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away at the approval rating after osama bin laden's death. is it time for him to worry about 2012? listen to what the chairwoman of the democratic national committee said. >> not at all. the president is in actually remarkably good shape given that he is still struggling to help pull our economy out of the republican recession that he inherited. his numbers are still strong. he still has widespread support. if anyone is in trouble, it's the republican party. >> two of the president's stops will be in iowa. rick perry will be campaigning there for the next three days now that he's off...

>> with only three weeks before the treasury secretary says the government will run out of money, president obama is raising campaign cash and talking about deficit reduction out west. the speaker of the house is charting the progress of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. senate majority leader harry reid is in china there is hardly anyone on capitol hill except for tourists and the halls of the capital are mostly empty. talks of blair house on reducing the deficit won't begin until next month but democrats and republicans are locking in their positions right now. >> just as ignoring ...

Cost-benefit analysis. what are we spending the money on and what are we getting for money we're spending. >> reporter: it's a tough battlefield. many of the competitors showing impressive fundraising prowess. >> president obama policies failed. >> reporter: when former massachusetts governor mitt romney ran in 2008 he contributed tens of millions to his campaign. his political action committee helped in thar $9 million in 2010 and pulled in $1.9 million in the first quarter of this year. while pac funds can't be transferred in full to federal campaign the big totals speak to overall fundraisi...

>> with only three weeks before the treasury secretary says the government will run out of money, president obama is raising campaign cash and talking about deficit reduction out west. the speaker of the house is charting the progress of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. senate majority leader harry reid is in china there is hardly anyone on capitol hill except for tourists and the halls of the capital are mostly empty. talks of blair house on reducing the deficit won't begin until next month but democrats and republicans are locking in their positions right now. >> just as ignoring ...

gavel and a new presidency has begun. president obama returned today with a 50% approval rating. that could rise farther if republicans try to repeal health care, if they spend the next year complaining instead of governing. republicans mission, that's our top story. plus, president obama's considering names bill daley as his new chief of staff. is this the guy the person is president needs right now? and here's evidence the republican rs in bed with big business. their top investigator is asking corporations around trade associations themselves, what regulations they'd like him to t...