Overheard on 'State of the Union':

Candace Crowley

"How will the president ever get his proposal to extend unemployment benefits through Congress when he has such low popularity numbers? If he couldn't do it when people liked him, how can he do it now that people don't like him?"

Candace Crowley, host of CNN's 'State of the Union'

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Gene Sperling

"Well, this isn't about his popularity, is it? It is about 1.3 million people who are going to go hungry without this assistance, you bitch."

Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council