CNN Poll on the Economy
BALDWIN: There is a new CNN/Opinion poll out with some bad news if you're a Democrat. Forty-seven percent of those surveyed think the Republicans in Congress are more likely to improve the economy. That is compared to 41 percent who say Democrats and Congress are more likely to make the economy better. Wolf Blitzer, not in D.C. -- I see him in New York today -- he is joining me to break down the nuances of the poll. Of course, next hour in "THE SITUATION ROOM." But Wolf, the Dems, they're not having so much success here as they to blame the Republicans for the economic situation that we're in now.</s>WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: And the irony, Brooke, as you know from these polls, is that more people blame the Republicans for getting the U.S. economy in this mess. Yet, at the same time, they think the Republicans might be able to do a better job, as that poll shows, in getting the economy out of the mess. And that's why it's so frustrating for President Obama and other Democrats right now, because they're going forward. They're saying look at al of these Republican ideas that are coming out in this "Pledge to America" that came out last week, for example. They say there's nothing new there, these are the same policies that helped create the disaster in 2008 and earlier, in 2007, and now you want to go back to the disaster. But the American public, they're looking at these jobs, or the lack of jobs right now, and they're saying the Democrats control the House, the Senate, the White House. Why isn't the situation better? And they're obviously taking direct aim at the Democrats and the president right now. We'll see how that plays out on November 2nd.</s>BALDWIN: Right. And thus, they say the Republicans perhaps can get us out of the mess. Speaking of Republicans, big bomb dropped today in New York, right? We had the GOP primary for the gubernatorial race in New York in which we had Carl Paladino, we had Rick Lazio. We know Paladino won. He's the Tea Party favorite. And now today, Lazio, who had been running on a conservative party ticket, just said -- threw his hands up. He's done, dropped out of the race. A, what do you make of that? And, B, what do you make of the fact that he is not coming forward and endorsing Paladino?</s>BLITZER: Well, Paladino is a formidable Republican challenger to Andrew Cuomo, who's by -- almost all of the polls show him ahead, some show him way ahead, others show it a little bit tighter. But you can't take Paladino lightly. He's got an amount of support over there. He's running against Albany. And Andrew Cuomo, the attorney general, is seen as part of Albany, if you will. So it's going to be a struggle. It's great news for Paladino that Rick Lazio will not run as a separate candidate, because he would have taken votes presumably away from Paladino, not from Andrew Cuomo. So it's good news for Paladino, but Paladino, let's be honest, he has a struggle ahead of him, five weeks to go. And it's going to be an uphill struggle. But Cuomo should not just sort of rest. There was an interesting editorial in "The New York Times" over the weekend saying Cuomo's got to take this guy very, very seriously. He can't just go out and do ads. He's got to debate him, he's got to fight him, he's got to respond to the attacks. We'll see if he does.</s>BALDWIN: It is not necessarily a done deal for Cuomo. And finally, Wolf, I see you in New York. Whenever you're in New York, I know you have got something shaking. Why are you in New York? What do you have coming up on "THE SITUATION ROOM"?</s>BLITZER: Well, you know, we're in New York because tonight are the news and documentary Emmys, and "THE SITUATION ROOM" has been nominated for an Emmy thanks to Drew Griffin and his excellent piece which you probably saw on a wheelchair, and a family and a wheelchair.</s>BALDWIN: Yes.</s>BLITZER: And it showed the absurdity of the federal waste when it comes to health care funding. And that piece which aired in "THE SITUATION ROOM" has been nominated for an Emmy. So I'm here to go to the Emmys later tonight, and hopefully "THE SITUATION ROOM" will win that Emmy, and I will be able to share it with Drew and with Kathleen (ph) and everyone else who was involved in putting that excellent, excellent report together.</s>BALDWIN: Excellent. Will you be donning a tux or are you doing the suit and tie look, Wolf Blitzer?</s>BLITZER: I'm going -- no, no, it's not black tie. It's just business suit.</s>BALDWIN: Just business. Business as usual.</s>BLITZER: I can go just as I am. This is the Emmys -- the news and documentary Emmys.</s>BALDWIN: Wolf Blitzer, we thank you very much. Congratulations, best of luck, Wolf. We'll look for you in about nine minutes from now.</s>BLITZER: Thank you.</s>BALDWIN: Meantime, Chad and I were chatting earlier about how hot -- it is hot, hot, hot in L.A. In fact, I have got this weather advisory. Let me read this, and then I'll show you some of the celebrities who are tweeting. The previous all-time record -- we're talking it's, like, 112, 113, 114 out in the L.A. area. The previous all-time record high temperature was set on June 26, 1990, which makes today's record even more exceptional than it was in late September. The high temperature in downtown L.A., as I said, 113 degrees. And we have a couple from our celebrity list. We have a couple of celebrity tweets. So take a look at this. Jeremy Piven, you know him from "Entourage." He says, "2 billion degrees here. Just taught a Bikram yoga class in my car." That's the yoga that's really, really hot. Also have one, NFL sportscaster Michael Strahan shot (ph) a TwitPic. "Just got in my car. Look at the temperature. Darn, it's hot." See the odometer? And you can see that it's -- obviously it's not right, but 148 degrees Fahrenheit? Yes, that will cause you to slow down. Thanks, guys, for both of your tweets. And moving on to this story, this is a story -- it's spectacular, but it's especially spectacular if you're a parent, you have a child, you take the child to the doctor. And the situation with this group is this -- when doctors wouldn't listen, parents trusted their guts and they saved their daughter's life. This is yet another reason to be an empowered patient. I have Elizabeth Cohen. She'll be joining me in a couple of minutes with this story. THE LIST rolls on.