of the white house, leading to president obama's clear and overwhelming defeat. yet republicans were so mistrusted by the end, that despite the two years of the government, and a weak economy, obama was reelected by a 5 million votes, and democrats won more votes in the house than republicans. but unfortunately, the polarization in congress are probably long-term political trends, and there is no evidence that they will lift any time soon, so the 112th congress was surely one of the most broken and dysfunctional in our history. while we are happy they are gone, the worst may be yet to come. joining me now is thomas mann, and norm

plus, a new gallup poll shows that many americans think the best days of this country is behind us. >> what's behind that. >> well, the new year means new decisions for companies facing higher costs under the health care law. full effects will not be felt until 2014 and many businesses are looking at options and decisions whether they're going to cover the employees, pay the penalties, here to walk through it is lou dobbs, host of lou dobbs on the fox business network, lou, they've got 12 months, if they don't have insurance programs in place, people with more than 50 employees have to get them and companies with bigger companies and health insurance, are they going to keep them in place, kick people off the rolls and it's cheaper to pay the penalty of 2 to 3 grand? where is this likely to go? >> according to a number of is your have i, including one from mckenzie, foremost in the country, another by price waterhouse, at least 53% of the companies, the more they find out about what obamacare represents, are making the decision to eliminate the employee-sponsored insurance program. and

. >> she's the most highly respected woman according to gallup poll. >> above the first lady, above oprahfrey, above queen elizabeth. >> that's not especially difficult to be honest. >> but still it's still a very admirable woman. if those facts and figures no longer work towards your benefit to try to find something wrong with her as a potential presidential candidate, let's look at something else. it's really sad we've lost that line between politics and the games of politics and games that could impact lives and character and that's very unfortunate. >> joy, i want to turn to the new number, a record-breaking number. 1 in 5 senators are now women. more than 100 house members and senators are women. that's almost double the number 20 years ago in the 103rd congress. what kind of effect do you think that will have on the general tenor of both chambers? >> well, you know, i think first of all, i think it's a shame in the 21 century we see in 5 as bei -- 1 in 5 as being progress. >> there we are. >> because the democratic party also plans to make their women very prominent, you have had wo

gallup. all of october right up to election day said romney has an advantage and is going to win this race. they had about six two weeks for the election. people are going to look for skeptically coming up. >> biggest winner. again, i'm going to go first because once again, i couldn't be more obvious. i just think the guy who wins the presidential election is really, you know, by every measure the biggest winner. and he did it with this crushing unemployment rate on his administration which he did everything he could possibly do to fix. but he didn't have it politically fixed by the time he went into re-election. he got re-elected with an unemployment number that everybody thought was impossible. so that credit goes to president obama. biggest winner of 2012 for me. karen finny. >> i'm going with the home team and say msnbc because we kicked that other network. >> don't even try to get the ipad. she gets the ipad. >> you previewed mine. i was going to say nate silver. because i think math was

but, i think gallup poll is more reflective of the american public. >> so you do not -- you are seeing of sentiment in the country. let me ask you about the group made up of catholic clergy. they are called faith in public life. they are urging so-called pro-life politicians to support the recent push in favor of gun control, sent out a statement saying the defbs of human digity extends yonds protecting life in the womb, the gun violence demeans human life tears communities apart. there's a one-million mom march, do you agree that these groups have a obligation to support gun control. >> it's not just about the issue of protecting the life of the unborn or the innocent child when you look at the issue. if we are supposed to address every single issue that can be tied to the life issue, you look at the issue of slavery, we never would have abolished slavery if we had to worry about jobs and all those things, we were worried about tin justice of slavery and there was a laser focus on the injustice of slazry, so some of the discussions are really distractions because the injustice of abor

those are the lowest readings in gall gallup's 38 years in asking the questions.smussen polling was asked how they felt about the u.s. becoming a communist country, 11% said they would approve. you were at multiple points in the tenure, you were less popular than communism, there was a theory in their effort to grind the u.s. to a halt, in making congress a destructive force. it was the american voters who blamed the parties in charge of the white house, leading to president obama's clear and overwhelming defeat. yet republicans were so mistrusted by the end, that despite the two years of the government, and a weak economy, obama was reelected by a 5 million votes, and democrats won more votes in the house than republicans. but unfortunately, the polarization in congress are probably long-term political trends, and there is no evidence that they will lift any time soon, so the 112th congress was surely one of the most broken and dysfunctional in our history. while we are happy they are gone, the worst may be yet to come. joining me now is thomas mann, and norm ore

that's according to a new poll by usa today and gallup. the house did approve the senate's plan to back away from the fiscal cliff late last night, but politicians are already looking to the next three chasms. here's bruce leshan. >> we'll look back on this night and regret it. the problem is we set up three more fiscal cliffs. >> reporter: just months into the new year we may yet see more partisan pitched battles over the debt ceiling, over those big across the board spending cuts which were temporarily put off and over the federal budget which is running short term now on what's called a continuing resolution. the majority leader and every other virginia republican in the house voted no and the gop is openly planning to leverage a debt ceiling vote in a few months to extract re spending cuts than they got in the fiscal cliff deal. >> not only does it not cut spending, it increases spending by a little bit and we're borrowing a trillion. >> reporter: the president is refusing to bargain over the debt creel. >> i will not have -- debt ceil

