that's turning. and if it continues to turn, he's going to be in much stronger shape. he also has the right tone in talking about it. he's optimistic, but not triumpha triumphant. he's not making the mistake made years ago by bush. like ronald reagan in 1984, he's drawing a dividing line. he's saying i stand for fairness. i'm going to fight for prosperity and the middle class and ordinary americans. that's my cause. and quite frankly, that's a great pushoff against mitt romney. >> what do you make of 50%? half the country says they approve of the guy. >> with unemployment still high, even though it's ticked down, unemployment is still high. people have given up looking for work. 50% is pretty good given the status of the economy. we have been talking about this since his jobs speech in september. the white house came up with a campaign on what they could do to convince americans that the