we are joined by peter marie c -- peter morici and joseph minarik.e serves as their vice president and director of research. to both of you john, welcome. to both of you gentlemen, welcome. what is the current state of the economy and if you had to give a forecast where it is going, where would you go? low-grade recovery, not enough growth to make an impression on the reduction in employment that we had in the downturn, there's nothing on the horizon to suggest a big change in the way the economy is behaving. i do not think washington is helping. inneed to do something here town. will be the top of the list to help things along? guest: a push in the short run and something to give insurance that the health care will be dealt with in the long run. had a runald reagan that wasn't even as president obama's. his unemployment rate was close to president obama's. as a consequence, 2.3% is barely more than what productivity , so the quantity and quality of jobs are so poor that if we factor out importantly, more the number of people working has declined. if

morici andare peter joseph minarik. mcconville.james journal" live every day at 7 a.m. eastern. >> republican strategist adam navarro talks about presidential candidates in 2016. the republican party can appeal to key demographic rubes. -- groups. there are marks are over one hour. -- the remarks are over one hour. [applause] >> she was thinking of brushing up on her spanish to do that introduction that she did not want to offend me. i said i do not get easily offended. i am no george w. bush. the butchering of spanish does not offend me very much. thank you for being here. neil was telling me this is the third event that the institute of institute oft the politics today. it seems you guys are busy. i want to thank you. i want to thank you for inviting me to new hampshire. new hampshire has a very special place in my heart. i am a mccainiac. winning here was one of the highlights of the campaign. i happen to love your national committee man, who has the coolest socks of any committee man. you have the baddest state slogan in the entire nation. i felt would have a conver

our guests are university of maryland professor peter morici and joseph minarik. on the james mcconville ability to secure the country. it is live every morning on c- span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. coming up on c-span tonight, republican governors discussed the future of their party. then, a strategist talks about out to the gop can reach unrepresented communities. later, president obama pardons the national turkey. >> next, from this year's republican governors association meeting, a panel on the future of the republican party. governors rick perry of texas, john kasich of ohio, and mary fallin of oklahoma lead the discussion. >> if you could come in and take your seats, we will start right away. we will talk about messaging in 2014 and what we have to do to actually have a more successful 2014 and 2016 than we had last year. i have to tell you it is so great to have governors appear that are actually getting things done in their own state -- governors up here that are actually getting things done in their own state of life, unfortunately, too many washington republi