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about the economy. as the president prepares to make the final stop on his economic bus tour today, his republican rivals are on the road and on the attack over the nation s economic slump. nbc s steve handelsman has our report. reporter: on his campaign style swing through the midwest president obama was in iowa, the state that put him on the path to the white house in 2008. the path rick perry hopes he s on for 2012. the texas governor was in iowa targeting barack obama. mr. president, you have tried now for 2 1/2 years of government creating jobs. reporter: here he brags about his jobs record. texas unemployment is a point lower than the u.s. average. oil companies are profitable. tax revenue has not dropped in texas. and in fact, almost all of new texas jobs are government jobs. some call perry reckless. he s standing by this charge against the federal reserve. printing for money to play politics at this particular time in american history is almost treacher ....
about the economy. as the president prepares to make the final stop on his economic bus tour today, his republican rivals are on the road and on the attack over the nation s economic slump. nbc s brian mooar is in washington with those details. good morning. reporter: the president s bus tour is being called a listening tour, but it looks like a campaign. obama wraps up his three-day bus tour today in illinois and before rolling out of iowa he saluted the midwestern work ethic. having a chance to meet with some of the men and women in this room has only made me feel more confident. reporter: he was literally traveling the same road as one of the gop candidates, texas governor rick perry who also expressed confidence in the nation, but not the president. i really believe that we can create jobs in america again. you know, his idea is to kind of study this thing. reporter: today perry is in new hampshire and so is mitt romney. you re seeing the republican part ....
as the president prepares to make the final stop on his economic bus tour today, his republican rivals are on the road and on the attack over the nation s economic slump. nbc s brian mooar is in washington with those details. good morning. reporter: the president s bus tour is being called a listening tour, but it looks like a campaign. obama wraps up his three-day bus tour today in illinois and before rolling out of iowa he saluted the midwestern work ethic. having a chance to meet with some of the men and women in this room has only made me feel more confident. reporter: he was literally traveling the same road as one of the gop candidates, texas governor rick perry who also expressed confidence in the nation, but not the president. i really believe that we can create jobs in america again. you know, his idea is to kind of study this thing. reporter: today perry is in new hampshire and so is mitt romney. you re seeing the republican party united in a way i ....
reporter: president obama was in iowa, the state that put him on the path to the white house in 2008. the path rick perry hopes he s on for 2012. the texas governor was in iowa, targeting barack obama. now, mr. president, you tried now for 2 1/2 years of government creating jobs. reporter: he brags about his jobs record. texas unemployment is a point lower than the u.s. average. oil companies are profitable, tax revenue has not dropped in texas, and in fact almost all of new texas jobs are government jobs. some call perry reckless. he s standing by this charge against the federal reserve. printing more money to play politics at this particular time in american history is almost treasonous in my opinion. reporter: the president hosted an economic forum. we re going to make it easier for people in rural areas looking for work to find out about companies that are hiring. reporter: mitt romney was in new hampshire talking jobs. i spent 25 years in business a ....
we begin this morning with it s all about the economy. as the president prepares to make the final stomp on his economic bus tour today, his republican rivals are on the road and on the attack over the nation s economic slump. nbc s steve handelsman has our report. reporter: on his campaign style swing through the midwest. you look very trust worthy. reporter: president obama was in iowa, the state that put him on the path to the white house in 2008. the path rick perry hopes he s on for 2012. the texas governor was in iowa, targeting barack obama. now, mr. president, you tried now for 2 1/2 years of government creating jobs. reporter: he brags about his jobs record. texas unemployment is a point lower than the u.s. average. oil companies are profitable, tax revenue has not dropped in texas, and in fact almost all of new texas jobs are government jobs. some call perry reckless. he s standing by this charge against the federal reserve. printing more money to ....