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At his office a short time ago. there were whoops and hollering, kind of a rally as the president was talking about standing up for the consumer and the middle class, take a listen. >> we are starting to rebound, we are moving in the right direction. we have made real progress. now is not the time to stop. i would urge congress to make sure they stay on top of their jobs to make sure that everybody else is able to enjoy hopefully an even more robust recovery in 2012. >> reporter: the president pushing for a recovery in 2012. obviously there is also an election in 2012 that both sides are looki...

>> i'm glad you put it that way. i think the whole problem with obamacare is the layers. we have a problem with the system took come persome. doctors want to practice medicine. we view insurance as big interface we deal with on a daily basis. making it more complicated is very problematic. the idea of studying treatments is good idea. but apapplying that excessively to medical practice is a bad idea. uma: we'll see what happens in 2012. obviously people aren't happy about it and we'll closely monitor the effect of it. thank you. >> we'll see what happens with the supreme court as well. great t...

Jon: larry sabato, thanks. jenna: no one's perfect, right? is. jon: that's for sure. jenna: a good transition. a new congressional scandal involving a democratic senator who often promised transparency and accountability in the past. now claire mccaskill is under fire for spending more than $7 o 5,000 of her senate budget on her private plane. carl cameron's got this story live from washington. what's this all about? >> reporter: well, it's very much part of 2012. obviously, not presidential, but certainly the u.s. senate. and claire mccaskill gearing up for a difficult fight. she's a freshman...