to be at the roundtable, issues involving the mining industry and the economy as well. it's really important according to gop leaders for the president to be here at this particular time. there a number of congressional races that gop leaders are looking very closely at, specifically the 1st district and 8th district. going forward there seems to be a lot of concern in terms of what sort of tone the president here at this private roundtable and heads down to that rally in rochester. will he use the same type of tone he used in mississippi? in that rally where he mimicked ford seemed to rally the base but this is the midwest and leaders here are telling me a different type of tone will be needed to rally the base. this is the state of minnesota. many local leaders see the state