approval rating is 47% or above there is a lot of red there. it doesn t track to the polls and the battleground state. how do you see it shaping up? the interesting thing about the polls and the republicans were complaining about the party makeup in the poll stam approximatelying, and sampling and didn t make a huge difference. what struck me in the polls, especially pennsylvania and ohio, a since of hopelessness among voters. they don t believe the economy will get better, anytime soon no, matter who is elected president. a lot of them are concluding they ll stick with obama because it understands the problem. more empathetic. this indicates romney is having a hard time to make the sell. he is not hoping for getting better in the future. there is grumbling among republicans who haven t made it done well, the stump