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Republicans now? >> i dont think they are nearly. they are very energized. this is going to be a base election. theres no doubt about it it. its going to be a close election. if president obamas team wants to hit the road and take a few weeks off, go ahead. >> joan walsh, susan, thank you. mitt romney says he will repeal all of it. next, i will talk to a mother who says her family will be devastated if mitt romney gets his wish. you wont want to miss this. then dark money and the down ticket...

Including taxes except for the deficit. hes winning the table. >> finally, how demoralized are republicans now? >> i dont think they are nearly. they are very energized. this is going to be a base election. theres no doubt about it it. its going to be a close election. if president obamas team wants to hit the road and take a few weeks off, go ahead. >> joan walsh, susan, thank you. mitt romney says he will repeal all of it. next, i will talk to a mother who says her family will be devastated ...

Including taxes except for the deficit. hes winning the table. >> finally, how demoralized are republicans now? >> i dont think they are nearly. they are very energized. this is going to be a base election. theres no doubt about it it. its going to be a close election. if president obamas team wants to hit the road and take a few weeks off, go ahead. >> joan walsh, susan, thank you. mitt romney says he will repeal all of it. next, i will talk to a mother who says her family will be devastated ...

Ceremony in shanksville, pennsylvania. the united airlines flight crashed after passengers struggled with the hijackers who had planned to crash that flight into the u.s. capitol building. president obama and governor romney are pulling their negative ads on this solemn day, and while both candidates are putting aside politics for the moment, a new poll shows the president ticking upwards among registered voters. he is six points ahead, 50-44. but among likely voters, the two are in a virtual de...

You move to the right and back to the center. if youre a democrat you go left during the primaries and return to the center in the general election. every time we think that mitt romney is trying to make his general election pivot, move to the center, really start talking to independents and swing voters, he does what he did over the weekend where he does seem to kind of embrace more the right. this was actually true with his vice presidential pick. a lot of us thought maybe he would go for form...

Sought after by both campaigns? >> i agree with democratic convention reached out to women but that is more because democrats traditionally have a big advantage among women voters. what is important to remember, there were very few actual swing voters. 6-8% of the electorate. ultimately this is going to be a base election. that is what the democratic convention did so masterfully well. it fired up democrats and made them enthusiastic. >> i think the key is what christy is saying, what president ...

Governor romney spoke to the crowd he was talking to the independent and disaaffected democrats convincing them he will take them to prosperit yemore jobs. do you think he made that connention successfully to the audience? >> they had several important things to do in this convention, most of the all they needed to put the emphasis on the jobs and obama record with respect to jobs and second, they needed to go on the offense with respect to paul ryans medicare and budget plans and third, they ne...

Demonstrate hes actually leading the republican party rather than the other way around. thats something he has been struggling with. and again, there is a vision. theres a vision to get people back to work. hes got to get back on the terrain that he wants to win on, which is making people think about the fact that so many people are out of work. who gives us the best shot to get back on track? i have been talking to people in swing states and republicans like in ohio where theres a belief theres...

Brought online. theres no one who could be persuaded from one to the other. to place the math, 50.1% is a crucial number because its going to be a really close race. everyone understands that. this looks a lot more like 2004 than 2008. 2004 was a real base election. a base mobilization election, the legendary election of the gay marriage amendments and evangelical getting out the vote. the battle to mobilize the base, and its dawning on both sides, but romney particularly, the other thing i thin...

With you. let me make this joke, make you feel better about it? >> theres some number of those voters who might be off line who might be brought online. theres no one who could be persuaded from one to the other. to place the math, 50.1% is a crucial number because its going to be a really close race. everyone understands that. this looks a lot more like 2004 than 2008. 2004 was a real base election. a base mobilization election, the legendary election of the gay marriage amendments and getting ...