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Zeebox would be some sort of fancy, french mustard. when they magically unite, people would think, "woah, this two dollar hot dog tastes like a fancy eight dollar hot dog." download zeebox free, and say "woah" every time you watch tv. after 270 minutes of magic the clock has run out on the presidential debate cycle. even someone from suffering from romnes romnesia, its impossible to forget some of the fireworks last night. the moment of the night was this. >> you mentioned the navy, for exampl...

The year 2000. come out to the what if scenario. 11 states now in play. you have a new survey out on these states alone and you show what, romney up three at 49-46? >> thats right. this is really been a change since that debate. for much of the year we kept talking how president obama was doing better in those 11 swing states than he was nationally. now that has changed. bill: how many swing states do you have, do you have 11 like we do or less? >> in this tracking poll we have 11. bill: i want ...

Not ruoctober 3 debatehas not r. we have to see if it carries him to ohio to 270. one of the most "washington post" poll one of the interesting findings is he pulled even with the president on the question of foreign policy. and fighting terrorism. so, he at least comes in to this debate tonight on an even footing with the president, which is not really what i would have expected a month ago. that tells you that in a way that the overall momentum he gained since that october 3 debate has spilled...

♪ ♪ >> bob: this is a first. credence clearwater survival, right? >> greg: no. >> bob: damn. to get to 270, he may come down to 117 counties and nine swing states which one of the counties in 2004 and obama took it in 2008. take a look at florida to start. we look at three states and well get the other states this week and next week. florida, you can see the counties are in the senator o -r of the state. its the battle in florida, key corridor, tampa corridor. thats where obama upset expecta...

Now youre at 257. of remaining states on the map here they have gone back and forth over the past 12 years, exempt for nevada. bush won nevada in 2000. he also won in 2004. if you make argument republican states come home. look where mitt romney is is at 263. president obama gets pennsylvania, 20, 18 in ohio. he is now at 239. you see where governor romney has to go if he does not win ohio. based on this scenario you have to either take new hampshire and iowa. or, you have to take wisconsin. wha...

Approximate you let me pick three, i would have picked florida. >> that would be your three. bill? same question to you on hispanic number. >> i think weve had six tracks. and five of the tracks have romney hitting florida and the one hes losing is by a point. i think these national numbers, when youre tied nationally, florida tends to be two or three points better than the national number for republicans. i now believe florida could easily go for romney. but you have to look at electoral votes....

>> lets talk about ohio, the state you represent. it seems to be kind of a firewall right now for the president. if they can hold ohio, as you well know, its very difficult for governor romney in the electoral college to get to 270. here are some key stats weve put together. electoral votes are 18. no candidate since jfk has won the white house without ohio. you know that early voting started october 2. the ad spending is staggering. $166 million. i was there this week, and you cant miss the ads...

The gender gap. you brought it up. among men, romney, a 10-point lead. lets go to women. this is interesting. president, an eight-point lead here, this is his smallest lead among women that weve had all year long. a few other things inside the numbers here, david. in the midwest, romney a narrow lead, but way inside the margin of error. and among all of the collective battleground states a little bit of a lead for mitt romney. speaking of the battleground, i want to go there a minute. if you loo...

Disqualified. >> i think the national possible is a lot less important than what you see in the state of roe. if mitt romney is not going to win ohio, hes not going to win this race. there is not a credible path that gets him to 270. >> i want to throw up the ohio poll. i know hes referencing -- there is a cbs quinnipiac-new york times poll that has the president 50-45. so florida is a swing state, but not relevant to the 270 electoral vote conversation, or is it relevant? >> florida is still in...

George siron the. it shows romney with 206 electoral votes. obama in shades of blue. the number of doesup states in gray are growing, more and more tossup states. ten states, it takes 270 electoral votes to be elected president. what do you make of that map and the number of states that are too close to call are growing. >> the most striking thing about the map when i first saw it was holy cow, romney has a -- romney-ryan have a slight lead in electoral votes. thats the first time thats occurred...