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Ladies and gentlemen, while only 42% approve of the job mr. obama is doing, historically he's not nearly the worst off. at their lows, ronald reagan was 35% approval to 42 for obama while bill clinton hit bottom at 37% in the months just before the republicans swept away democratic control of the congress in 1994. so historically pollster doug shown joins me. both clinton and reagan recovered spectacularly. it was their congressional colleagues who paid the price. can obama recover more specifically is this trip to the gulf one of the ways to do it as an antidote to that ill advised first lady...

42% approve of the job mr. obama is doing, historically he's not nearly the worst off. at their lows, ronald reagan was 35% approval to 42 for obama while bill clinton hit bottom at 37% in the months just before the republicans swept away democratic control of the congress in 1994. so historically pollster doug shown joins me. both clinton and reagan recovered spectacularly. it was their congressional colleagues who paid the price. can obama recover more specifically is this trip to the gulf one of the ways to do it as an antidote to that ill advised first lady vacation in spain? >> absolutely...

Ladies and gentlemen, while only 42% approve of the job mr. obama is doing, historically he's not nearly the worst off. at their lows, ronald reagan was 35% approval to 42 for obama while bill clinton hit bottom at 37% in the months just before the republicans swept away democratic control of the congress in 1994. so historically pollster doug shown joins me. both clinton and reagan recovered spectacularly. it was their congressional colleagues who paid the price. can obama recover more specifically is this trip to the gulf one of the ways to do it as an antidote to that ill advised first lady...

Lower. stunning! >> it is. everybody is mad. peter hart our democratic pollster america wants a jetblue moment and just escape all things washington. look. they are upset. what is amazing it's coloring everything. so, for instance, when they are judging the president, we asked 12 different issues. he is meeting expectations or failing to meet expectations? a number of issues all over the place whether it's iraq, afghanistan, health care. all of these things. things he has accomplished, everybody, majorities are saying he has failed to meet expectation and even on iraq. he is meeting the promis...

Market not recovering too quickly. people still out of jobs. unemployment rate remains steady. there was a nbc "wall street journal" poll. they surveyed a thousand adults and asked is the worst behind us? take a look at the results. 29% of those surveyed say we have hit bottom. a majority of those surveyed, shep, 64% still say we have a long way to go. that really gives an indication that consumers are still pretty worried about this recovery. hence, the weakness that we still see in the housing market and consumers not spending. >> shepard: hope 64% are very wrong. hope. sandra smith from the...