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41% of americans said president obama was doing a good job handling the economy and that is down to 33% today. gregg: i want to ask about marco rubio. obviously everybody was speaking to the latino conference in florida, the president was there and mitt romney was there but marco rubio was there and look at these favorability ratings for us. talk to us about this guy: obviously, rubio s number is improving by 7 points over a month or so, among unaffiliated voters, very important group, his numbers are up 13 points, to 43. but, it is really when we talk about the vice presidential nominees, whether potential nominees, rubio or someone else to rec most of these numbers are pretty soft. the week the nominee is announced most people will learn almost everything they know about him and all the numbers will begin to shift. the introduction terry we
witness the power of an idea. new ron paul campaign videos show his events overflowing. but those numbers haven t translated into a single win in any state so far. at a texas a & m on tuesday, paul was asked why. i m not really sure. there s a lot of theorys on this, but it looks like we don t get enough people to the polls. joining us now is ron paul campaign chairman jesse benton. great to have you. thank you, great to be here, alex. jesse, where is the disconnect here? we anecdotally have stories about incredible enthusiasm and allegiance to ron paul and his message and yet, no wins. i would again like to point out our eight strong second places including new hampshire where we beat the field in govern romney s own home state. but you know, we need to continue to do better and
of public opinion? it s a big hurdle. you know, i look back at politico from the day after the house passed the health care law once and for all. and at the time, the administration was arguing, if you just let people feel these benefits, if people just get used to what s in this bill, then they will like it. and of course, those numbers haven t moved at all in the two years since then. so, you know, this remains a huge hurdle. and by the way, let me take issue with an idea that amanda brought up, which is, you know, i think if the supreme court is to uphold this law, mitt romney actually has a better argument to make in november because he s going to be arguing that he, if he got in office, would repeal it, and that s a distinction, that s a contrast with president obama. if it gets struck down, it s more muddled. what do you think about that? because that is basically, you know, been sort of one of the rallying cries, one of the huge talking points, amanda, of mitt romney, i will
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