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them. we will do all of them. we will do more of them. we will do them better. and most important of all the doing of them will not cost anybody anything. [ applause ] >> jennifer: okay. first of all i admit last night was rough. even though i did predict here on this program that i thought the president would lose the first debate. i really, really didnt want it to happen! i was so hoping to be proven wrong. now, i admit it. progressives, you admit it, too. you were, before last night...

>> jennifer: good news today out of pennsylvania. the judge has blocked the states tough voter i.d. law meaning it will not go into effect this election. >> weve come like moses today not to say let my people go but weve come today to say let my people vote. >> jennifer: let my people vote. youll remember this was the law that would have disenfranchised as many as 750,000 people in pennsylvania. mostly young people and minorities and a top republican lawmaker had boasted in june that i...

>> jennifer: i can now tell you exactly what mitt romney is going to say in wednesdays presidential debate, and im going to tell you how you back home can rebut his claims. how do i know what he is going to say? because a talking points memo from the campaign to romneys surrogates and allies it was leaked today. i know from experience that a memo coming like this just two days before a debate it is intended to prepare the surrogates and allies to parrot really the candidate to repeat a...

true. and start talk about ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan at this point in his president, 8% growth -- >> were not debating ronald reagan -- >> he hasnt fixed it and now we see economic growth -- were heading towards a recession. >> jennifer: were heading towards a recession. consumer confidence is at a seven-month high, the s&p 500 is up nearly 15% year to date. but this is what fox news does when the facts dont confirm with their version of reality, they call the data skewed. >> its...

moving further into the democrats column according to new data from top political analyst larry sabato. but that news is just not sitting well with republicans. theyve started pushing the idea that those polls are at best, wrong. and at worst rigged! romney senior campaign adviser ed gillespie suggested he doesnt believe the polls on fox news yesterday. >> mitt romney is what, five, six, seven eight points behind barack obama right now. is that the same kind of polling you guys are fin...

democrats. there are more signs. swing states including iowa are moving further into the democrats column according to new data from top political analyst larry sabato. but that news is just not sitting well with republicans. theyve started pushing the idea that those polls are at best, wrong. and at worst rigged! romney senior campaign adviser ed gillespie suggested he doesnt believe the polls on fox news yesterday. >> mitt romney is what, five, six, seven eight points behind barack o...

nholm. as we just showed you in the previous segment the naacp is one of the hundreds of organizations across the country that are participating in todays national voter registration drive. some of those groups are teaming up with rock bands to target young voters who if they could turn out might decide who wins the white house. so the grammy winning action lt rock band wilco is hoping to motivate their fans. this week, "the war room" got an exclusive backsta...

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them, then maybe just maybe, he can time it all out to get one more vote and and then well, thats the problem, isnt it? because then god only knows what. >> jennifer: another day another reboot for the romney campaign. the latest strategy, more romney and that means according to politico that the campaign is going to try to show romneys softer side. and on the advice of senior adviser ed gillespie, hell spell out his policies more clearly. good luck with that! he doesnt seem to have a ...

>> jennifer: all right. were now smack in the middle of what so far has been a no good very bad week for mitt romney. but dont you dare count your chickens. first to the campaign trail today where romney tried to shift the conversation away from his outrageous and offensive 47% line, so his latest outrageous attack on the president. that the president would stage a soviet style plot to redistribute the wealth. >> this is how america works. it does not work by america saying it is kille...