then, bob dima and testifies before a british house of commons committee. >> our guest on "newsmakers" is lee saunders, resident of the american federation of state, county, and municipal employees. thank you for being here. to ask him questions, we have a labor reporter for "the wall street journal" and a reporter for "the hill." >> i would like to know what enthusiasm is like for president obama's reelection. you have backed him. i know you are putting a lot of resources behind him being reelected. what are your battlegrounds states this year? >> or people are very excited. we came off of our convention where we had 3600 delegates. we had about 5000 people in attendance. they are ready to work. they are ready to work hard for the president. they understand the importance of this election and the differences that exist between president obama and mitt romney. where president obama stands with rebuilding the middle class in supporting working families and not supporting the 1% as romney does. we are ready. we are engaged in the battle. we will be an every battleground state. we will b