virginia. and elijah cummings, the former chair of the black caucus and analysis, and chris jeff free lund of digital. i am candy crowley, and this is state of the union. what a difference a year makes, or not so much. last year at this time, president obama was vacationing on martha s vineyard, and that s where he is today. last year he said a year and a half ago the economy was shrinking rapidly, and the economy is now growing. this year he is saying america will come back from this recession stronger than before. that i am convinced of. unemployment was above 9% in 2010, and a year later it still is. more say the economy is getting worse. joining me from michigan, senior obama campaign strategists, david axelrod. thank you for being here. i want to ask you first sure, candy. the president is going to have the new jobs plan and a stimulus that is coming up in september, he s going to announce it. tell us what you know about that, and in particular when w
well, that s it for this edition of reliable sources. i m howard kurtz. we re off next sunday when cnn will be providing live coverage of the dedication of the martin luther king memorial on the mall in washington. we re back the following week with another critical look at the media. state of the union with candy crowley begins right now. an august of angst, at the battle of 2012 erode the president s support. today, the summer slump with obama senior campaign strategist david axelrod and then job creation in uncertain times with governors o malley of maryland and mcdonnell of virginia. and congressman elijah cummings, former chair of the black caucus, and analysis from greg ip, an economic editor of the economist, and chrystia freeland, editor of thomson reuters digital. i am candy crowley, and this is state of the union. what a difference a year makes, or not so much. last year at this time, president obama was vacationing on martha s vineyard, and that s where he