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>> what, i dont think theyre going to seven-second delay that. got a lot of farmers saying that in western pennsylvania. thats no big deal. right? >> right. >> okay. >> all right. sure. >> so weve done town hall meetings with this guy. >> heres the thing. >> but, again, its not -- we could talk about chris christie every day all day about him defying gravity. the story here is the fact that weve got one thing working in the republican party. >> and guess what? >> weve got one thing working. cong...

>> it is just in my dna. >> i have a lot of fun and take a lot of physical abuse at the same time. >> even defying gravity. >> well, i think i would jump out of an airplane. >> when i do a big jump, anything can happen. >> it is all in a days work for the extreme athlete. >> what we are doing is really a different sport altogether. it is extreme and it is dangerous. >> and in sports like these, you cant reach such extremes without risking your very life. >> it is not as glamorous as it looks. yo...

Reelection. christie currently enjoys a record high approval rating from -- following his hands on response to hurricane sandy. before the storm, 56% of registered voters in the garden state approved of the job he was doing after sandy, they were surveyed again giving the governor -- >> look at these numbers. >> 77%. >> willie, youre a new jersey guy. new jersey native. im sure you cant remember a governor having a 77% approval rating, a republican governor in a blue state having a 77%. 67% of d...

Difference in nevada, colorado, florida, perhaps virginia, those competitive states with growing latino populations? >> if obama wins colorado and virginia you have to attribute it in part to that margin. whens sort of interesting, thats difficult to measure well and not all pollsters using spanish-speaking interviews and the rest but the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll i believe gave president obama 70% and the same as the decisions poll of the last week. thats actually slightly higher than...

Hispanic, and then what are the margins going to be inside those voting groups? and ohios been defying gravity for the president. hes been overperforming with white men because of the auto bailout. hes been -- but as youve seen romney make gains in these national polls, all of his gains have come in key aspects of white working-class part of the electorate. and the last place that hes still trying to pick up that part when you go state by state is ohio. but ohios been catching up to the national...

Vulnerable but the truth is mitt romney has not seized the moment. he hasnt seized the day. hes not running a sharp, focused campaign and so obama is still defying gravity. jon: even former president clinton, a guy who is no shrinking violet when it comes to claiming success for his own pro projects and programs says, hey, i couldnt have done it, i couldnt have fixed this economy. [laughter] >> well maybe you believe that that is the real sentiment of bill clinton but i dont think so. i think bi...

Mid-september goes on to win the race. so there is no doubt about that. the romney campaign is a little concerned about that. maybe not the substance of it, but certainly coverage of it. a pollster, neil knewhouse sent out a memo dont pay too much attention to the polls. there is a sort of a sugar high taking place after convention of democrats. they believe essentials of economy, terrible unemployment rate, decrease in job participation in the population, they believe those things are eventuall...

Bain, bain, bain, against the encroaching reality of the economy. bad economy. >> when you think about it, its stunning. we have other numbers were going to pop up and i dont mean to preview them. people are more pessimistic. about what -- >> lets preview right now. will could be trouble for the president when you see the bleak outlook in the poll in the economy the next 12 months. look at this, 27% of the people think the economy will improve over the next 12 months, down from 35% just last mon...

Its the presidents tactics, what hes done effectively nail romney, remind everybody of bane bain, bain, bain, against the encroaching reality of the economy. bad economy. >> when you think about it, its stunning. we have other numbers were going to pop up and i dont mean to preview them. people are more pessimistic. about what -- >> lets preview right now. will could be trouble for the president when you see the bleak outlook in the poll in the economy the next 12 months. look at this, 27% of th...

To preview them. people are more pessimistic. >> lets preview right now. could be trouble for the president when you see the bleak outlook in our poll for the economy over the next 12 months. look at this, 27% of the people think the economy will improve over the next 12 months, down from 35% just last month. look at that, 8 point decline in optimism. the number who think the economy will get worse is on the rise from june, stands at 25%. i feel this. i think its because weve seen so many months...