Personal vices and public leadership

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/11/2010, 10:06 a.m.

President Obama has admitted to smoking an occasional cigarette. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin deals with weight problems. When do the vices of a leader, in politics or the corporate world, begin to undermine their effectiveness?

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Newsmaker: Young Americans pessimistic

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/11/2010, 10:45 a.m.

A new poll from the Harvard Institute of Politics indicates that young Americans are worried that they might not be able to meet their financial obligations, and are feeling increasingly pessimistic.