our jobs. we don t have an income. mitt romney made over $100 million by shutting down our plant and defvastated our lives. turns out that when we built that stage, it was like building my own coffin. and it just made me sick. jane maier, great piece today in the new yorker. thank you for that and tell me what the impact was in obviously ohio and places like that in that part of the country, the industrial part of the country. well, you know, it s always hard to measure scientifically but they did some internal studies on this ad that showed in places that it showed, the trustworthiness of romney was 11 points behind that of obama, and in places where it didn t show, it was just 5 points behind. it gave them a 7 point boost in terms of totally undermining romney s trustworthiness, and i think one of the things that
he gave absolutely no specifics. polls are now split on romney s popularity. pugh has him up four points among likely voters. the positive jobs report gave president obama a five point boost. according to hispanic voters in california, president obama moves to ohio today claiming romney s debate performance was more style than substance. what was being presented wasn t leadership. that s salesmanship. governor romney s plan is to let wall street run wild again but he s going to bring the hammer down on sesame street. the president has no new ideas. both vice-presidential candidates are practicing for thursday s debate. paul ryan is in florida after studying after four days in a woodsy virginia camp. vice president biden is at home in delaware focusing on ryan s speeches and his budget. national hospital is reporting yet another death from the meningitis outbreak.
the latest cbs/ new york times poll shows a 3 point boost in the president approval rating in the past month. is his message resonating with voters? the presidenties message is aimed at gaining votes in two voting blocks in particular, correct is it. yes, the young and the restless, you might say, the young and the independents. that s no secret. black voters, hispanic voters. there s no evidence of any erosion there, especially among the black community and black voters. it was about a month ago the president went before the congressional black caucus and exhorted them, pleaded with them to take off their bedroom slippers and get out there and work for reelection, work for democrats in congress and across the board next year. the problem that the president faces is apathy among some of these core constituencies, will