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Ahead to 2012. the overtone unmistakenably political, contessa, yes. he's stopping here at smith electric. you can see fine smith electric products behind us, beneficiaries of $32 million in stimulus money. they make all electric trucks, 100-mile range. they're used mostly for deliveries in an inner city or urban setting. he has two fund-raisers for an individual named robin carnahan of the missouri carnahans, a well-known political family here. she's running against roy blount who's represented a district in southeastern missouri for many years. the last time the president was here in missour...

And is in the midst of what the white house likes to call recovery summer. the president is going to come here and talk about what is happening at smith electric, with the back tkropb of persistent unemployment across the country. martha: let's talk a little bye of politics major. this is the first time that he is appearing with robin carnahan. what is it about his choice to go out there and support her specifically. >> reporter: for whatever reason robin carnahan was out of the state. this time they'll be together in kansas city. there will be two fundraisers there one a high dollar there, 1,...

Two years of brutal recession, a decade of economic insecurity. and there are going to be hard days ahead. that's the truth. it's going to take a while for us to dig ourselves out of this hole. but what you are proving here, each and every one of you who work here at smith electric is the promise of a brighter future. what you're proving is that if we hold fast to that spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, that's always defined america, we're not just going to emerge from this period of turmoil, we're beginning to emerm stronger than we were before. we're proving that as long as we keep o...

But we made those decisions because we had to stop that free fall. because we made those hard choices, our economy is in a different place today than it was just a year ago. one of those decisions was to provide critical funding to promising innovative businesses like smith electric. and because we did, there's a thriving enterprise here instead of an empty, darkened warehouse. because of the grant that went to this company, we can hear the sounds of machines humming and people doing their work instead of just the ghostly silence of an emptied out building and the memory of workers who were la...