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    Will Obama win voters in battleground states?

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Good to see him.

A majority of economists in the latest Associated Press survey expect the national unemployment rate to stay above 6%.

For at least four more years that is at the upper reaches of what is considered healthy the economy was the central message today.

As the president kicked up -- campaign swing through two important battleground states.

Our chief White House correspondent Ed Henry is traveling with the president.

President Obama's first campaign bus tour looks a lot like his two official -- stores.

Paid for by taxpayers last year although today the pretty pictures of Americana.

Were mixed with punches at presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

Governor Romney's experience.

Has been an owning companies that were called pioneers.

Of outsourcing.

Some my praise.

Pioneers and outsourcing.

My experience has been.

In saving the American auto industry.

The attacks on Romney however may get overshadowed by Friday's jobs numbers for June which are coming amid very mixed signs on the economy.

Today we learned US service companies which employs about 90% of the economy grew in June at the slowest pace in almost two and a half years.

-- companies do seem to be hiring more weekly unemployment benefit applications dropped by 141000.

The best since mid may.

And payroll provider ADP said businesses added an impressive 176000.

Jobs last month although that survey often does not.

Match the late.

-- department report coming Friday.

-- -- of -- put people back to work tomorrow.

It's also the built for the long haul today's campaigning also mixed easily with official business.

As the president announced his administration is filing an unfair trade complaint against China.

Over illegal duties against American suvs a popular move here in Ohio since China is its third largest export market a lot of work completed and not -- prayer playing filled.

Instead of an unfair playing bill what do do just fine.

While the Romney camp had some key surrogates shattering the president with their own bus we should all -- called the promises he made last time.

And the promises that are left unfulfilled and broken the Republican National Committee fired away at the fact that Vice President Biden campaigned here in northern Ohio four years ago.

And made some big promises to open their permanent government national debt that they.

Trillion dollars.

What possible right do they had to -- to anybody.

World particularly tell us that they know how -- -- Our money and manage the common.

The Romney camp adamantly denies that he outsourced and note that third party groups and -- that charge to be false.

Meanwhile White House officials confirm the president is breaking his tradition of summer vacation on Martha's Vineyard.

The optics would exactly be good.

In an election year -- and Henry on the campaign trail in Parma Ohio for us tonight and.

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