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the rounds on the campaign trail both here in new hampshire and ohio, his boss mitt romney is hunkering down, getting ready for the debate on wednesday, the first presidential showdown between him and president barack obama. romney spending a lot of this weekend in debate preparation. the same thing for the president. he s off the campaign trail today, tomorrow he does go out to nevada, but he s spending a lot of this weekend, we believe, behind closed doors getting ready. meanwhile, both campaigns are playing the expectations game, trying to lower the bar for their candidates. even the candidates themselves are doing it. take a listen to mitt romney recently on the campaign trail. he s president of the united states, he s a very effective speaker. he s a very eloquent speaker, and so i m sure in the debates, as last time in his debates with senator mccain, he ll be very eloquent. it s not only mitt romney and his campaign playing the game. so is the obama campaign. w
just by the fact that they re standing on the stage with the president. that elevates them, and they normally come into these things as underdogs. we re coming into this debate very realistic. mitt romney is likely to win if he plays his cards right. making those comments on piers morgan. what s the idea, try to bring down your candidate, lower the bar, so if your candidate does better, it s considered a big victory. how much are americans paying attention to that? what they want to hear is what they ll do to make the country better. thanks so much, paul. the first presidential debate starting wednesday night, october 3rd. watch it live at 7:00 eastern time right here on cnn and on cnn.com. the first vice presidential debate is a week later on october 11th. and today vice president joe biden campaigned for a second straight day in the battleground state of florida. in ft. myers today, he blasted mitt romney and paul ryan for their medicare reform plan, claiming it will
contact. i was very angered and it was concerning. there needs to be some builtability if these allegations are true. the men accused of offering cash for hits deny any such program ever existed. the assistant coach says the claims are nothing moerch parents seeking revenge over a long-standing dispute. have you paid your players for making great plays? absolutely not. have you paid them for making big hits? no way. have you coached them or told them to go after specific players and knock them out of the game? we would never intentionally hurt a football player on the opposing team. bowman and head coach darren crawford were initially cleared of any wrongdoing after the pop warner league says it conducted a thorough investigation. both coaches have been cited for other infractions. mr. crawford denies taking place in this bounty program as described by the accuser. at the same token, mr. crawford
polls, obama is doing really well in pennsylvania. maybe he s got some private polls that he s doing inside his campaign that shows some other trends developing in pennsylvania. i haven t seen any public polls that would indicate he s got a shot in pennsylvania. i also haven t seen any indication that the romney campaign is spending any campaign money advertising in pennsylvania. if they are, it is really not much. but as i say, maybe there is something that his campaign knows that we don t yet know because right now it looks like obama is doing really, really well in pennsylvania. and the surrounding states, new jersey, new york, or maryland for that matter. i think romney does have a shot obviously in some of the other states like ohio, not that far away, but pennsylvania looks like a long shot. he was doing some fund-raising there earlier today, had a rally in pennsylvania, but we ll see if this is serious, this notion that he potentially has a shot in pennsylvania. if he