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>> it's not just obama's radical but the people are even more radical. i don't think they thought it would be a big deal. >> reporter: the welfare offensive comes as a new poll shows most americans still don't have a favorable view of romney. ron haskins says the president's advisors should have seen the attack a mile away. >> if i were a political advisor to the president, i would say you better not do this now because republicans are going to claim you're trying to undermine the welfare reform legislation. and that's exactly what republicans are doing. >> reporter: and it's not jus...

earth. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administration's policies, but with support from an unlikely ally he's raising the stakes today. here's our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for the poor to receive welfare checks and to help make his case he's getting some help from an old r...