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Presidents handling of foreign policy. and even fewer approve of his handling of isis. those numbers have helped drive the presidents approval rating down to 43%. its lowest level in more than a year. as for tactics, americans believe we should be fighting the islamic state. the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finds that 42% are in favor of using u.s. combat troops. that number is identical to the result in a new associated press/gfk poll released yesterday. the survey also found that just 2...

>> okay. susan, if you look at these numbers, despite them, the president is leading in the latest associated press/gfk poll, slightly today, doesnt mitt romney have a tougher sell to the middle class than the president? havent republicans have a tougher sell? >> i agree with erin. the fact that president obama going in as the incumbent and you want change, you would expect the challenger to do slightly better. but the fact is that for the last two weeks weve been talking about medicare and todd...

Jon: well all of this comes as a new associated press/gfk poll showing president obama and edge cog romney and ryan 47 to 46% in head-to-head match up. that is inside the margin of error. according to a new "nbc news-wall street journal poll", mr. obama leads mr. romney, 48 to 44%. a lead 3%. joining us now, to make sense of all this, political reporter for "real clear politics", erin mcpike. so essentially they are tied in these polls. have you seen much movement, erin? >> no. mitt romney is ga...

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Responsibility. >> oklahoma congressman tom cole is trying to repeal health care, because he thinks the american people want him to do it. >> the american people, quite frankly, have never liked this bill, as they demonstrated last november. i cant find a poll where its ever cracked 50% in approval. >> see, theyre less than honest. the last election was not about health care reform. it was about the economy. and the fact of the matter is the cbo score says this bill will save money. here are som...

However, while they may be entitled to their own opinions, they are not entitled to their own facts. health care repeal is the epitome of fiscal responsibility. >> oklahoma congressman tom cole is trying to repeal health care, because he thinks the american people want him to do it. >> the american people, quite frankly, have never liked this bill, as they demonstrated last november. i cant find a poll where its ever cracked 50% in approval. >> see, theyre less than honest. the last election was...

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>> thats symbolic, but maybe it just sets a tone and everything gets a little bit more civil. >> chuck and i have been able to work on multiple bills because we sit down one-on-one and work things out. >> the first test of the era of lets all get along comes on wednesday when the republican house votes on repealing the health care law. the associated press gfk poll shows americans are almost evenly split on the health care law but strong opposition has eased since novembers election. meantime, t...