jon: fox news is your election headquarters, and with the president's job approval ratings sagging, right now the gallup tracker puts it at 44% with 47% of those polled disapproving of the job he's doing, some democratic politicians in key battleground states seem to be backing away from the commander in chief. this was apparent during his recent jobs tour. you just couldn't see many of them on stage with the president. let's talk about it with juan williams, a fox news political analyst. stephen hayes is a senior writer if the weekly -- for the weekly standard and a fox news contributor. a couple of years ago, steve, being with barack obama was seen as political magic. what's happened? >> it was. he had the magic touch, and politicians would flock to try to get face time with him whether at campaign event or having him do fundraisers for