you would think hillary clinton would take this as ammunition to run on the obama record. she hasn t. she s in new hampshire saying the economy has stalled out. she wants to get it going again. the middle class isn t working. there s really a stagnation in the middle class. she sounds like a republican running against the obama economy rather than a member of president obama s cabinet defending his record. have we shown the numbers yet on the economy? not yet. came out as a banner. but put up the poll. what s interesting is you haven t seen this level since september of 2007. so 52% today believe that the economy is good 48% believe it s poor. so did she just not get the memo yet? why isn t she touting this more? if you dig deep into the numbers while failures of small businesses are nowhere near where they were during the start of the great recession, there s still a stagnation better said a squeeze on small businesses. and they haven t really received the kind of relief or
carolina all across the country is what chance people and their families have in the future. and that s what this conversation s really about. the everyday americans you heard hillary clinton talk about, they have things they want to discuss. and i think that s what she ll focus on. so let s talk about some of the things she has focused on on the campaign trail in new hampshire. just yesterday she was talking about the economy. let me play you a sound bite from that moment. actually here s a poll. i ll show you that right now because cnn has a new poll out this morning about the state of the economy. 52% of respondents believe that today it is good. that has flipped. this was under water the last time this poll was taken. so now 52% believe it s good only 48% believe it s poor. that is a good trend. now let me play you what mrs. clinton said yesterday in new hampshire. i want to be sure that we get small businesses starting and growing in america again. we have stalled out.
and finally tonight, five years after the deep water disaster sent millions of gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico, bp says it is still committed to the region s recovery. i grew up in louisiana so i care deeply about the gulf. five years ago we made two commitments to help the gulf recover and become a safer company. bp has spent nearly $28 billion so far to help the gulf economy and environment. and we ve toughened safety standards, too, including enhanced safety and 24/7 on shore monitoring of our wells in the gulf. i m proud of the progress we ve made both in the gulf and inside bp. while bm has pledged billions of dollars for recovery efforts, the damaging effects of the spill still linger. earlier this year i visited what remains of cat island a barrier island that felt the full impact of the spill. locals are fighting to save this critical piece of the gulf s ecosystem.
obama getting a big boost in his approval rating in a new cnn/orc poll out just this morning. white house correspondent michelle kosinski is live to parse the poll reports. reporter: they re always interesting, right? right now 48%, 47% americans approve of the job president obama is doing. that may not seem like a reason for him to throw a party but keep in mind this is the first time in two years that number approve, it s now at the same level president reagan was at at this point in his presidency. to compare that clinton was at 60%, george w. bush at 36%. and more people are also feeling good about the economy. right now 52% of these people polled said they feel the economy is in a good place right now. well that is the first time in obama s entire presidency that a significant number more feel
fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. i care deeply about the gulf. i grew up in louisiana. i went to school here. i ve been with bp ever since. today, i lead a team that sets our global safety standards. after the spill we made two commitments. to help the gulf recover and become a safer company. we ve worked hard to honor both. bp has spent nearly 28 billion dollars so far to help the gulf economy and environment. and five years of research shows that the gulf is coming back faster than predicted. we ve toughened safety standards too. including enhanced training. and 24/7 on shore monitoring of our wells drilling in the gulf. and everyone has the power to stop a job at any time if they consider it unsafe. what happened here five years ago changed us. i m proud of the progress we ve made both in the gulf and inside bp.