This Thursday, theGrio’s Political Editor Perry Bacon Jr. appeared on Rev. Sharpton’s Politics Nation to discuss the president’s platform for the 2012 election. It is widely believed that fairness in the tax code and economic justice are themes President Obama will be building his campaign around. With Mitt Romney leading in the polls for the GOP nomination, Obama is focusing on the financial plight of the ‘99 percent’.

WATCH THEGRIO’S PERRY BACON JR DISCUSS OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN ON ‘POLITICS NATION’ HERE: