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President obama's policies, before and after the speech. before the speech, the respondents basically said they were in favor and thought positively about the president's policies, 61% to 37%. after the speech it went up. 77% to 18%. and now the third graphic. president obama's speech made you more optimistic or less optimisting. there you go, fairly dramatic there. 77% said more optimistic. 19% said more pessimistic. so in a nutshell, that's what we know from our flash polling. this is polling of more democrats than republicans who watched the president's speech this evening. a fairly positiv...

A fairly positive reaction. >> we'll also have the dial testing. people watching the president's speech in real time. we'll play that for you later on. tom foreman has that. we're on throughout this hour bringing you reaction to president obama's message and taking a close look at what was in the speech and the republican's response. do the numbers add up? we're keeping them honest. here's a big chunk of the president's address, some of the highlights. >> at stake right now is not who wins the next election. after all, we just had an election. at stake is whether new jobs and industries take r...