independent pollster scott rasmussen is already asking those questions. president of rasmussen reports.com, and i suppose if i were a white house staffer, i wouldn't necessarily like the results of some of these polls that you've been asking about, scott. you asked people how do you think barack obama is handling national security issues as president, and it doesn't come out so well for the president, 48 percent give him a poor rating on that. >> actually, poor rating is 48 percent is on economics issues. job -- jon: i'm sorry. >> not national security issues. jon: you know your polls better than i do! >> it's funny how that works! by the way this, is the issue of the election. the economy is the big concern. it's not surprising that democrats give the president good marks on the economy, republicans give him terrible marks. what should concern the white house, 50 percent of unaffiliated voters say the president is doing a poor job on the economy, only 26 percent say he's doing a good job. also among lower income americans, those people that the president

president getting 44 percent of the vote to governor romney's 49 percent, independent pollster scott rasmussenmussen reports.com and scott i know this is just a snapshot, sort of a moment in time but what does it tell you about the president's chances for reelection? >> look, this number as good as it's gotten for mitt romney. if you look back over the last month, the president and romney have pretty much consistently been in the mid 40s, if the election were held today it would be very much of a tossup. what that tells me is that eventually in the next few months with the economy, supreme court decision and other factors, they are going to determine who wins in november. rick: right track, wrong track s. the government going in the right direction or wrong direction, what did you find? >> we asked can -- is the country going in the wrong or right direction. most people aren't concerned with what happens in the government but the real world and 29 percent say things are heading in the right direction. to give a sense of scale on that, the bush years, that number was in the teen, so people feel

scott rasmussen, he thinks that obama would benefit with the law knocking down, it would take the air out of opposition and give him more freedom to talk about healthcare. i tend to think if your signature achievement goes down, independents think you have done a fabulous job. >> paul: when we come back, mitt romney's triple sweep on tuesday leaves little doubt as to who will capture the republican nomination but how many damage has been done along the way. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security aneconomic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project icanada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for oucountry's energy security and our economy. [ crunches ] mmm. ♪ [ male announcer ] pringles... bursting with more flavor. [ crunch! ] trouble with a car insurance cl

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. >> scott rasmussen is the author of the people's money. what do you make of the veepstakes here?se numbers, with the exception of rick santorum, people don't know who these guys are. high not sures and even opinions of them are soft. this tells me the candidate who becomes vice presidential nominee will have his opinions shaped after he's picked. >> ron portman, 60 percent are not sure. that means rob who. >> among republicans, 57%. this isn't taking anything away from him. if somebody gets elevated to the vice president presidential nomination, you learn more in three hours. >> people are thinking rob petri. >> or natalie portman. i'm dating myself too. >> people are sure the economy is a huge issue for them. so when you take it down to president obama and mitt romney, should he be the candidate, who do they trust more? >> 49% trust romney, 39% trust the president. this is a troubling number for the white house but it's not surprising. 39% who trust him, similar to the 37% to give him good marks for handling the economy. if the economy gets better between now and october, trust

scott rasmussen, thank you very much.. >> eric: good to see you. >> good to see you. thanks. >> julie: that's going to do it for us. rick folbaum and arthel neville take over the top of the hour. we'll see you later. >> eric: and they'll explain why helping a young person get a summer job can help you too. i'll be back tomorrow morning, 10:00 a.m. on the fox news channel. >> julie: have a great weekend ♪ [ male announcer ] aggressive styling. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. ♪ the 2012 c-class with over 2,000 refinements. it's amazing...inside and out. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. when i'm on overtime. when i'm in over my head. when i have to be sharp... no matter how many time zones i've crossed. when i'm on my feet for hours. when it's game time. when the day's only half over but my energy is all gone. when i need the energy to start exercising. every day. every day. every day is a 5-hour energy d

scott rasmussen has had all but one week the majority of people wanting it repealed.ng the white house its missing when they try to send this message to the court is this time the public wants the court to act against the law. they don't like it. megyn: scott, you have an interesting piece on this talking about how even if the republicans' worth nightmare comes true, the high court uphold the mandate and the law and president obama wins reelection. you say the american people will kiss this law good-bye. how, why? >> 11 million people will be forced off their existing health insurance and 77% of americans who have health insurance will be happy with it. there will be a bunch of of angry voters saying we want our insurance back. the second thing though is that americans recognize they have more power as consumers than they do as voters. they want to be able to choose between really expensive plans that cover everything and have slow deductibles and more cost effective plans that cover fewer procedures. they like to make those choices. 82 per wants to make a choice if t

rejoining me now, chris stirewalt, also joe trippi and scott rasmussen.a big show to pro pair for at 6:00 p.m. joe, you were going to talk about the numbers a potential mitt romney-barack obama campaign would be looking at. the real clear politics average of all polls gives the president a substantial lead. he's up 5.3%. what does that -- i know that's not your poll but it includes one of your polls. what does that tell you to show the president 5 points ahead of mitt romney. >> the polling has shown mitt romney and the president are very close and very competitive. 10% to 12% of the voters are not committed to either candidate. what's fascinating about that is among that group president obama has just a 22% approval rating. so these are people that the president is going to have a hard time winning. you think that's good news for mitt romney but the question is if they are that unhappy with the president why aren't they romney supporters? this gets back to the same type of disconnect with white working class voters. there is a lack of enthusiasm. the goo

joining me now, scott rasmussen, president of rasmussenreports.com and author of, the people's money and chris stirewalt our fox news digital politics editor and host of "power play" on foxnews.com live. guys, you asked them, that question standing alone did the free enterprise system make america great, that doesn't necessarily suggest how they feel about government investments but you asked them that too. you asked did government invests make america great? and 42% said no. just 27% said yes. 32% not sure. what did you glean from that? >> well this is part of an overall view of government. americans don't view government as the central force guiding the american economy. they think it play as support role and they're very concerned that that support role end up being distracted or disrupted by political considerations. for example, two out of three americans believe when the government awards contracts for invests or otherwise that those who are politically well-connected benefit instead of those who can provide the best service at the best price very consistent with all kinds of p

seven in ohio for obama and romney is doing better to three, and rasmussen has him losing in virginia by nine. >>neil: what about scottd kasich on in ohio whatever they are doing is helping them and helping the president. >>guest: it could be helping the president. i listened to john kasich talking about how he is helping ohio, same thing in wisconsin but where romney is according to the nbc, but polls will change. romney can do something but my opinion he has 60 days. >>neil: what is hurting him? the attacks in the party? >>guest: his campaign has been meg testify and does not have any vision. if i were up there like we talked about the energy thing or today, the president's budget is cutting funding of companies and that is what interests kids in space, planet stuff and he is cutting back nasa and american stuff, that is a memorial for romney. romney needs to stop running for c.e.o. and run for president but the biggest problem are women and independents. women are nosediving because of the way the republicans handled contraception and part of it is more to the point they, the campaign is negative campaigns. can you