not as much impact as americans anticipated. at least in how the administration first sold it. >> ed henry at the white house. thanks, ed. appreciate it. the cnn election express is on the road far outside the d.c. beltway. we're talking to real people about what's driving them to the polls and the message they want to send to washington. first stop is pittsburgh and cnn's t.j. holmes joins us live. t.j., i can't believe they are talking about anything out there besides steeler football. >> yeah, they got a situation going on with steeler football, no doubt about it. yes, they want to talk about that. once we get that out of the way, they certainly move on and move on quickly to the economy. i want people to keep something in mind today. it's a three-day weekend. it's labor day. you are spending time with family and friends and, yes, that's what often these weekends are about. at the same time, a lot of people are thankful to have a day off, a lot of people would love to be working today. you gave those numbers early ber the almost 15 million people right now out of work who would love to be working.