worried opening abroad will be politically bill: it tells me they are being defensive. reporter: very defensive. bill: does it appear now that the big number will be below 8% come november, and what is the affect of that. reporter: i think it will be below 8%. there are a lot of reasons for this. but i think the president will have an unemployment rate about what it was when he took office. now, remember it zoomed up right after he took office, and he said that wasn t his, that was under bush s watch. be that as it may it think it will be about what it was. the states he s visiting, like virginia and ohio and florida, these are states that have seen their unemployment rates fall markedly from what they were at the highest point. the improvement in the election tore lee rich states could be part after strategy to kobl together wins there. ironically the republican