and the charm offensive -- which candidate is more ectable? -- likle? >> i like hanging out wi women. captioned byby the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> as we celebratehis memorial day holiday, we are almost six monthsaway from the 2012 presidential election. we will stay away from breaking news on this one and focus on the political road ahead. our guide for the journey pollster peter hart, who produces t nbc news-"w wall street journal" poll to which we so often refer. he thinks the election is no more than a 50/50 shot for the president. 2/3 of the american people think we are on the wrong track. lousy number, butt ahead of where we were last year, 19%. votersre very glum about what is ahead for t them and their children. >> it makes people very uncertain. we feel for the firstime i in 13 generations that the country is going to hand the baton backwards rather than for words. the next generation is not going to be better off. if you are the incbent prident and u are talking about forward, the problem for the couountrys are e weoin