Geithner: Obama didn't fumble focus on jobs
WILMINGTON, N.C. - There's a sharp difference of opinion among Americans on how President Obama is doing his job. According to a new CBS News/New York Times poll, 46 percent approve, and 46 percent disapprove.
On the critical issue of job creation, only 35 percent approve. CBS News chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell spoke Tuesday with the president's point man on the economy, Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner, as he toured a fiber optics plant in North Carolina.
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Geithner said Mr. Obama did not take his eye off the ball on jobs. "Absolutely not. He was relentlessly focused on it."
When asked if unemployment will increase, Geithner claimed if Congress doesn't act, then yes, "absolutely," and "growth will be weaker."
Watch the full report above.
