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Are you happy with these numbers? have they begun to move in their direction? >> they do feel as if these are improved numbers. they know that theyve done a poor job selling this thing. whether you want to talk about congress getting involved in process stories. you know, this whole, the latest being how theyre doing, how theyre going -- the house is going to pass the senate bill. or the fact it seems as if the president, himself, was stuck figuring out how to sell health care and now, of course...

Formation of the presidents task force on national health reform. chaired by the first lady, hillary rodham clinton. >> every time i see that picture, i think about how young clinton was when he was president. the way it looks historically, its sausage factory time. we argue about different pieces of the bill. but in the end, my argument is once you get it, it never goes away. ive never seen a country with a national health care plan that got rid of it. they improve it they enhance it, they figu...

Welcome back to "hardball." we have a brand new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll out tonight. 48% approve of the job president obama is doing. 47% disapprove. the highest level yet in our poll. on health care, 36% now say the presidents plan is a good idea. thats five points better than it was in january. 48%, however, still say its a bad idea. and the presidents approval rating on health care is now 41%. thats three points better than it was in january. 57% still disapprove of his performanc...

Third-party challenge from something called the workers family party. this guy in new york city, i think his names michael mcmahon. hes got staten island and brooklyn district. hes getting a challenge from the left because people say hes siding with the insurance companies rather than with the democratic plan. >> so andy stern says hes going to not primary but put -- help support a candidate in the workers party to the left? >> well, he says -- >> because thats -- thats really where americas goi...

Know, that andy stern, the head of the seiu, was the man who had the most number of overnight visits at the white house in the first year of president obamas presidency. >> yeah, hes been a very powerful guy. >> he is. hes a great guy. i actually met him. i asked him if theyre naming one of the bedrooms the andy stern bedroom. coming up next, is the american dream in jeopardy? a stunning new poll shows how americans see the future. also, the man who video stalked sports reporter erin andrews...

American in a dignified manner and at a price he can afford. >> today i am announcing the formation of the presidents task force on national health reform chaired by the first lady. >> every time i see that picture i think of how young clinton was when he was president. so was hillary clinton when she was first lady. let me ask you about this, the way it look historically. its sausage factory time. we argue about different pieces of the bill. in the end my argument is once you get it, it never g...

Likely to vote for that member in november. 36% less likely to vote, so thats a losing proposition. >> sure. >> and the next losing proposition. still bad. 31% say theyre more likely to vote for that person. 34% less likely. you look at these numbers, it says -- im damned if i do and damned if i dont. >> you cant finger in the wind on this one. you cant say my constituents are saying x. >> what does that mean, if youre going to vote against a person no matter how they vote. >> weve polarized ele...

Democrats cheer. so i am sure that andy stern is making a lot of republicans very happy this morning. workers of the world unite behind candidates and elect a republican in your district. >> john, ive got to ask you about the lead story on politico this morning about desiree rogers. conventional wisdom, it was the salahis who chased her from her position. turns out it was more complicated than pa. >> she had a lot of problems internally in the white house and externally. but one of those problem...

Some bad news for president obama on health care. 36% now say his plan is a good idea. thats five points better than january. but 48% still say its a bad idea. so not that good, the news, and the presidents approval rating in the same category is up a bit at 41%. thats three points better than january. but still, on the down side, 57% still disapprove of his performance. nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd joins us right now with more. i like getting up an...

Its no longer about policy. its about the president has made the argument, himself, behind the scenes, right? you want my presidency to succeed? you want us to have a shot at taking up the next issue? the only person that can defeat him in this are democrats. this would be democrats defeating democrats if this thing goes down. and so thats where youre seeing this rallying around the flag a little bit in the poll numbers. that were seeing. peter hart, he said if he was putting his democratic cons...