devastating storm. what happened? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all right. look at this. this was then pf president obama us bus last august making its way through the midwest. look a this. this is now president obama s bus with a seemingly new accessory front and center. we re talking about a presidential seal. it s a bold reminder as he kicks his campaign into full gear in ohio, a major battleground state to be sure, that he has rivalled mitt romney. they are both trying to win in order to become president. at least in his part to remain president of the united states, romney s part to become president of the united states. the romney campaign though is trying to steal a bit of the thunder in the area. the president certainly didn t shy away from mixing policy with politics taking key action just hours before his speech to help bolster the economy. our white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president in ohio right now. dan is joi
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first to our brand new cnn orc polls. this is issue number one, the economy. and a surprising jump in the number of americans who believe the economy will eventually get better. take a look at this. when asked about what economic conditions will be like next year, 60% now say they believe they will be good compared to only 39% who say conditions will be poorer. last fall when we asked the same question, those numbers were very different indeed. only 39% saying things would get better in the year to come. we sent our own joe johns to the key battleground state of ohio for a closer look at these new numbers. joe is joining us now from his old hometown of columbus, ohio. what s going on there, joe? reporter: that s right, wolf. well, things are starting to look better here in the buckeye state, but i have to tell you that cnn orc poll indicates that nationwide one thing is clear, the number one issue on voters minds happens to be jobs and the economy. the november election ma
end this or to reduce fighting i m not trying to say this extended the war, but it could have provided a path toward reducing conflict. if that doesn t happen, certainly there s a cost there for our men and women who wear a uniform who serve so nobly. if we stay another 15 years, will things get better? if we get out in six months, will things ultimately get worse? look, i think afghanistan is headed for a messy future. there s no appetite among the american people to stay there for 15 more years. you know, i think that if we were to pack up tomorrow and come home, things could get pretty bloody pretty quickly. i think, you know, what the administration is trying to do now is find a way to quickly reduce forces there, put more responsibility on the afghans. but as i argue in this book, i think we could ve gotten to this point earlier had we not surged the way we did. had we sent the troops to the right parts of the country. you know, i detail something pretty shocking. the first
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