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We have agreed to their budget numbers so there's been a huge concession. if the republicans focused on the fact that on the budget number itself, which is what a budget negotiation is ultimately about, they have actually won. where they have lost is on the debt seal and using that as a tactic and i think they're going to lose on shutdown and using that as a tactic. if it can be smoothed over so we can get to work. we've got to work with the republicans and they have got to work with us. so i think there's some face-saving ways that the negotiators will be able to come up with that will be acc...

Republicans and democrats can agree on one thing. congress isn't doing a great job. that's about it. 84% of republican districts and 83% of people who live in democratic districts disapprove of the job congress is doing. on a lot of other issues, you see why there is such polarizations between people that live in red american and people that live in blue america. making it increasingly clear that republicans are from the red planet from mars and democrats are from the blue planet of venus. take a look at these numbers. 36% of folks who live in democratic districts think the congress is on righ...

46% among likely voters. again, within the margin of error and closer than it was two weeks ago. on the direction of the country, 40% say we're heading in the right direction. 53% say things are on the wrong track. 40% is the highest mark for this question in 3 1/2 years. there's also growing optimism about the economy. 57% say it's improving. that's the highest number this poll has recorded on this question. one thing not going the president's way here, his handling of the situations in egypt and libya. more people disapprove than approve on that question. as for mr. romney, it appears he's s...

You factor in the margin of error. it sets the stage for what could be a real photo finish in november. molly henneberg live at the white house for us. tell us more about the national polls, molly. what do they show? >> reporter: jon, you just showed the associated press poll. we have a new poll from "the wall street journal" opened by the same parent company of this network. it is a snapshot of the national head to head matchup. look at this one out recently and shows the president ticking up among registered voters. the president has a six-point lead, 50-44% in the "wall street journal" poll...

He's talking about what he really believes in. he should tell his fund-raisers, sorry, i'm not spending my day going to four fund-raisers. we've got enough money if i have a good message, so that's it. other than people go to the fund-raisers. i don't anticipate him doing any of that, but to me that's where the direction would be, take charge of his campaign before it's too late. >> let's look where the polls stand. these were taken before the videotape was released. so it will be interesting to see the effect of that. and new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. the direction of the country. ...