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Entire campaign. >> you daul that fair? >> yes, governor, i do. >> i certainly dont. she was out to get me from the get-go. >> no, she wasnt. the interview stopped because you didnt try. >> what do you mean. >> you didnt fight back. you didnt know the answers. you clawed your way back in. it wept fine. you gave up. >> it wasnt my fault. i wasnt properly prepped. >> a prep from "game change" the movie there. we had to wait until after the 08 election to realize the truly fascinating depth of the ...

It could be much higher. he is running at hols over john mccain in 08. if 40,000 votes were thrown out in 08 and you made that a more stringent requirement, if that number comes up, and obama is starting with 10,000 overall. it starts to get dicey there. >> then you look at giantly long lines. you look at fewer opportunities to vote early, which is also a typically early voting. and you end up with a situation with the way you vote and the way the votes are cast are tilting the playing field in ...

And this is a party i.d. that would be more republican than 08, but more democrat than 04 which honestly, thats probably what ohios going to be. its going to be somewhere in between the two. >> how important is the poll that shows the vast majority of people like the way the president handled the hurricane? i mean, does it play into -- does it move someone whos still undecided? >> look, i think -- >> toward romney? >> i think that you see a case for government -- and dont forget, the role in how...

Together, when he lost the battle he set the schedule for the last three days of early voting and said significantly fewer overall hours on this day than voters enjoyed pack in 2008. in 08 in the final three stretch ohio voters had 24 hours to early vote in franklin county, which is where columbus is and 18 and a half hours in cuyahoga county where cleveland is. this year a total of 16 hours over those three days. fewer hours of early voting is how you get lines that look like this. in places li...

>> you didnt fight back. you didnt know the answers. you clawed your way back in. it wept fine. you gave up. >> it wasnt my fault. i wasnt properly prepped. >> a prep from "game change" the movie there. we had to wait until after the 08 election to realize the truly fascinating depth of the rifts between the two sides on the mccain/palin republican ticket. this year what i think is an emerging split between the obama and ryan side is turning out to be a thing to behold before the election happen...

Governor romney, i think, is where he needs to be in terms of the psychology. you want to go into the last weekend into election day where people think you can win. you dont want to think -- you dont want anyone to think its over because people want to vote for the winner. the independent number is one thing that republicans have gotten out there and talked a lot about and i cant get my arms around it completely. i do know if the electorate is a lot like the 2008 electorate, the president is goi...

>> let me ask you about one other thing i saw today. i dont know if you saw this. but the last -- final -- i guess supporter e-mails went out from both campaigns today. the romney campaigns final e-mail. the obama is get out the vote, please volunteer. please door knock. what does that reflect? i cant imagine what romney is still raising money for. right? >> he started so late with the pennsylvania ads. maybe he thinks two weeks after the election he can keep airing them there. the level with 08...

I dont know. the more people show up on tuesday, you know, theres some way to figure out before the polls close the turnouts level with 08 or higher, thats a great sign for obama and their main obstacle right now. if people show up, they dont win. if they show up, they do win. >> steve kornacki, senior writer at "salon." very exciting times. i appreciate it. ahead, the super sad true love story of congressman paul ryans day planner. and whether it includes him serving as vice president of the ...

Government are among conversations with conservative leaders. the aides insist winning this time around is her sole objective, but there are signs she is making sure she is well positioned for the future if she and mr. mccain lose. zen days before the 08 election it became clear whatever they were saying about how confident they were that they definitely were going to win, the plans republicans were making and the way they were positioning themselves, including to the press, indicated otherwise....

Brief. barack obama improved his overall vote total for the democrats from 04 to 08 by five points, more than kerry. for all voters. among african-american voters, it was seven points. two-point difference. so whatever we say about the african-american community, they may be committed for all series to democrats but there isnt a big voting pattern in there about this president. >> i wish more people would read your piece and get it squared. again, i dont think we should file as whole issue aroun...