political analyst, susan page is the washington bureau chief for usa today. seuss seuss seussen susan, dissect that slogan. betting on america. that means mitt romney is betting against america. that whether it comes to the auto bailout or to offshoring or outsourcing jobs or the whole swiss bank account thing, i think that is the contrast. they are trying to draw with this slogan on this first bus tour. does it work? does it make sense to you politically speaking? i think it s a powerful case to make against mitt romney, especially in this part of the country which has been hit heart. the manufacturing sector hit hard by jobs that did move overseas. and the auto bailout viewed positively in places like ohio and pennsylvania and michigan. the obama campaign is doubling down on its message,
he just can t win this argument. he s basically obama care and romney care are the same. very few people have paid any sort of tax to do with this. this is nonsense. i actually think at the end of the day it is possible that the health care bill will actually help barack obama get re-elected. i think he will be re-elected. 538.com had a piece on it sterday that shows that if the election were held today obama would get close to 300 electoral votes. that s pretty extraordinary. the president is taking his first bus tour starting this morning, i guess. re-election of the re-election campaign, going to ohio, pennsylvania, the latest qui quinnpiac poll shows him up six points in pennsylvania. in ohio, in both states the president s message is bolstered by an improved job situation in those states. the unemployment rate in ohio and pennsylvania are just over 7%. near lay full point below the
as busy as it is today. let s get right to my first read of the morning. even if mitt romney runs the table winning every other battleground state he has no pat to 270 unless he wins one swing state in the rust belt midwest. iowa to wisconsin, pennsylvania. iowa, pennsylvania and michigan in between. the president is kicking off a two-day bus tour of ohio and pennsylvania. aimed at selling the struggling economy to a white working class voters and is bringing a tax on romney s private sector experience to bringing capital to place where s the campaign thinks it will resonate. the president s first bus tour of the 12012 campaign will coincide with this week s most important political event. the release of the june jobs report tomorrow. both ohio and pennsylvania had unemployment rates below the national average in may. 7.3% and 7.4% respectively. this betting on america bus tour will fake america across the ohio belt with stops in
back in the headlines. what s next in the kelly thomas saga? also this hour, herman cain in the house to tell us all about his new project and share his one-of-a-kind insights on today s headlines. first, though, the road to the white house has always run through ohio, so president obama, of course, hitting the road in ohio. live pictures right now. the tarmac in toledo. soon he ll be on a bus dubbed betting on america. the first stop the museum in mao me. you ll see that live at 40 past the hour give or take. in the meantime let s bring in cnn s dan lothian who s already there. dan, this is actually the president s first bus tour, right? reporter: it is. he has done two other bus tours but those were, as the white house described them, official bus tour. this is the first one of his campaign and the focus will be on the economy, specifically getting americans back to work. and today the president is expecting to focus on two things. first of all, what he s done to st
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