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Welcome back. when faced with disasters like hurricane sandy, americans, you know, we always find a way to lend a hand. were used to taking a shirt off our back for our next door neighbor, arent we? thats just the spirit of america. thats who we are. tonight we here at nbc universal tried to do our part with the hurricane sandy coming together telethon. the hour long special was hosted by "today" shows matt lauer. and included music from new jersey natives bruce springsteen, bon jovi, long islan...

Welcome back. when faced with disasters like hurricane sandy, americans, you know, we always find a way to lend a hand. were used to taking a shirt off our back for our next door neighbor, arent we? thats just the spirit of america. thats who we are. tonight we here at nbc universal tried to do our part with the hurricane sandy coming together telethon. the hour long special was hosted by "today" shows matt lauer. and included music from new jersey natives bruce springsteen, bon jovi, long islan...

They cant crack ohio. the president went out there, defined mitt romney in the summer, mitt romney made some progress after that first debate, but ohio settled back down around where it was, i think really five or six points in the presidents favor. so they have this dishonest ad on saying jeep is going to ship its jobs to china. and the great irony of that ad, by the way, in a news broadcast in ohio, you can see 22 consecutive political ads, the newscasters says romney has a fake ad about jobs ...

Important as seeing consumer confidence pick up so steadily over the last several months. you can see it now just in these statistics, but in consumer spending, the way economists measure consumer confidence has been rising very steadily and that does translate directly to job approval numbers, which have also been ticking up steadily for this president. so, you fknow for years, most o the first term, people in the media and certainly republicans have been beating up the president saying how com...

Tight race in minnesota. what are we seeing here? >> well, i think what youre seeing is this kind of growing, you know, desire among the american people to move away from basically low torch politics. and there is -- i think there is something that has been happening new in two cycles. in particular in the senate races. there were three races last cycle during the midterms, colorado, delaware and nevada, where republicans arguably could have won with better, more reasonable candidates. and they ...

In a really -- but seriously, mike. he does, doesnt he? >> well, heres a guy who, i think he would describe himself this way. hes very new jersey. i mean, hes very emphatic, hes very emotional. jonathan used the word "bombastic," i dont think many people would object to that characterization. he empathizes quite well. hes very demonstrative. and i think that as a leader of a state that is undergoing what this state is going through this week, and will doubtlessly be going through, if youve seen ...

Castings idea of a president. that seemed to me to be kind of a false notion, that somehow he needed to get over that. his problem last night was he didnt look strong, and most americans who have busy lives and are not paying close attention, they just want to know one thing from a debate. they judge the winner of a debate, not necessarily the person theyre going to vote for, but the winner of a debate on the basis of who was stronger. they want a strong president. in the first debate romney was...

Math is a problem, isnt it, because he has a problem if the president wins ohio and wisconsin. hes got a big problem then, doesnt he? >> theres a couple problems here with this map for romney. the ohio, wisconsin, and iowa, hes got to make some inroads there. before that theres these four obama 08 states that are necessary for romney to flip over. starts with north carolina. hes well positioned to do that. florida, more likely than not to do that, but he also has to flip virginia and colorado be...

Congress decided that he was going to dump this information again trying to do mr. romney a big favor. >> congressman elijah cummings, i think its clear the only person spouting excrementicious matter is darryl issa himself. >> i dont agree with that. >> i say we have to go back to the clinton tax rates and get the hell out of afghanistan. >> mans got a point, doesnt he? >> i want to get the hell out of here. anncr: every president inherits challenges.

>> what darrell issa did put people at risk in libya. >> he has used the phrase terrorist act. >> candy, come on, no, no. >> you have a large bordering on gigantic announcement this week. >> something very, very big concerning the president of the united states. >> will it change the election? >> possibly. >> lets get right to our panel. were joined by toure, co-host of "the cycle," ari melber, an msnbc contributor and correspondent for the nation magazine, and anna marie cox, cornered for "the ...