Romney's visit to the Stateline draws praise and criticism

Inside Monterey Mills in Janesville, Wisconsin there were lots of cheers.

"My priority is putting Americans back to work, that's job number one," said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Wisconsin is considered a battle ground state for the presidential election, and the main fight Monday was over jobs.

"If your priority is jobs, you got to get rid of Obamacare," said Romney. "And I will."

Romney's idea has some local Janesville residents hopeful for a brighter future.

"We expect him to go places with our country, which we really need to get more jobs going," said Romney supporter and Janesville resident Deanna Cox.

But not everyone thinks Romney is the right man for the job.  Some people outside the rally don't think the country is his main priority.

"People that are making that kind of money and that are paying this kind of money for these campaigns are not in the best interests of the American people," said Iver Knuth, who came to Janesville to protest against Romney.

Not so far away in Freeport, over a dozen workers at Sensata Technologies are blaming Romney and a company he ran 2001, Bain Capital, for sending their jobs over seas.  They want Romney to be more clear on how he plans to put them back to work.

"I've never heard him just really say what he's going to do to save our economy," said Dot turner, whose job is being outsourced overseas.

Romney's response; to invest in energy production like coal, oil, and natural gas.

"I want that energy here, because I want those jobs here, were going to bring employment back up in America," said Romney.

An answer some recent high school grads say sounds good to them.

"The problem we have right now is that the government is not doing what they're saying," said recent high school graduate Benjamin Fox.  "And he pushes for that a lot, and he says exactly what he wants to do."