Page 489 - 270 News Today

Virginia, obama 48, 48 romney. colorado 47.6, 47.8 there. i mean, interesting mix of numbers. quickly, i have to ask you, when you wake up in the morning and try to assess where the race is, is that the horse race youre following right now? >> i dont obsess over every single poll. i look at nate silver and other websites to see what the averages of the big polls are. some i count more in my mind than others. but, you know, the bottom line fact is that when you climb to 270 electoral votes and di...

Been so important for the romney -- the obama campaign, is that, you know, that opens up, if its taken down and breached in any way by romney, opens up a real opportunity and gives him greater latitude to get to 270 than he otherwise would have. he needs ohio. theres no doubt about that. he gets ohio, florida, virginia, north carolina, then its almost a clear opportunity for him to become the next president of the united states. so this next couple of weeks are going to be a concentration on tha...

Governor romney is taken in the last hour by refusing to withdraw his endorsement of richard mourdock and the dnc out with a new ad linking romney to him. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> weve got to get this guy elected in the u.s. senate. >> next up, salon.coms writer will join us. the risks for romney. plus, theres more than one way to get to 270. how does the president win without ohio? joining our conversation ...

For it governor romney holding an event in reno, nevada, a little bit later today. martha: real clear politics has the president of the bit for mitt romney. six electoral votes up in the state of nevada. 270 is the magic number to win the white house. john roberts is traveling with the romney campaign. he is live this morning in reno, nevada. how are things looking there? reporter: good morning to you. setting up for an event today in the biggest little city in the world. very important county. ...

Place this policy that you like, it worked, and thats -- that kind of cause and effect argument is not an argument he can make everywhere, but in truth you hit it right in the opening. he may not need to make it everywhere because if he wins ohio, the number of plausible paths mitt romney has to 270 electoral votes just narrows down. >> steve? >> i think those two factors that chris mentioned are obviously completely connected. the unemployment rate is lower because the auto industry is saved. s...

We are going to take a deep dive into what it takes to win the state and why it actually may be a critical piece of the puzzle, 270, for the president or mitt romney. it is a way for the president to win re-election without flova. states that have gotten far more attention than colorado. tuesday mitt romney and paul ryan trying to flip the state that backed the president by nine points in 2008. >> we are on the homestretch now and -- i think the people of colorado are going to get us all the way...

President would win re-election well 288 electoral votes. romney would get 250. it takes 270 votes to win the white house. a brand new ohio poll gives the president a five-point lead in that crucial state propelled by a two to one average in early voting. as of tonight, 6.5 million people have already voted in this election. with over a million voting in just the last 24 hours. well have much more on the early vote later on in this show. but we start with tonights lead. hiding in plain sight. we...

Obama aides argue the president is well positioned to win a second term. senior strategist david axelrod also implicitly acknowledged confidence might also be a head fake. >> we know what we know and they know what they know. im confident we will win this race and we will know who is blurring and who isnt in two weeks. >> who is bluffing? well, between wont have to wait two weeks to know whether the candidates are bluffing. you just have to keep an eye on where they are physically in the final d...

44/45% for gore. we know that gore won the popular vote and bush got 270 electoral votes to 266 for gore. so are we seeing this as a standard republican strategy, talk momentum, were winning, were winning, were winning, to really try to drive out their vote and try to convince independents, go to where the winners are? >> you know, both sides do this kind of thing. both sides sort of play this mind game that i actually can never get my head around. i cant decide if what they are trying to do is ...

In the electoral college. part of the trick of analyzing it is keeping your eye on every moving part the simultaneously because they can move in different directions. states do that every four years. so romney seems to be gaining some steam in some of the smaller states like new hampshire and wisconsin and iowa. possibly in colorado, possibly in virginia. florida. so you can come up with combinations that get him away from ohio. everyone always says no republican has been elected president witho...