other one is we ve had the citizens united supreme court decision which has brought a lot more money into politics and it s led to what i think is going to be an interesting moment in november to a question of can democrats keep up with the spending? by and large, republicans are outspending democrats. democrats can t keep up. and so they ve got to find another way to compete. yeah. and i also think that the is it true at this point, that the only way to compete is to get the super pac money going in your direction. is it not any more a message? not necessarily. the big test we re going to see in the fall democrats instead of trying to outraise republicans, which they don t think they can do and that s true from obama all the way on down to senate, state house races, what they re doing instead is trying to pursue a strategy of out organizing and really turning out a grassroots effort to overcome the financial disadvantage. it s not just the re-election campaign. obama was about t
for the first time a majority of americans, 53%. feel that president obama is greatly or o moderamoderately t for the economy. more people still blame former president george bush but president obama won t be running against george bush next year. with me, obama s 2008 presidential campaign advisor and now senior white house advisor. thank you, david, for joining us. before we get to the politics of it, which is fascinating to all of us, let s get to the president s jobs bill. would he be open to breaking up this bill for the parts that you know you could get agreement on? well, the president has been very clear as he s traveled across the country and in the speech to congress that he thinks this the american jobs act would have a pro found impact on our economy right now. it would put a lot more people back to work, put more money in the pockets of workers, put construction workers, teachers, veterans, back to work, help small businesses all across the country. this is w
megyn: what of his campaign efforts, chris? you also hear and our viewers may not know this, but he s not really working it on iowa and new hampshire, he s on a book tour, which has people saying he s not serious, you need boots on the ground in iowa, to mobilize the caucuses and so on, to win there. can he do it despite the fact that he s not making those efforts? it s getting very hard to say that herman cain can t do stuff or it s getting harder to say he can t do stuff, but you re exactly right, the ancient test inside caucus and primary politics is you ve got to be org need, you ve got to be on the ground, because it s all a turnout effort, especially in iowa. right now cain is the most popular republican candidate, the best liked. whether it he whether he can translate that into votes come caucus and primary day is a question. megyn: thanks cries. you bet. megyn: folks, see how much attention herman cain is getting, the candidate has often said the boost in polls has nothin