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Vote for governor romney. i said, yes, i will be at the polls. i talked to folks at church this morning who said im calling from d.c. into ohio. there s tremendous aments of volunteer work and energy and enthusiasm and that really counts for something. sometimes it can translate terrifically. newt and george will and others are saying they think he is going to win by five or six. i will settle for 270. >> greta: i think the enthusiasm has picked up for -- president obamas own enthusiasm, he got ...

>> absolutely. i not only think it is winnable, like saying that the team that is surging at the end. game is only running up, only trying to score more points because theyre afraid of possibly losing. makes no sense. we are literally expanding the map into places like pennsylvania, wisconsin, minnesota. theyre not. and so they are the ones with a couple months ago talked about going into places like arizona, missouri, indiana. were not playing, theyre not going into places they thought were saf...

Did the two sides work together? not a bit of it. not from the start. why would it be different this time? >> well, because it has to be. well, what are we going to do, go off the fiscal cliff? >> theyll come up with some -- theyll patch and fix in the lame-duck session, and thats it. >> forced. >> you were showing me a map, mark halperin, a couple blocks back where mitt romney could lose nevada, ohio, iowa, pennsylvania, michigan, a lot of states and still win. which one -- whats that map look ...

Day waiting for the results. governor romney making stops in florida, virginia, ohio, and new hampshire before, as we just heard from john roberts, heading to ohio for a little more campaign and campaigning, and then spending the rest of the day at his home in massachusetts. bret baier is the anchor of "special report." he will be leading our coverage on election night and where these candidates are going tells you a lot about the state of this race. >> it does, jon. tells you a lot what theyre ...

Morning. >> good monday morning. a beautiful scene down here. this is the place to be of course as we go throughout tuesday night. behind me you can see the tall building here at 30 rock, the ice rink. i again, 270, the magic number will be displayed live on the building as we go throughout tuesday night. if youre interested in weather and the recovery, were worried about whats going to happen with this potential noreaster the next couple days. it will take a typical path for a noreaster with ra...

The state. >> gretchen: still a swing state, very important undecided. both campaigns are not letting the buckeye stay out of their sights. 18 electoral votes considered crucial as both president obama and mitt romney try to hit the magic number of 270. mike tobin live for us again in columbus. all right, what can you tell us? >> look around at all of the activity at the early voting center here in franklin county in ohio. over the weekend, 8,531 people dropped off an early ballot at this locati...

This and they made sure that everybody was able to make their voices heard. were going to make sure that happens through the final hours of the election. >> the romney campaign says it has numbers showing that they are going to win ohio. is that a bluff? >> well, i think weve heard a lot of bluffing from the romney campaign for days they said that they had an intensity advantage on their side. i wonder why that didnt show up in the early vote numbers. look no further than the fact that mitt romn...

They are confident about student voters telling me they dont need the kids to jump up and down with the enthusiasm of 04 so long as they vote and there are certainly college campuses around the state where they have tried to target that. on the romney side they believe their voter contacts have made a real difference this time around. in the last two weeks reaching 3 million ohio voters, ramping that up over recent days. thats knocking on doors, calling them, and then tracking have any of them g...

Tomorrow. >> wisconsin is a state is the president won by 13%. yet today he traveled there to campaign one last time. is that because your campaign team is very concerned about wisconsin? >> well, no. its not about being concerned about wisconsin. but as you know and im sure youve gone on like a lot of us have and done the various electoral paths. there are few sure signs to 270 electoral votes for the president than including wisconsin in that path. so locking down wisconsin is key. its very sm...

>> well, i think we heard a lot of bluffing from the romney campaign for days that says they have an intensity advantage on their side. look no further than the fact that mitt romney spent the day in the state of pennsylvania. hes desperately searching for a new pass to 270. hes not comfortable with his position in ohio. if he was, he wouldnt be lying to auto workers across the state, saying that their jobs are going to be shipped overseas. they know theyre down in ohio. theyre desperately searc...