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tone with a new message. the president spoke in houston at fund-raising last night on the heels of a new report showing another strong month of job creation. >> over the past two years, businesses have added almost 4 million new jobs. our manufacturers are creating jobs for the first time since the in 1990s. the economy is accelerating, america is coming back. the last thing we can afford to do is go back to the same policies that got us into this mess in the first place. >> without naming names, the president take aim at the gop presidential candidates. >> they think y'all have amne...

million new jobs. our manufacturers are creating jobs for the first time since the in 1990s. the economy is accelerating, america is coming back. the last thing we can afford to do is go back to the same policies that got us into this mess in the first place. >> without naming names, the president take aim at the gop presidential candidates. >> they think y'all have amnesia. they think you've forgotten how we got into this mess. they want to go back to the days when wall street played by its own rules. they want to go back to spending trillions of dollars more on tax breaks for wealt...

Breaks for wealthiest individuals, folks like me, even if it means adding to the deficit or gutting education or gutting investments in clean energy or gutting medicare. >> injoing me now for front-page politics, national political reporter for politico, james hellman and reporter for the atlantic, mollie ball. we just heard what the president said there, the latest jobs report shows 227,000 jobs added last month with the unemployment rate holding steady now at do t have any room on the economy with these latest numbers? >> there's no question that every time the economy gets better, obama's c...

Work and they're not looking for jobs and that's why the number is not getting higher or other cases like that. the more people start to feel in their bones like the economy is improving, the less appealing that case is going to be. it starts to be seeming pessimistic. >> james, do you get any sense from inside these campaigns that they're concerned whether they may have to shift campaign messages because of economy? >> absolutely, alex. there's very real concern, especially in the romney campaign. he's the fix-it guy, he knows how to turn the economy around, give him a chance. all of a sudden...

>> molly, do you think it's dangerous to say at this point that america is coming back if you have people across the country that aren't feeling it yet? >> i think it's the only thing he can say. he has to strike that tone of optimism, convince people things are getting better. i think james is exactly right. it's all about which way people feel like things are going. no matter what number, what level that number is at, if people feel it's heading in the right direction he'll do well. >> okay. james and molly, sit tight. we'll have you back in just a second. the race for the gop presidential...