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Starting a battleground tour for the 2012 election. he ll start in vegas where he ll lay out his policy. the president visited a plant in iowa yesterday where he called on congress to provide tax breaks to companies that hire american workers rather than sending jobs overseas. according to the latest nbc news wall street journal poll, there are new signs, as joe said, the president s message may be connecting with voters. the poll shows now 48% of americans approve of the way president obama is handling his job, his first positive rating in that poll in seven months where he hasn t been upside down. 48% approve, 46% disapprove. on the economy, 45% approve, that s up six points just from december. the poll also shows that 30% say the country is headed in the right direction, that s an eight-point improvement from december. 60% still say, though, the country is headed on the wrong track. joe, what do you read into those numbers? willie, again, this is pretty basic stuff. ....

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