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29% consider. 38% definitely will not vote for. he's being dragged down some here, matt, by high gas prices, principally. >> yeah, and obviously, the bump from the bin laden killing isn't going to last until election day. it's going to help enhance his credentials as a commander in chief. obviously, he's tied to the economy. we've all talked about it. factors some within his control, some out that will affect him. but here's the underpinning that i think makes them hopeful and makes republicans a little wary, which is this likability factor that has been very constant and even in very difficul...

This is -- the whole tea party was basically founded off of, you know, their opposition to the individual mandate, and that's going to be a huge problem for him. >> matt bai, let me ask you about president obama. slight bump because of the bin laden operation, still vulnerability because of the economy. we've got a sneak peek at politico, george washington university's battleground poll. the full poll will be available tomorrow. here's what we see this morning on re-election of the president. 30% definitely for. 29% consider. 38% definitely will not vote for. he's being dragged down some here,...

House. there was a picnic table and a treehouse. you see the president really playing up his likability factor more than the specific message of the economy. i think we will see more of that from the white house. >> bret: charles, the white house is defending the stimulus saying it saved 2.3 to 3 million jobs the line from biden. >> that won't help and the treehouse and short sleeves won't help. look, he bought the economy when he did the stimulus. he was a month in the presidency. this is a trillion dollar bet he had the american people buy on to. it failed. at least overwhelming perception i...

Deliberate by the white house. there was a picnic table and a treehouse. you see the president really playing up his likability factor more than the specific message of the economy. i think we will see more of that from the white house. >> bret: charles, the white house is defending the stimulus saying it saved 2.3 to 3 million jobs the line from biden. >> that won't help and the treehouse and short sleeves won't help. look, he bought the economy when he did the stimulus. he was a month in the presidency. this is a trillion dollar bet he had the american people buy on to. it failed. at least o...

Little bit. one other poll number because a lot of people said, look, you put this in historical perspective and president obama is where president reagan was when the economy was in a slump or a recession during his time. here's where they differ. people still liked reagan personally and this is the first time in our poll that it shows that people prefer his policies to barack obama, the person. what do you make of that? >> well, always president ooo ba oooba ooobalma's biggest political factor is the likability factor. still numbers in our poll that suggests that the public still does like p...