became president. we ll be going live to the event as soon as it begins with the president and first lady there. we ve also got a full analysis of the rally today. we put together a pretty incredible panel for you beginning with jessica yellin traveling with the president and at the rally in columbus, ohio. howard wilkinson is a political reporter in cincinnati and we re mixing up the order. lepy mcalester. we re expecting to see the president and first lady in just a few minutes from now. let s begin with our senior white house court jessica yellin traveling with them there. full crowd. it wasn t full but now looks like it is. reporter: it looks like it is on tv, fredricka, but the top tier of this auditorium is not full. it s empty, mostly. it s fair to say they expected to fill this up, so it must be a disappointment to the campaign. we should also point out the romney has never drawn a crowd even half this size. so judge by whatever standard you will. i will point out t
lost the ability to inspire confidence in the american people here? the entire country is show-me state. they have heard for some time from the very beginning before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. they ve heard a lot of things that didn t happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than anyone thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong remedy or not enough remedy, whatever the reason is the american people are now skeptical that washington, including president obama, can do much to change things. i think that s what s reflected in the polls. everybody wants to see it before they believe it. in those same polls from cnn/orc say three in ten people feel they are better off today than they were ten years ago. we know congress has a lower approval rating than the president. these are one national polls. there s just one national election. if the economy doesn t impro
time, since before the stimulus plan, that the stimulus plan would keep unemployment under a certain amount, grow the economy this amount. they have heard a lot of things that didn t happen, whether it was because the economy was worse than what they thought it was, whether it was because it was the wrong remedy or not enough remedy, whatever the reason is the american people are now skeptical that washington, including president obama, can do much to change things. i think that s what s reflected in the polls. everybody wants to see it before they believe it. those same polls show just three out of ten people feel they are better off today than they were ten years ago. we know congress has a lower approval rating than the president. these are one national polls. there s just one national election. if the economy doesn t improve, can the president win? yes, of course, anything can happen. that question, are you better off today than you were four years ago, i bet you hear