trip of two midwestern state, ohio and pennsylvania coming up. he will be touting his economic record. is that a record to run on? the theme, all he can salvage is say we re growing, healing but slower than i would like. numbers at the end of the week on the unemployment in june are bad, and the way the growth rate is going 1.7% you can t decrease unemployment. it s too slow a growth rate. he is not going to have that narrative anymore. we are improving too slowly. we ll be slipping backwards. i think it can be devastating. this is the third summer of recovery in a row. that is not a summer recovery. three strikes an you re out. john: talking about this idea of the record to run on, romney looked like he lost his signature issue three months ago when the economy looked like it was cooking. does he have the signature issue back again? that is a very good question. certainly the romney camp thinks so because they talk about nothing else. neb light of the healthcare decision and enn