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Problems versus mr. likable who cares about your problems but failed to solve all of them in four years. obama is no longer the inspirational bigger than politics symbol and the shadow from his 08 campaign has dogged had his campaign. its been a campaign that hasek posed the fault lines in the american soul revealing the electorate to have a racial gap, a gender gap, and geographical gap. the most frightening undercurrent is the truth gap. were two tribes living in alternate realities believing ...

The financial community. housing is starting to pick up. the president saved the auto industry, and the actions he has taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. >> the reason colin powells was the most eagerly anticipated endorsement of this election is because his endorsement of barack obama in 2008 was seen as being a consequential thing in terms of the obama lead over mccain in 08 and how the election was going to turn out. also more importantly, colin pow...

Gallup says in 08, you are 12% more democrats voted and in 12, you will have 3% more republicans voting, a 15-point swing. so when you take ohio and the times shows romney behind by 5 and the polls at least 8 points off, that shows romney ahead by 3. and then, their voters are about 10 points less likely to show up than romneys voters are. then the undecided goes against the incumbebt. when you put the factors together, you are probably looking the a 4, 5 or 6-point win for romney. >> greta: you...

Gallup says in 08, you are 12% more democrats voted and in 12, you will have 3% more republicans voting, a 15-point swing. so when you take ohio and the times shows romney behind by 5 and the polls at least 8 points off, that shows romney ahead by 3. and then, their voters are about 10 points less likely to show up than romneys voters are. then the undecided goes against the incumbebt. when you put the factors together, you are probably looking the a 4, 5 or 6-point win for romney. >> greta: you...

Does anybody think ohio is going to be as democrat as it was in 2008. 2 points for obama. 8 point democrat in 2008. six points democrat. does anybody think its going to be as good as it was in .008. at mildly thats called absurd. >> bill: let me run it down for the folks. all the polls say, all of them say that prib voters are more motivated this time around. so when when mr. rove says do you think its going to be the same democratic turnout in ohio as it was in 2008. the answer based on the dat...

Apparently enjoying the same early voting advantage he saw back in 2008. according to pew research at this time in 2008 the president was beating john mccain in early voting by 19 points. democrats are famous for their get out the vote effort that precedes election today, early voting tends to favor them. look how it did in 08 obama 19 at that time. fast ford today, governor romney is beating president obama by 7 points marking a 26-point slide for the commander-in-chief. chris stirewalt is our ...

Models are assuming, president obama will win this election. if they dont, its going to be a tough night. >> i want to show everybody this. chuck todd asked the obama campaign about the presidents midwest fire wall this morning on "the daily rundown." this is her answer. >> is your fire wall going to hold? >> yeah. it is going to hold. we feel good about where we are. were ahead in all of these states. theres no clear pathway for mitt romney. i dont think they can point to a clear pathway. >> al...

How much of a bounce do you really get from a visit to a state? its kind of a mystery to me. >> yeah. >> michael, i think when you look at obama in 08 and then again in 2012, he seems to have the luck of the irish, once again, a pre-election-day crisis that fits into his themes in 08, obviously the financial crisis made him look cool and calm under pressure. and this time we have a crisis that makes him look like, you know, that highlights his themes of we dont leave anybody behind. government s...

Romney, had very high praise for the president, for fema. you look at it in that totality, it has the potential -- now, i think what will be interesting here is to see how does the president talk about sandy without looking ham-handed about it, without looking totally politically cynical about it. i think youre going to see -- obviously youre going to hear some mentions of it on the trail, but does he weave in sort of the larger narrative of what this is what government does. does it become a la...

It seems like most of them said back at this time in 08 they knew john mccain was going to lose and they dont know whats going to happen this time. is that how it many shaping up? >> thats a realistic view for voters to take given the data that if barack obama wins with it wont be by the margin he won in 2008. there is almost no evidence suggesting he might get a bigger margin. thats an intelligent conclusion for voters to come to. the question is what kinds of motivation is that going to be? mo...