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Hes been up from the beginning. governor romney hasnt led at any point in ohio. ive been on the ground in florida for a couple of days, talked to organizers and voters and the president has an advantage with in-person early voting, not as much with absentee and early in-person voting can. governor romney win the white house without ohio and without florida, chip saltzman? >> obviously without florida and without ohio, no. but i think we feel good about where we are in florida. ohio is absolutely...

Sxz all right. my story of the week. what if ohio were the bronx. ohio likely voters taken from tuesday through thursday show president obama with a slight lead over romney. the reason pollsters are obsessively polling ohio and political reporters flooded the state and barack obama and romney have been living there is because its most likely the state to win the election. if romney wins florida, virginia and colorado, its still difficult for him to get to the needed 270 electoral votes without w...

Should have been a wake up call and it wasnt. they win while losing the popular vote. its nonpartisan. >> we may see that soon. the popular vote, you dont need it. states can independently pass laws. they have the power to award electors. the winner of the natural popular vote, if and only if there are states with 270 electoral votes making the same pledge. you are not going to be a sucker. you have created a compact. eight states have done that in the district of columbia, if im not mistaken. w...

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They believe is a serious issue and not just about that word. when the person shouted at that word and he laughed out loud and kept going with his speech. >> jamie: i like it. you are keeping it classy. thanks for the report. it makes a difference. take care. >> gregg: governor romney enjoying a huge boost in the polls but will his recent popularity with voters help him secure 270 electoral votes. here is governor making the case in battleground state of florida earlier today. >> this is a time ...

Tyler. >> hes scared. >> i think thats true. i think he was going up against you. we should say hes in st. louis and he didnt factor in the time difference so hes like an hour behind. so what are you going to do? so were going to get it all from you. here it is. >> just you and me, alex. >> thats it. its all right. with mitt romney and paul ryan, have they really doubled down on ohio? did you think that campaign thinks it cant win without that state given the historical perspective? >> i do thin...

President. up four points in the cnn poll. this new arg poll, another nonprofit telephone poll has him up only two points. this is i think the florida of 2012 in that mitt romney can win florida. he can win virginia. but he really must win ohio to have a really credible path to 270 votes. thats why you see both these campaigns sending their top contenders, sending the president and the republican nominee to ohio and back again over and over. >> yeah. rachel, i want to talk with you about early v...

Basically, if they dont win here he sees its going to be very difficult for them to win the white house. so all eyes on sandy at the moment, and also ohio. >> well put. keeping our eyes on both places. thank you very much, nbcs ron mott there. so, popular vote theres electoral vote. could it be a split election? thats our question out there today. id like you all to talk to me on twitter, @alexwitt. i will be reading some of your tweets throughout the day. you can also hit me up on facebook. ...

In jeopardy. >> i dont think they realize anytime that i feel im down, and i hear news from my home country haiti i bring it up. lord knows they are going through pure hell. >> i dont want my children growing up in an environment where they feel like hand-outs are -- they are entitled to hand-outs. it want them to work hard, and live the american dream. because they earn it. >> with one exception, hillsborough county went with the winner of every presidential election since 1960. in tampa, steve...