smart and aggressive strategy to reach out to these voters. if we can even capture 10-15% of these first-time voters, it could make a huge difference in wisconsin, washington, wisconsin, washington, illinois. i think it could help turn the tide in all four of those senate races, in 16 house races, in three of the four gubernatorial taking place in that state but i tell you, we have to move beyond the rhetoric of change and hope and i think we have to clearly clearly communicate to the people the great victories that the president has accomplished. we ve created, saved over 2 1/2 million jobs, the dow is above 11,000, consumers are starting to spend money are starting to spend money again course in the middle of a recovery. that s the message that the president needs to get out to the american people. jane: david, i guess two questions for you: one, will that message work. and two, does the allure of obama actually translate to other democratic candidates? well, first off, the last ti
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jon: tony schafer, center for advanced study, thank you. thank you jon. jane: president obama is hitting back on the road. does that make sense? hitting the road, you know, talking about the economy. last week he was pressing for financial reform in the shadow of wall street. tomorrow he ll be hitting the heartland to see how people are doing on main street. steve brown is there ahead of time, he s in fort madison, iowa. steve, what are the big employers there in that community, how have they been doing? reporter: well, some of them, well, some of them, not so well. one of the oldest employers in this state is the local prison here at fort madison, there are portions of that that predate statehood for iowa, there is also a substantially large regional hospital with an employment base there. the big was not that gets the talk is the siemens plant, came in in 2007, hired a couple of hundred folks off the bat, have almost doubled their capacity at that particular plant, so that s the
so the severe weather threat is ending, we do have no watches or warnings up. just a batch of rain that we re dealing with over the northeast and the mid atlantic. still dealing with some thunderstorms there, and this is what s left of this system. as this low pressure just sort of keeps meandering back through the ohio valley, we are going to get bouts of rain for the northeast. so that s what s left of the storm. rain, pesky rain not really looking at severe weather, but the rain will pile up, and we ll be seeing showers not only through the mid atlantic, but new york and even some snow up through parts of new england for the first part of the workweek. jane? jane: thanks. jon: time s running short for florida governor charlie crist to decide whether to stay in the republican senate primary or run as an independent. he is trailing the former statehouse speaker marco rubio by at least 20 points in several polls. just about the opposite of where
this bill, it s another 1400, 1500 page bill. so it gets pretty complicated. but the bottom line is we re going to have a vote, some vote, likely this afternoon. jon jand republicans are just saying let s slow down, let s get this right if we re going to do it. exactly. jon: bret baier in washington, we ll keep an eye on it, i know you ll have more on special report later this evening. thanks. jane: a really tough task for crews in the gulf of mexico, they re trying basically to plug this enormous oil leak, it s a mile under sear and clean up this spill threatening the gulf coast. we ll update you. firefighters are used to getting a call for a cat stuck in a tree. but what about the one for the dog stuck in the recliner at the old folks home? ebenezer s odyssey!