republican hopefuls are focused on making good impression in the upcoming straw poll. but others are looking past iowa. carl cameron examines the strategy for 2012. reporter: former minnesota governor tim pawlenty kicked off three week of iowa barn storming in advance of the fox debate an straw poll with an r.v. tour and warning that iowanss should not waste their support on charismatic candidates who can t actually win. all but calling rival michele bachmann unelectable. it s of no value or little value if you pick someone who the rest of the party and the rest of the process and the rest of the country says that person can t really be president. reporter: iowa democrats accused pawlenty of driving minnesota s economy in ditch with press quotes on his record on governor. campaigning in iwhat where she leads first of the nation caucus polls, minnesota congresswoman bachmann largely ignores pawlenty. today she played up a close house partnership with popular iowa congressman steve
you, i will always be sorry. if you feel that this was a noncourageous or unpatriotic decision, i understand and will not attempt to persuade you otherwise. i only hope that will you accept my sincerity in the judgment i reached. joe johns now taking a closer look at the indiana governor, his complicated family dynamic and why some republican leaders saw him as a good choice for 2012. reporter: for indiana governor mitch daniels deciding whether to run for president has been a rough ride, a decision made even worse by all the guessing about his intentions. if i switched from oatmeal to cornflakes, someone would say it was a move for the iowa caucus. reporter: who is this guy and what makes some republicans think he has a shot at the white house? friends and former co-workers say he s right for a job because he has a penny pinching mindset to tackle the budget which many see as the country s biggest problem. chip andre who worked for him on the hill saw it negotiating his first s
hi, everybody, we are glad you re with us, i m jenna lee. stpho: i m jon scott. as the president looks for support for his energy plan, you might have heard him talking about that a new poll says he s losing lots of support among supporters. according to a quinnipiac poll only 42% approve of the way he is doing his job. 48% say they disapprove. 10% don t know. looking ahead to the 2012 campaign 50% say mr. obama does not deserve to be reelected. 41% say he does. joining us now karl rove, chief adviser and deputy chief ef staff to george w. bush, he is a fox news contributor and someone who knows polling. when you look at the numbers what does it say to you about the president s prospects for re-election? we are a long way from november of 2012. reporter: i think that s what they are probably thinking with a sigh of relief in the west wing. these are not particularly good
long time. they re asking that but that doesn t mean they re willing to take pain right now. i do think this is a moment that obama could have shown much more leadership, frankly. reporter: on the budget. especially because you just had this bilateral reduction commitment that if you would have just said, pretty sensible, the wall street journal, the new york times, everyone came out and said, pretty sensible, but that would have taken a level of leadership that would have made it somewhat less likely we ll see an obama administration in 2012. reporter: the president says we re impatient, we have to work together on medicare, social security, the republicans say we need leadership from the president, it s the same old stuff, isn t it? i mean, how are we going to fix it if we re kicking the can down the road? the politicians are not showing leadership but the reality is also americans need the reality check. if you ask americans they say on one side i don t want my taxes t
reporter: the fda was told two years ago to stop allowing high-risk devices to pass through this system. but they re still evaluating. we ll complete that review and re-evaluation by the end of 2012. reporter: what do you say to a patient who has to have an artificial hip removed because that product wasn t safe? not every single patient is going to have a perfect experience with that device. that s unfortunate. we re striving to make devices as safe as possible. reporter: but for patients whose surgical devices have failed them, the reality is anything but minor. it s not right. and it s just amazing to me that something that doesn t work properly gets approved. reporter: it may take another two years before this system improves. in the meantime, there s nothing like being a well-informed patient. two questions to ask your doctor if you re getting a device. first, is the product new? if so, what makes it better than something that s been on the