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>> jon: thats how the big three networks covered the threat of hurricane isaac and the one day delay to the republican convention due to that threat. was it the perfect storm for the media? >> nice, nice analogy, thats good, john. this is why you get the big bucks. look, i have sympathy, i used to cover hurricanes when i was a local reporter in houston along the gulf coast and other things going on and its very difficult and i do have some sympathy and easy to say, it would have made the media h...

My sense about this is that i trust that people will notice that these presidents took entirely different courses. and i sus abou suspect it willy be pointed out. >> chris: 15 seconds, jeff. how much do you think bill clintons approval washes over and helps barack obama? >> i think it helps in places like, ohio. if you look at what he did in 08, obama he expanded the map. well see if he can speak to the voters who are unsure about him. i think it is anticipated, no question. >> chris: we all are...

Once halloween comes around thats where well see someone break away. >> okay. doug, we have "the wall street journal" reporting president obama has recently told his aides to increase his campaign schedule. now youve handled candidates before yourself. does this suggest concern from the candidate himself and, also, does it suggest that his candidate and his aides, rather, on the campaign trail are not doing their job if hes having to say, you know, can you get me out here more? >> candidates are...

Republicans did was offer a performance based critique of obama. heres what hasnt worked. heres what we think will work. i think whats going to be interesting about the democratic convention is, is it a performance-based defense? is it an idea-based program going forward? or is it a bunch of adjectives, which is what theyve been majoring on recently. adjectives like, mean and out-of-touch, and extreme. usually more adjectives mean less ideas. >> one of the problems i have, in fact, with that, ca...

Political editor for "the washington post" anne kornblut and for "newsweek" and the daily beast eleanor clift, two of my favorite ladies. >> thank you. >> anne, ill begin with you, the republican convention tv audience was down about 30% compared to the last go-round in 08. do you think this is a statement about the electorate or the candidates and do we anticipate a similar dip for the democrats? >> well, i think its probably a little bit of both. certainly four years ago it was a very dramatic...

Minorities, older americans, college students. the poor. the disenfranchised, and he only won pennsylvania by 700,000 votes last time. they are estimating 758,000 dont have voter i.d. >> as you were ticking that off, i wanted to look at the actual coalition that elected president obama in 2008. what it looks like. 58% of women and 95% of african-americans. 67% of the hispanic vote. 62% of asians, young people, 66%. and first-time voters, 69%. thats what the 08 winning coalition looks like and a ...

That perspective. >> gittens isnt giving up. and police need to end the standoff before anyone gets hurt. mccann and the s.w.a.t. team snipers come up with a gold plan. >> apparently the man laid the gun down once and picked it up, again. the plan as the chief formulated it was to negotiator would talk the man into putting the gun down again, at that point we would try to take a shot on the weapon. if >> the plan fails it could provoke gittens to shoot himself or fire at police. detective mcgann...

Republican voter registration, the red bars, they have carried on as normal. look at the blue lines. democratic voter registration has absolutely fallen off a cliff after these changes in florida. by the florida times unions count, it is frankly practically disappeared. on wednesday, on the second day of the republican convention in florida this week, a federal judge said he would permanently block floridas new law that makes it harder to register voters in the state. the law had been put on hol...

Coach thats 0 and 23 million, its time to get a new coach. >> and with the latest on whats happening with mr. romney, steve? >> reporter: hey there, kelly, yeah, it will be romney and ryan in jacksonville. before they got here, they campaigned separately in the state of ohio this morning and ran a clip of mitt romney in cincinnati and the surrounding area north and cincinnati torn dayton and also along the ohio river east, are tallies that are relybly republican and romney has been there a coupl...

Believe is that my opinions that i do have of obama are based on the fact of what he has promised and what we actually got. i cant say a whole lot about whether or not his policies are a failure because i think he missed an opportunity. he had the ability to execute and he spent most of his first year at least, trying to get everybody to agree-- this is more about results for you? >> its 100% about results? >> so, you think... vetting a president, though, on these important issues -- i just th...