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    Do contests reveal vulnerabilities for president?

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Coming week meantime correspondent -- -- Callaway.

Looks -- president Obama's vulnerability among a core group of voters who they are and what impact they could have.

Overnight democratic primary results in Kentucky and Arkansas sent a warning shot across the bow of team Obama.

Four out of ten Kentucky's voted for uncommitted.

In Arkansas -- token candidate claimed 42% of the vote.

As in West Virginia where an incarcerated felon took 40%.

The results suggest a growing dissatisfaction with the president among white working class voters in the region one analyst calls the hillbilly firewall.

-- kind of weakness of President Obama showed yesterday and he showed in the Arkansas and Kentucky primaries.

Could also -- him in the general election in communities in the target states of people would have similar or actions and beliefs.

Compounding the problem for the president to new quinnipiac poll in the important swing state of Florida finds him down by 6% to Romney.

In the key state of Florida that has 29 electoral votes the third most in the country.

That's not good news for president Obama's campaign.

Capitalizing on those trends the Romney campaign today released this new web back stories from the Obama economy.

Seen layoffs.

And -- -- and they've lost their houses thing.

Have zero -- -- and finally comes.

In an interview with time magazine today governor Romney upped the ante promising that unemployment will go down to 6% if he's elected as the sluggish recovery especially -- those key swing areas among working class whites has the administration relying on a familiar line of blame.

You all know.

What we inherited.

And and now and what governor Romney's line of argument.

He says he says that since we've gotten an office.

Things have gotten much worse he says our our policies are the problems.

Well as former senator -- morning and good friend mine used to say.

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.

But they're not entitled to their own facts.

Vice President Biden points to 3.5 million jobs lost in the bush administration and another 400000 lost before president Obama's recovery plan was passed.

Those things that compose the so called hillbilly firewall are heavily populated by the descendents.

Of the Scotch Irish settlers people -- to be fiercely independent and skeptical of authority.

Many of them also return to Florida.

Which may help explain Romney's strong showing in recent polls there threat.

Crist.

CA Doug thank you.

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