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Jon: dont think theyre going to be gambling tonight, are they? jenna: i dont know. were just making things up at this point. it is a big day for those candidates. im jenna lee. jon: and im jon scott. a skate president obama won in 08, but drastically high unemployment could spell trouble for the president next year. nevadas one of a handful of battleground states that both parties believe will play a crucial role in 2012. jenna: especially with the economy. chief political correspondent carl cam...

Term anywhere. bill: help me understand your logic. if hes under water in virginia, you believe, states like north carolina and indiana, and you mentioned florida could be a lot worse, how does that thread tie together, larry? >> yes. its really demographically, bill. you know, virginia, incredibly, has become a microcosm of the country in a lot of ways. in fact, in 20 08, virginia gave obama the closest percentage to his national average of the 50 states, and you know, there are some histor -- ...

Would prefer mr. cain over the president. so is this a sign of cains lasting power or just more evidence of the presidents perils in the polls? we will ask master political larry sabato when he joins us live next hour. meantime, president obama is hitting the road kicking off a three-day bus tour through north carolina and virginia. >> the bus is pretty hard to miss. and over the next few days, we are going to take this bus through north carolina and virginia, and im going to get a chance to h...

There. now the details. >> good morning. not a campaign trip officially, not according to the white house. as he hits two important swing states, the president will be mixing politics with policy. hell be visiting virginia and north carolina. he took a similar bus swing through the midwest in august. also talking about the economy at that time. this time hell be hitting two red states where he was able to win in 08, but where his support is now eroding among independents. unemployment is the pre...

Alive today, would agree with some of the sentiments underlying occupy wall street and this morning in north carolina, he used wall street as a rallying point to fire up supporters. >> turns out the republican plan boils down to a few basic ideas. they want to gut regulations. they want to let wall street do whatever it wants. >> some booing there. part of this is driven by the polls which show only one in throw independents now approve of the presidents job performance, trace. >> trace: okay, j...

Without reaching the middle, without talking about these public sector jobs? the troops are also government jobs. they do believe in some government jobs, just not this particular way of doing it. this debate means that republicans in the house may be safe. eric cantor may stel still have a leadership role in the republican side of the side. but for sure this is no path to win the presidency. and whats going to be interesting is seeing mitt romney trying to squirm his way around this one. is he ...

vegas. and theres crashes all the time in this sport. lets talk about what made this one so bad. >> what made it so bad is the fact that you have a field, which is bigger than the indianapolis 500, on a racetrack which is almost half as small. the oval here at the las vegas motor speedway is a mile and a half oval. and in indianapolis, its a 2 1/2 mile oval. so you have a lot more spacing of cars. as you look at the wreck right now, you have a much fatter track so cars can go four wide...

Interested in shoring up his support in swing states like virginia and north carolina. red states that he with won in 08 this is obamas second bus tour in the past few months in august he toured the mid with west. both times he had politics in mind also a push for jobs something that will be the topç political issue next year. the bill was blocked now his administration will try to get it passed a different with way. >> now we take it apart. the american people support every plank of that bill...

but whats going to prevent terrorists from buying and using them? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com he entered the race at the top of the polls, but rick perry has been watching his numbers slide and slide. his momentum rather slow. now, with a closely watched speech, the texas governor is trying to reverse his declining campaign fortunes. jim acosta is joining us now. he delivered what his campaign described as a major speech today...

Number one issue on the minds of voters was the war in iraq. it is not surprising then that republicans would nominate john mccain as their candidate because he was viewed as the national security candidate. this time around the number one issue is jobs and the economy. and this is mitt romneys wheelhouse. he spent his entire, or most of his career, 25 years of it in the private sector. he understands why jobs come and go. martha: it is -- >> so i think this issue environment benefits mitt romne...