. >> michael gorman is a home builder in virginia. before the recession he employed 44 people full-time. today he's down to himself and one other person who works one day a week. >> as the economy has contracted, so have we. >> he says he's been through recessions before but none have lasted this long. five years after we started the downturn and we're not seeing any light at the end of the tunnel. >> michael gorman lives in the battleground state of virginia and is exactly the type of voter that both president obama and mitt romney are targeting. romney has been using the unemployment numbers to attack the president. >> he said he would hold unemployment below 8%. it's not been below 8% for 40 straight months. that's the longest period in american history. >> the president says romney's plan to create jobs by cutting taxes for wealthy americans won't work. >> they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before. it didn't work then. it will not work now. >> but so far, the president has not been able to convince gor

. >> michael gorman lives in the battleground state of virginia and is exactly the type of voter that both president obama and mitt romney are targeting. romney has been using the unemployment numbers to attack the president. >> he said he would hold unemployment below 8%. it's not been below 8% for 40 straight months. that's the longest period in american history. >> the president says romney's plan to create jobs by cutting taxes for wealthy americans won't work. >> they have tried to sell us this trickle down tax cut fairy dust before. it didn't work then. it will not work now. >> but so far, the president has not been able to convince gorman he can turn around the economy. he says he'll vote for romney. romney is promising a 4% jobless rate if he wins the white house. the president will talk about the jobless numbers at just before noon eastern time today. terrell? >> susan mcginnis in washington for us this morning. have a good weekend. thank you so much. >>> romney is firing back at democratic senate leader harry reid who has been saying that romney hasn't paid taxes for ten yea

. >> michael gorman is a home builder in virginia. the recession he employed 44 people full-time.