. >> jon: there was a lot of polling out this week, cal, not often noticed among it was the gallup poll approval of the n.r.a. and the president. >> the media always turned to government as a first resource instead of a last resort. we have more laws on the books regarding guns than ever now, especially in chicago where over 500 people were murdered in 2012. why isn't the president out there in chicago? the answer is not more legislation, it ends up in the homes of fatherless children and the media there's no republican they can turn into the devil, are now going after the nra. they never talk about the law abide be citizens of the country who are not breaking the law and the more laws you pass are not upon people who want to break the law to suddenly become law abiding. >> jon: what about the theaterics at that news conference, putting those kids on the stage behind him. rich lawrie, an occasional guest on this program wrote in the national review, barack obama set a new standard for stupidly exploittative white house events. >> i think that's really an unfair criticism. it was childre

a new gallup found president obama is the most-admired man in america.he fifth straight year, in the same poll, the most admired woman, hillary clinton. guess how many years in a row? 11. after this morning's vote on the fiscal cliff, outgoing texas senator kay bailey hutchison tweeted this at 2:43 a.m. i just cast my last vote in the u.s. senate. it has been an honor to serve in the greatest nation on theers. >>> the term fiscal cliff, i tried getting it banned, is at the top of the 38th annual list of words to be banished by lake superior state university. others on the list of unliked words? double down. plus spoiler alert. trending and guru. and a new petition has been started on the white house website calling for an end to stupid petitions. it says, white house petitions are being gamed to the point of absurdity and maybe it's time for the petition to end all petitions. meaning this one. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> let me get you out the door or sit on your couch to enjoy your plans for later in the day. i know last ni

a gallup poll taken after newtown says 58% are tougher on gun sales. up 15 points from 2011 and nearly 2/3, 62% say it's time to ban high capacity ammunition magazines, the kinds often used in mass killings. all of this talk of gun restrictions meant banged up business at second amendment sports in tucson. >> because of the word banned on the political side we're seeing more of that fear purchasing. >> reporter: andy stopped in to buy his wife a handgun. >> people are going to be passionate about their weapons and the second amendment. >> reporter: the white house is preparing its strategy to address gun violence which is expected to include a push for background checks on almost all gun purchases, reinstatement of the assault weapons ban and stronger penalties for gun traffickers. among the groups invited to meet, the national rifle association. >> you want one more law on top of 20,000 laws, when most of the federal gun laws we don't even enforce. >> we have to just keep the talk going. >> reporter: sarah brady, who led the fight for handgun control

she leaves her post as the most admired woman in the world, and the gallup poll for the 11th year in a row. today, hillary clinton was under fire, and at times fired back. nbc's andrea mitchell in our washington newsroom with the story tonight. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this was hillary clinton's final testimony to congress. first in the senate, then in the house. it was not the way she wanted to end this chapter of her career. four months after the benghazi attack, committees in both chambers wanted to know what did she know and when did she know it? after a fall, a concussion and a blood clot, hillary clinton showed rare public emotion, reflecting the toll benghazi has taken on her. >> for me, this is not just a matter of policy, it's personal. i stood next to president obama as the marines carried those flag-draped caskets off the plane at andrews. i put my arms around the mothers and fathers, the sisters and brothers, the sons and daughters and the wives left alone to raise their children. >> reporter: she said she takes responsibility for what happe

jon: there is interesting poll out from gallup sort of might apply to some of this. president who cam papd originally to be uniter has not done so among the american people according to gallup. democrats approve of the job president obama is doing by a factor of, well, by 86%, say they approve. among republicans in this country, his approval rating is 10%. does that play a role here, kirsten? >> i think that's a separate issue. that is obviously a problem but i don't think that's what we're talking about. and, you know, i think john is very generous to the white house press corps. they don't, whatever changed in the way that the white house doesn't offer as much access still doesn't excuse it. you, the purpose of a journalist is to hold people in power accountable. i know this is probably a surprise to some journalists today, but that is actually what they're supposed to be doing. they're not supposed to be swooning. i wouldn't swoon, if i was interviewed the president. i would go in, i would love to have the opportunity actually, and go in to ask him some tough ques

host: i want to show you some of the numbers from the recently released gallup poll. they ask americans support for establishing term limits for federal lawmakers. suppose on election day you could vote for key issues as well as candidates. or againstote for the number of terms congress and senate can serve? nationally among adults those voting for term limits are in the 75% range. those who say they would vote against term limits, 21%. those who had no opinion, 5%. breaking it down among political parties, republicans, those voting for, who say they would vote for term limits, 82% of republicans questioned in this gallup poll, 82% say they would vote for term limits. 15% say they would vote against. 3% say they have no opinion. independence, 79% say they would vote for term limits. 17% say they would vote against. 4% say they have no opinion. and among democrats, 65% say that they would vote for term limits. 29% say they would vote against. 5% say they have no opinion. again, if you have an opinion and you'd like to share it with our c-span audience and the rest of t

group globally, the worldwide group that studies public opinion. >> yeah, this is the gallup world poll. it's the first every scientific quality survey conducted in 130 plus countries around the world. it's a remarkable scientific achievement. and one of the things that it taught us right from the very beginning that to be honest surprised me, four out of ten people on planet earth have never heard of climate change. >> 40%? >> 40%. and in fact, when you look in particular countries, even countries that are kind of poster child countries for climate change like bangladesh, it rises to two-thirds of people have never heard of climate change. in some countries it's 75% have never heard of climate change. now, this doesn't mean however that they're not observing acutely the change that are happening in their local systems. they are. what they lack is the concept of climate chance to make sense of the observations, the changes they're seeing in local temperature and precipitation patterns and so on, as well as the understanding of here's what this means going forward. how do we use this new