What's Mitt Romney's biggest problem?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty:
Another Tuesday, another failure by Mitt Romney to line up the party faithful behind him.
Not only did Romney lose yesterday's contests in Alabama and Mississippi, but he finished third in both, putting him behind Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.
Even though Romney remains well ahead in the delegate count and even though he'll still likely win the nomination, he just can't put those nagging doubts among conservatives to rest.
CNN political contributor Paul Begala writes for The Daily Beast that Romney has gone from inevitable to unelectable:
"Somebody strap him to the roof of one of his Cadillacs and drive him off to one of his many mansions." Ouch.
Begala says the hard truth is the more voters see Romney, the less they like him. Begala calls on Romney to get out of the race.
Of course that's not happening, but Romney isn't doing himself any favors here.
On this very program yesterday, Romney proclaimed Rick Santorum was at the "desperate end" of his campaign.
24 hours later it almost looks like it's the other way around. Romney looks like the desperate one - with Southern conservatives seeing right through his supposed love for cheesy grits and catfish.
And so the race goes on and on and on. It's getting painful to watch. Santorum and Romney are expected to split the next few contests on the calendar.
Which leaves Newt Gingrich, who managed to have an even more embarrassing day than Romney. He's only won two states and failed to deliver in the South yesterday.
It's time for Newt to go - but he won't. Gingrich seems to think he's running against the "elite media," which may be why he keeps losing to the other candidates on the ballot.
Here’s my question to you: What's Mitt Romney's biggest problem?
Tune in to the Situation Room at 4pm to see if Jack reads your answer on air.
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What does it mean when 1.5 million American families live on less than $2 a day per person?
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty:
Here's something that should make you count your blessings:
Nearly 1.5 million American families live on $2 a day - or less - per person. $2 a day.
The numbers include some 2.8 million children.
We should be ashamed of ourselves.
The national poverty center reports that households living in "extreme poverty" surged by 130% in the last 15 years.
It's estimated that more than half of these families are run by a single woman. More than a third are headed by a married couple.
Almost half were headed by whites, one-quarter by blacks, and less than a quarter by hispanics.
The center used the $2 a day measure since that's one of the world bank's main indicators of poverty in developing countries. Pretty sad commentary on the state of affairs in our own developed country.
Researchers didn't include food stamps in this measure. Once you factor in food stamps as income, the number of households in extreme poverty drops by almost half to 800,000.
Overall, a record 46.2 million Americans are living below the poverty line.
The federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on programs to feed, shelter and house the poor.
It's estimated 1 in 6 Americans rely on public programs - with food stamps and Medicaid being the largest.
Mitt Romney recently came under fire for saying he's not concerned about the "very poor," saying: "There's a safety net there."
Not exactly the voice of a compassionate conservative.
Here’s my question to you: What does it mean when 1.5 million American families live on less than $2 a day per person?
Tune in to the Situation Room at 5pm to see if Jack reads your answer on air.
And, we love to know where you’re writing from, so please include your city and state with your comment.
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