thing here is republicans spent such a long time railing against the economy blaming the president for the economy. now we see that his policies have actually worked but they are moving us forward, that we are coming out of this slump. so it takes away a lot of that ammunition as well. >> now, abby, we see that even a gallup poll says americans are feeling more positive about the economy, more positive than they have since january of 2008. yet the gop came out from the beginning slamming the president's handling of the economy. listen to this. >> this president tried, but he didn't understand what it takes to make our economy work. >> we have a president who believes in a european socialist model. >> we got a president living at 1600 pennsylvania avenue that just doesn't understand our economy. >> this might be the last election to turn the nation around before we go down the road to socialism. president obama and his socialist policies must be stopped.