i'm keith olbermann sitting in for keith olbermann. unemployment is going down, his poll numbers going up, that's the only possible explanation for the resurgence of president obama. those numbers have been cooked. the fifth story in the countdown, the president in an interview yesterday showing confidence, the kind that seemed to flag during the battles with the republicans last fall, unfrayed to stake his claim to four more years. >> i deserve a second term but we're not done. one thing about being president is you get better as time goes on. >> his polls have gotten better, too, his approval mark at 50% in poll, while 46% think otherwise. his john paul approval rating last crakdz the halfway mark last may. 56% greg that he deserves a second term. while a majority still disproves of his handling of the economy his 44% marks his best showing in one year. following friday's release of january's labor department report which saw unemployment drop .2 more to 8.3%, his private sector employers added 243,000 more jobs. so who gets the cred

. >> the only part i was sorry about is keith olbermann got me fired the next day.der that kind of a badge of honor being on the keith olbermann show in such a manner like that. >> sean: he said you were trying to be entertaining. you said you went too far and you went as far as to say, they were misguided and i'm truly sorry. you fought hard for this country. you served this country. i don't see what you have to be sorry about expressing your views. >> the only thing i was apologizing for, i felt that i could have been a better format. here i was trying to help out toys for tots which i do every year. it was not the right time for the outburst. >> sean: you are going to get involved with the election who strongly believe in the second amendment, which is always often and under assault. you are producing these ads along with the nra, why don't you tell us about them? >> here is the deal. i have been elected to a post. i'm a member of the board with the nra along with ollie north and some other honorable people. our message this year is get out and vote. we had 18-ye

." >> i'm keith olbermann sitting in for keith olbermann. unemployment is going down mr.ight has the only possible summation for the resurgence of president obama. those numbers have been cooked. the story on the count down, the president showing confidence the kind that seemed to flag last fall, unafraid to stake his claim to four more years. >> i deserves a second term but we're not done. one of the things about being president you get better as time goes on. >> mr. president obama's polls have been getting better. 50% approval while 46% think otherwise. 50% agreeing with the president that he deserves a second term and while the majority still disapproves of his handling of the economy, his 44% approval rating shows his best showing in one year. all of this after january's labor department report that saw unemployment drop to 8.3%. as private sector employers added jobs. who gets the credit? mitt romney supporter bob mc mcdonald said he should get a share and his fellow republican governor should get the rest. >> i think it's because of what republican governors are do

i'm keith olbermann. good night and good luck. >> welcome to the war room, everybody. i'm jennifer granholm, as if you didn't know michigan voters go to the polls tomorrow, so we're going to get you ready tonight for that little g.o.p. primary. we'll analyze the situation on the ground of michigan and shake it all out. >>> a rising star will join me. california's attorney general and she's leading the fight to stop bank foreclosures in california. all that and more in "the war room." come on inside. >> from here in the war room we're tracking michigan for its delegates. it moved up quickly so it was penalized and fed of 60 it has instead of 60 it has 30 delegates. let me start with national polls for a moment. the national poll is not all that interesting because we're focused on states but nonetheless to give you a snapshot. from the gallup poll today the first time romney is beating santorum. if you look a week ago it was 26-36, there seems to be some momentum. but in michigan, what this is a compilation from the 538 blog in "the new york times." that blog does a gre

i am david shuster sitting in for keith olbermann. unemployment has fallen again presenting the g.o.p. with a dlema. g.o.p. thinks they can sweep with one theme: they are the only ones who can turn the economy around. unfortunately for them, the numbers indicate they are wrong. employers added 243,000 jobs last month, dropping the unemployment rate from 8.5% to 8.3. beyond that good news the overall trend seemed positive, too. january was 7th straight month of job growth. the unemployment rate has dropped bringing us to the lowest rate in nearly three years. good news for millions of americans and for president obama who used the news to pressure congress to pass extensions of the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance without delay. >> the economy is growing stronger. the recovery is speeding up. and we have got to do everything in our power to keep it going. so i want to send a clear message to congress: do not slow down the recovery that we are on. don't muck it up. >> mr. president, as you know milkinguck mucking things up is

i'm keith olbermann, good night and good luck. ♪ >> welcome to "the war room."'m jennifer granholm. republicans fireworks in arizona. we'll take you there in a few minutes with former congressman turned radio talk show host, j.d. hayworth. and then the president is pushing for lower corporate taxes. we'll get a view from the white house, and everyone knows nancy pelosi, and tonight you'll meet her daughter kristine, and what she's up to. this is "the war room." come on inside. >> let's get right to it with our nightly tracker on the big board. presidential smiling for a reason because he's got good news today on both the economic and the political front. he rolled out his new corporate tax reduction plan restructuring plan. it would lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 28%. remove the loopholes, it's revenue neutral. the plan has very little chance of passing congress this year, but that's not the year. it's an election year, sort of subdues the republican rhetoric and shows that the president can reform corporate taxes. we'll have more on this story later f

