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The lead is so important. governor romney needed to catch us and surpass us to have a credible path it to victory. >> david, in old en days, 1996, if the networks declared a race, projected a state for a candidate, they claimed it. once they got enough states to get to 270 they declared themselves the victor. the situation in ohio where the vote is certified until december, will you key off of certification and wait until december or will you key off your own projections will who wins? the netwo...

Or have voters been persuade d y his larger economic argument? well get answers to some of those questions tonight. here is what to watch as the results come in. its 7:00. were going to get our first big clue on how the night it is l e likely to pan out when polls close in six states including virginia. polls in three more states close at 7:30 including the battleground states of north carolina and, of course, ohio. at 8:00 polls close in 16 more states including florida, new hampshire and penns...

Campaigning today in pennsylvania. thats fascinating and it doesnt usually happen, but how does the day set up? >> hes campaigning in a careful way, hes not going to hold out a big rally which will have a lot of races to put it together. look, these are the longest days in politics, joe. you know that, you went through them. you get up in the morning and especially when we have a close race like in 2004, and then you get the exit polls which in 2004 were wrong and then you feel great for a coupl...

At midnight, it was a split decision, five votes for each candidate. there were 23 votes for president obama, nine for romney in harts location. tonights polls begin closing at 6:00 eastern in kentucky and indiana. and our first big hint of how the night might unfold will come after 7:00 when polls close in another half dozen states, including the battleground state of virginia with 13 electoral votes up for grabs. its a state that president obama turned blue in 2008 with a seven-point margin. >...

Battleground states. theyre pretty sure hes not going to win north carolina. but they feel like they have at least four of those battleground states pretty much in the bag. they think nevada, wisconsin, iowa, and new hampshire are all pretty much in the presidents column. they feel like ohio is almost certain to go for them. and that, obviously, would give them more than 270 electoral votes there. they think they are a little ahead in virginia. i feel pretty confident about virginia, they think ...

Within those battleground states and there hasnt been a huge campaign effort of the sort weve seen in those battleground states and youve seen record breaking turnout in the early vote among african-americans, i, as we travel the country with the president in the last four days, the energy that weve seen has been enormous. so thats a hypothetical that i dont think were going to have to deal with. i believe the president is going to get a strong turnout. i want to urge everyone who is watching th...

Radio calls to get people out to the polls, about a dozen interviews with state satellite tv, hell maybe be visiting with volunteers. hell no question be pounding the pavement looking for every vote between today and tomorrow. we havent changed any travel plans. one last visit to ohio doesnt change the fact that the people of the state have rejected what mitt romney is offering. and we dont think -- we think that ohio is going to be in the democratic column tomorrow night. >> san antonio seems v...

I said yes i am going to be at the polls. i talked to someone i am falling dc for ohio am theres lots of work and unthus yach-- enthusia. they say i think he is going to win by 5 or 6 i will settle for 270. >> president obama got more enthusiasm. it is what president bill clinton is on the trail. he is pulling off the crowds and playing the old theme music. >> they are nervous a little bit. he is following paul ryan. it says look this is a fire wall but may be about to bridge.

And michigan and minnesota are not past the 270, as mr. axelrod would like to report, they are past the 300. this will be a big election and governor romney is going to win it. >> chris: you are predicting over 300 electoral votes? >> it is going to be a big win for governor romney. >> chris: thank you. thanks for sitting down with us for your first national tv brew. we will see how the turnout battle goes in the closing hours of the race and whether it turns out as well as you think its going t...

State polls that you see in real clear politics state by state where they show him slightly behind. i dont know exactly how i would bet if i had to put everything on it. what did romney have to do? if he is from florida and virginia where he is now takes ohio and new hampshire 270 electoral votes. he loses ohio and takes pennsylvania which is more of an uphill he has more than 270 votes. he has ohio, wisconsin you are safe he still won. i think hes very much in this game. i know a lot of my coll...