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Significant poll numbers that are just out. very interesting. on who americans trust to turn the economy around. so take a look at these new rasmussen polls today, more americans, 46 percent, say that they trust republicans to handle the economy, 42 percent say that they trust democrats to handle the economy. that skew is a bit of a concern no doubt for the president in terms of his reelection efforts. scott rasmussen joins me of rasmussen reports. >> good to be here martha. martha: how would you characterize that? >> first of all it's very close and if you were a president the gap is closing....

The clip you just ran, alligators and moats, this was not serious about taking on the serious issues. >> what about he's done everything the republicans want. he's put more people on the border, he has gone after bizes that harbor illegals and he's done an awful lot. will some republicans take any deal or to they just want nothing? >> well, some republicans may not want anything, but let's recall, paul, that in 2005, john mccain and ted kennedy did propose a program to get past the immigration problems and obama participated in those negotiations and by and large impeded them. he impeded them ...

Reelection efforts in the house has new warnings about the november election. saying if republicans regain control of the house, they could use their subpoena power to grind washington to a halt. telling the huffington post, "we saw the kind of abuses of republican took with subpoena power during the clinton years. it's certainly a part of the picture america should look at when voting. it's a good bet that the gop control over the house would make the white house agenda more challenging, of course." and robert andrews joins us now. congressman, good to see you. thanks for joining us. >> it's ...

And they got what they wanted, the president is going to be fundraising for them, he's going to be campaigning for them, he's basically responding to their complaint. martha: last night they came out with a weekly report that detailed all of the things that president obama has done and vice president biden and the first lady in terms of reelection efforts. but you know what, it goes back to that basic point, mary kral rin, and what bill pascrell was talking about, we supported health care reform, we pushed through all these things in our agenda, not getting a whole lot out there with the peopl...

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