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President or his stimulus bill helping you in any way? >> helping they what way greta? >> greta: in dealing with your deficit problems? sort of revving up your economy? >> no, we really are struggling here. we you take a look at the ability to really be a state where people want to come and create a job it is very, very difficult. we are under seen here in ohio to tell you the truth. if we can balance our budget, if we can reduce our taxes, if we can reduce our regulations and create an entrepreneurial atmosphere so people have the confidence to risk-take and invest in our great state. we have...

President or his stimulus bill helping you in any way? >> helping me in what way, greta? >> greta: in dealing with your deficit problems. i mean, and sort of -- sort of revving up your economy? >> no, gret a. we really are struggling here. i mean... when you take a look at the ability to really be a state where people want to come and create a job, it's very, very difficult. we are under siege here in ohio, to tell you the truth. what's going to fix it for us is if we can balance our budget, if we can reduce our taxes, if we can reduce our regulations and create an entrepreneurial atmosphere s...

Those specifics are ugly. they do not promote job growth, they go after very popular programs, programs that people can identify and put a human face to. so cutting these things are not political winners, even though they broadly agree, both sides agree, on the importance of bringing down the deficit over the long term. >> their cuts are not political winners, and they are not enough for the tea partiers who campaigned on the notion that they are going to be able to cut much, much, much more than that in the first year. where does this leave republican establishment versus the tea party? >> th...

Neighborhoods. despite unemployment and low poll numbers, the president expressed optimism when it comes to the economy. i have never been more confident about the future of our economy if we stay on track and deal with the long standing problems that we hadn't dealt with for decades. if we have a tax system that is fair and helps the middle class, and that also attends to our long-term deficit problems. >> holly joins us ow. thanks f stopping by. >> thank you. >> he's in the backyard talking to families trying to get one on one with them. it's all about this middle-income american family. joh...