dealing with the entire region. so he's a central player in all of this. and if he has second thoughts about whether the president's policy is going to work or not, after the fact, that's a problem. >> at the same time, we're getting new poll numbers coming in. let's put them up and have a look here. from back in february of 2009 until now his numbers have plummeted. he was in the mid-60s, now he's in the mid-40s currently at 46%, 49% just shy of a majority disapprove. you put together a special report for us at cnn.com, ed, asking the big question, has the president lost his mojo? what did you find out? has he lost his mojo? >> well, a question a lot of democrats are asking is they need the president in this last push, the last six weeks of the campaign. we went to virginia. we looked in part at this race where a freshman democratic congressman glenn nye is in deep