i'm david schuster sitting in for keith olbermann.he race between rick santorum and mitt romney is getting uglier by the day. the romney may have hurt himself again with another gaffe. with romney leading santorum in michigan, although the 3% is still within the margin of error. he would address 1200 members of the city's economic club. >> i hate standing between you and your lunch, but i want to talk to you about policy today. >> the former massachusetts governor then laid out his tax plan before giving comics and a critics a mistake to chew on. >> i drive a mustang and chevy pickup truck. ana drives a couple of cadillacs, actually. and i used to drive a dodge truck. >> what about going to a depress depressed state and boasting about driving four cars. santorum was still smarting from romney's hammering wednesday in his support of "no child left behind" program. santorum snapped, mitt romney has criticized me for taking one for the republican team because we all know why. mitt romney's team is all democrats. back in 2008 snort santor

i am bill press sitting in for keith olbermann. this is our "countdown" coverage of the 2012 g.o.p. primary and what you want to know at this hour. cnn, fox and msnbc have all called the florida primary for mitt romney. no surprise there. maybe the only surprise is they called did so early. romney started the day leading his arch rival newt gingrich scoring double digit leads, looks like that's how it's going to turn out. now with just 43% according to associate press, not just -- that's a big block of votes in. romney is ahead of gingrich 48 to 31%, seventeen point spread. rick santorum and ron paul trailing as expected. santorum with 13% of the vote at this point and ron paul with 7% of the vote. last week's campaigning saw a brutal ad war dominated by romney who out spent beginning rich nearly 5 to 1 along with volleys of personal attacks from both men. gingrich accusing romney of being pro-liberal. hard to tell which is worst, liar or liberal for some republicans and romney who seemed to enjoy unhinging gingrich attacked him as a desperate washington insider with more baggage th

>> i don't think -- >> did you see what keith olbermann used to say about bush every night?think the challenging of his religion and whether he was born here. you can contest the results of the 2000 election, but i don't think the rhetoric was as nearly as pointed as it is. >> i do not necessarily disagree with that. first, i wish emily post were a live. and anybody that does not know who she is, you are in worse shape than washington, d.c. it's simple. you should treat people like you want to be treated. there was a time when i sat on the senate floor and watched the member goes at each other with the microphone on, and your policies are going to bankrupt america, or you'll abort children and then they would put them down and walk over and say, that was fun. let's go get a drink. that doesn't happen anymore. they don't live in washington. they go home every weekend. they have absolutely no interest or desire to know who their wives are, their children, who they care about. >> that complains a lot. >> it's about humanity. >> and all of them are receiving their money from the

but david, you know, maher is not a journalist, but everyone knows keith olbermann is a liberal. suspended him for giving money to three democratic candidates. here's maher giving seven figures to a candidate for president of the united states. >> yeah, i thought about that. i thought the difference with olbermann was he was flying under the banner of nbc news over at msnbc. so i think there is a difference there. a couple things about this. one, i sometimes think maher is there to test my commitment to free speech sometimes as a critic with the things he says. >> right. he's criticized super pacs. and now he told the daily beast, i don't like super pacs, but they exist to everyone's got to play under the same rules. you don't have any problem with it? >> listen, to me, it does undermine. i'll tell you, one of the ways it undermines him, howie, he announced it on his concert that streamed on yahoo! and he's got his series. his hbo series is coming back with live shows. in some ways this is publicity. i wish he'd have done it when he didn't have something to sell because look at t

i'm keith olbermann, good night and good luck. >>> welcome to the war room i'm jennifer grandholm. we'll examine the politics of gas prices and then off to michigan where the republican candidates are fighting for their political lives. we'll get analysis of mitt romney's endorsement from the state's biggest newspaper. and then we'll delve deep into the world of campaign finance and super pacs. all of that is ahead in "the war room." come on inside. ♪ >>> tonight in "the war room," we're going to start with a focus on the economy and it's impact on the election cycle. knew data is suggesting that the economy is growing stronger, and that could make the president tough to beat. as many of you are aware the labor department says the number of people seeking unemployment benefits is actually at a four-year low. and last week 351,000 laid off workers have applied for aid. those applications have been dropping steadily since october. below 375,000, that is what is likely to lead to a lower unemployment rate. so good news. and americans are feeling better about the economy. so a new poll

i'm keith olbermann. good night, and good luck. ♪ >>> welcome to "the war room."'m jennifer grandholm. tonight special election coverage of the gop primaries in michigan and arizona. we will have the latest results as soon as they come into the war room. this is really important night for mitt romney and rick santorum. you are in the war room. join me. ♪ >>> okay. so first we're going to go to the big board for the latest results from michigan. we have 10% of the precincts reporting. the red is santorum. the purple is for romney. look over here for example, in wayne county only 3% reporting. in that case it's 51% for romney. if you look above wayne county it's oakland county. this is where romney is from. 47% for romney. but look all the way west here. grand rapids kent county that's only 2% reporting, but it looks like it's going to santorum. look to ottawa county. this is the most conservative county in the state of michigan 53% for santorum. if you look way up north, up here this is a fairly conservative area, 75% of the precincts reporting, you can see it's a