how confident are they? are they not focussing on that at this point? >> right now governor perry came to this race very late. one of the main phobings is fundraising right now because they're going up against mitt romney, who is a formidable fundraiser. a lot of the time that governor perry has been spending -- this wim fwrooek monday until yesterday, he did 80 fundraisers. he is working for the money to make sure that he has the financial backing to meet that frontrunner status. the last thing they want to do is run out of money. they're going to have eh an unsatisfying looking -- to take some of the air out of the that big initial push. >> well, carrie, down there covering the rick perry campaign. thank you, carrie. sdhoo thanks, alex. s sdmrirchlg meanwhile, the president will be delivering his jobs plan to the public on thursday, but a new poll released this week shows 62% of americans disapprove of the way the president is handling the economy. just 32% approve. >> all right.