minus arthel. i move on. growing trouble for president obama. his signature health care law creating a lot of backlash. his approval ratings are at record lows. listen to what he said during an interview with abc. i ve gone up and down pretty consistently throughout. the good thing about when you re down is usually you got nowhere to go but up. president kind of joking there with barbara walters. democrats also apparently taking a big hit. a new poll suggesting they are losing their midterm edge. dramatic turnaround from just a few weeks ago. republicans now holding the 49 to 47% edge. let s bring in our political panel. our fox news contributor and director of outreach freedom works. and julien epstein, attorney and democratic strategist. good to see both of you. so what can the dems do to distance themselves from the president and his current tainted reputation that goes up and down of course?
stamp ford. back to you. steve, thank you very much. as steve mentioned, both candidates offering different views on the latest jobs report but most importantly, what do voters actually think? a fox news contributor, the director of outreach freedom works and the author of blacklash and a democratic pollster and the president of momentum analysis. thanks for joining us this afternoon. good morning. we saw steve steve s report. the jobs numbers are very mixed and the reaction is very mixed. president obama acknowledging more work needs to be done but he adds job growth is moving in the right direction. in the meantime you have governor mitt romney who is coming out with a new ad today that says under president obama s economic polls, unemployment policies, unemployment is at 8.3% and mr. romney adding it s just not getting any better. so what do you think american voters will decide in november? well, clearly it s all about the economy and it s all about