of reporter phone records and targeting of conservative groups by the irs, the president s approval rate is holding steady for now. here s cnn national political correspondent, jim acosta. reporter: as president obama escaped the white house to deliver a commencement speech in a steady rain at moorehouse college in atlanta republicans were pouring it on. there s a culture of intimidation. reporter: top gop leaders fanned out on the sunday talk shows vowing to get to the bottom of the irs targeting scandal. who knew, when did they know, why did they do this, how high up in the government did it go? they are trying to drag washington into a swamp of fishing expedition. reporter: dan pfeiffer was asked when did the president find out about it? when it came out in the news. here s why. because here s the cardinal rule when you do situation like