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National economy. the unemployment rate in florida right now is 8.6% in may 2012. that's down slightly. it's an interesting dilemma if this report is accurate. sources were unnamed. they are saying this is what's going on behind-the-scenes for these republican governors they cannot tout the recovery without giving some credit to the president. >> right p.m. tap ron not just in florida, it's in ohio, michigan, wisconsin. i point out to you that in pla the unemployment rate is at 8.6%. back in 2009 it was at 11%. it's natural for politicians to say high look things are getting better and that's ...

Forward looking vision. and i just think romney is going to be better on offense. it is easier to be he fighting in a lot of different places poking at the president's record as long as he shares his own vision and for romney to get where he needs to go. >> when you were trying to get president bush elected his may 2004 approval rating 49%. president obama's may, 2012, 47%. george w. bush won reelection. that is not that -- >> and if you look at where our ballot position was it is roughly comparable. there was a hidden strength. first of all, remember this thing. the 2004 election was more abo...

plumbers. all kidding aside, it's not the same job requirement. so, it's totally legitimate for the president to point this out. >> this comes as a new ad from president obama highlights the, quote, real people who were affected by bain capital, that private equity company that mitt romney ran for 15 years. take a look at that ad. >> makes me angry. those guys were all rich. they all had more money that they'll ever spend, yet they didn't have the money to take care of the very people that made the money for them. >> the other side former managing director at bain capital makes his c...

Dramatic opportunity? >> he never does. he never does. you always say, this is the time where romney can roll the dice. he never does that. >> he's pretty boxed in. because of all of the statements that he made during the primaries. he has to be extremely careful because i would -- i would venture to guess that the obama campaign has a dozen ads in the can waiting for him to say well, let me move to the left. and you listen to what john boehner says about any fight in congress, there's going to become a bigger fight and in terms of the calendar, these wars are slated to take place in september...

facility and will be reunited with his family. these developments coming while secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary timothy geithner are in beijing preparing for economic and strategic meetings with chinese leaders beginning on thursday. it's not clear how the chen case might influence those talks, but this was starting to become a sticky situation between the u.s. and china. china now reportedly demanding an apology from the u.s. for sheltering the activist. we'll have a live report from beijing in the next half hour. our other big story of the morning. new qu...