for american workers and the renewal of american values of hard work and fair play and shared responsibility. that s what we re about. he s also made fairness an even playing field the basis of his new jobs policy. it is time to stop rewarding companies that ship jobs overseas and start rewarding companies that are creating jobs right here in the united states of america. we ve got the most productive workers on earth. we ve got the most creative entrepreneurs on earth. give us a level playing field. we will not lose. the focus on made in america is already helping the working class. 334,000 manufacturing jobs have been created in the last two years. the highest since the mid 90s. joining me is senator sherrod brown, democrat from ohio. thanks for being here tonight. music to our ears, al,
that what the president is saying on manufacturing. 12 years for 12 years we lost manufacturing jobs in this country. as you pointed out, 20, 21 months in a row we ve seen job growth in manufacturing. the president s right on on concentrating this and focusing on this. 12 years we ve been waiting for manufacturing jobs. let me ask you, senator. how ironic that the president is in governor walker s back yard visiting a unionized shop that s only not only thriving but it s bringing jobs back to the country. well, it s great. and, i mean, i think there s several things we need to do. one of them, surely is to pass our currency bill, pass the strong bipartisan vote. john boehner has boxed it up and we know it will pass with bipartisan support. i m asking people to come on sherrod brown.com and sign up. put the pressure on boehner to
million new jobs. manufacturing is coming back. companies are starting to bring jobs back. the economy is getting stronger. the recovery is speeding up. joining me now, alex wagner, host of now with alex wagner here on msnbc at noon every day monday through friday. and dana milbank, political columnist for the washington post. thank you both for being here. let me start with you, dana. the president s approval rating has hovered in the mid-40s. how significant is it that he s now back at 50%? well, it s fairly significant. i m not sure that he can necessarily claim credit for it, but when the economic numbers were bad, that s what was holding his numbers down, depressing them. you know if you follow consumer confidence, you follow the jobs numbers and the stock market you can pretty well predict where
very, very weak position to face the voters? yeah, it might attacks on women s rights and voting rights and workers rights may help rick santor num a republican primary, but i ll put that up against barack obama going to wisconsin and coming to cleveland and akron and toledo and talking about manufacturing. the auto rescue alone has made such a huge difference in my state. it s put tens of thousands of people to work. it s not just it s not just gm and chrysler and not just ford and honda. it s also all the supply chain that s making auto products, auto components and we re seeing job growth there because the president stepped up and the democrats in the house and senate stepped up in the face of sort of romney, santorum, right wing republican opposition. that s why this election has become clearer and clearer. you focus on jobs. you focus on manufacturing. they are trying to they are focussing on women s rights and voter rights and stripping
profits its made in its 103-year history lending any i mean it really undermines the argument that the auto bailout was the right decision. santor sum doub oorum is doubli this decision about contraception. obama is doing better among catholics at any point. he was supposed to take a big hit. he lost like three points. where s the hit? and talking about the auto bailout, dana, the president directly addressed that today in wisconsin. let me show you this. i took office. the american auto industry was on the verge of collapse. and there were some folks who said we should let it die. with a million jobs at stake, i refused to let that happen. i refused to let that happen.