weeks. a growing chorus of people talking about the growing recession. it's not that clear that it's a double dip. it's certainly not a strong and robust recovery. >> i'm putting this in my frame of reference which is that labor day begins the final stretch of mid-term elections. and where the democrats had hoped this would, in fact, turn out to be a recovery summer, people aren't feeling it. so the narrative of this election appears to be set. and at this point, it is looking like it's going to be a very bad environment for democrats. and their argument going forward is going to be, okay, you know, you don't think this has worked all that well, well, to electricito elect the republicans would be a turn-back that got us into this. this is the frame of reference we'll be seeing in the next couple months. the president is going to kick this off on monday in a labor day rally in milwaukee.