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That's the main issue. we won that issue. other two issues are the servability. meaning if the mandate is unconstitutional, is the rest of the law. the third is the medicaid coercion claim. we did not prevail on that. but there is limited case law. we always believed this would and matter to be determined by the supreme courts. bill: we'll see if that sticks on the calendar that we'll get a chief significance in june of 2012. martha: this is a significant moment. this is the first visit by u.s. senators to libya in the post moammar qaddafi period. we'll keep a close eye on that and let you kno...

Here's what he said: >> when he took office, the economy was in recession. and he made it worse. and he made it last longer. martha: former massachusetts governor saying that his first priority would be to make american jobs number one on his agenda, and that is how he kicked things off yesterday. we're going to hear a lot more from mitt romney in -- mitt romney in the coming days. the white house was quick to respond to that. let's listen to this. >> again, he's taking office with an girment -- inheritance of a great recession and 600,000 jobs lost, in the past four-months 2-rbgs .1 created...

Much better treatment that he's gone the from if he lope conservatives because he disagreed with one aspects of the palm ryan budget. all this is interesting to see how it turns out. martha: it's a good key. the money, too. when you watch the money. in your feeling is the money hanging back right now? >> the smart money says the money is hanging back. they will wait to see might emerge from the ashes and be this wildcard because again i think republicans are clamoring or somebody who is not conventional. who comes out of right field. but there is a lot different this time around. i think that ...

Significant poll numbers that are just out. very interesting. on who americans trust to turn the economy around. so take a look at these new rasmussen polls today, more americans, 46 percent, say that they trust republicans to handle the economy, 42 percent say that they trust democrats to handle the economy. that skew is a bit of a concern no doubt for the president in terms of his reelection efforts. scott rasmussen joins me of rasmussen reports. >> good to be here martha. martha: how would you characterize that? >> first of all it's very close and if you were a president the gap is closing....

Is on the wrong track. >> 29% belief the country is heading in the right direction. that's a big improvement since bin laden has been killed. what we are seeing is a situation where people aren't feeling good about the direction of the country. about the direction of their personal finances, and they feel really rotten about both president's and the republicans in washington. two out of three people say nothing will be accomplished on the fills cal matters before election 2012. martha: it's anybody's race at this point. scott, thank you very much. coming up just ahead. we are going to discuss ...