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I'm not about to let that happen. middle class americans can't afford to lose $1,000 next year because congress won't act. >> kristen is live at the white house. kristen, the president going up to new hampshire today. what does he hope to accomplish there? >> reporter: hi there, luke. president obama will speak at a school in manchester today. he will talk about jobs and talk about the importance of extending the payroll tax cuts, extending unemployment insurance. it's part of the jobs package that is largely stalled in congress. you will likely see him weave the failure of the supercommittee ...

President obama won the state back in 2008. according to the latest bloomberg poll, he's trailing romney now in a hypothetical match up by ten points. this is a state that could be important to president obama's re-election prospects. he knows it so he's trying to shore up support among independent voters. will he call out other republicans by name, probably not. he will be certainly having some of that firy rhetoric that we have heard from the president lately. luke? >> a lot of democrats will tell you in 2000 if al gore would have paid attention to new hampshire, he would have been president...

>> let's talk about the republican primary voter. mitt romney is on the air in new hampshire with his first ad. the white house had a problem with it over this line. take a listen and hear what the white house had to say. >> we need a rescue plan for the middle class. provide relief for homeowners. it's going to take a new direction. if we keep talking act the economy, we are going to lose. senator mccain's campaign said, and i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we are going to lose. >> bill, you did some work for mr. romney back in 2007 there. was that disengeneral would you say for...

Mitt romney was there yesterday shoring up key support including getting endorsement of senator kelly. he released an attack ad against president obama slamming him for his handling of the economy. we saw team obama fire back at that. the fireworks are already starting there. it might feel more like a general election today in new hampshire, luke. >> do you think it will be in response to the ad or generic republicans? >> i don't know if he will mention romney by name. he's been hesitant to do that. i wouldn't be surprised if he took a more general swipe at romney's policies and philosophies. ...

Succeed. >> failure is not an option. our country needs us now. >> that, of course, was the republican senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell. their predictions of a success a few months back now ring hallow. pennsylvania republican pat toomey joins us now. thanks for coming on the program. >> thanks for having me. >> looking at charts over the last ten years, if you look at the costs of the two wars, medicare and the bush tax cuts, it's $5 trillion over the next ten years. if you extend the bush tax cuts, it adds $3.7 trillion to the deficit. how can, in good faith, you suggest new tax reven...