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Headed. heres what he found. since 1936 of the 19 presidential candidates who led in the polls at this point in the campaign, 18 of the 19 won the popular vote, 17 won the electoral college. the exceptions, tom dewey and poor al gore back in 2000. if you eliminate the candidates with double digit leads at this point, the front-runners record is 8 wins out of 10. a winning percentage of 80%. so where they stand now is very important. well be right back.

With double digit leads at this point, the front-runners record is 8 wins out of 10. a winning percentage of 80%. so where they stand now is very important. well be right back. if you are one of the millions of men

Were exactly six weeks out from the election right now. today nate silver of the "new york times" crunched the numbers to see what the polls tell us about which which this race is headed. since 1936 of the 19 presidential candidates who led in the polls at this point in the campaign, 18 of the 19 won the popular vote, 17 won the electoral college. the exceptions, tom dewey and poor al gore back in 2000. if you eliminate the candidates with double digit leads at this point, the front-runners reco...

Do -- inject the private sector and private competition into the social security system, it failed. and he later said it was a mistake to try to do it in that order that he tried to do it. >> well, you have to persuade. you cant just say im for medicare reform and leave it at that. because then the attack machine on the other side says that youre throwing granny off the cliff with a wheelchair. just outrageous. so, yeah, i think you can. in fact the polls show that the romney/ryan ticket is doin...

The imbalance goes away. and that has to be the first step. and that changes the whole context of the debate in washington when that occurs. >> you mention medicare. let me ask you about the policy code. can romney/ryan win florida, taking on medicare? you saw what your brother went through as president trying to do -- inject the private sector and private competition into the social security system, it failed. and he later said it was a mistake to try to do it in that order that he tried to do ...

to early start. thank you for being with us. >> im john berman. 5:00 in the east and counting down to the big jobs report that has huge political and economic implications. >> what we can expect and the health hazard that forced the first family of one state to move out of the governors mansion. >> it is flat on the gross. something truly fantastic. we are talking about the olympics and thats her. the flying squirrel who is now the golden girl. 16-year-old gabby douglas cemented her le...

>> if you do the pick early enough, in the summer, you can deal with the stories before the convention and come out of the convention without worry. >> what do you make of the story romney, like nixon in 68, cast no aspersions, decided im not going to get anything out of a vp. it will be about me. it is important i pick somebody that wont be a problem. >> thats always the -- first rule of picking a vp is do no harm. >> first rule is give me a state. never gave nixon a state. >> an open question....

Suburbs around philly. >> one of the most significant problem social security the president has double digit leads among women. he up by 10 and 12 in ohio. that is the challenge their trying to break. >> one more thing i want to take these states as a whole. the scary thing about these -- look, i put these three here because florida was the be all end all. >> how did tim russet, and then he said ohio, and listen, i think its virginia. >> you agree? >> sure. >> the president can win without ohio ...

Gab, and they can win women back, they will not get african-american or latino. >> look at northern virginia, suburbs around philly. >> one of the most significant problem social security the president has double digit leads among women. he up by 10 and 12 in ohio. that is the challenge their trying to break. >> one more thing i want to take these states as a whole. the scary thing about these -- look, i put these three here because florida was the be all end all. >> how did tim russet, and then...

That is spending more money that we do not have that taxpayers are going to ultimately have to cough up. and theyre always so good at dressing it up and making it sound like such a good idea, by talking about the students. indeed, this will help a lot of students, and you know, thatso that makes everybody feel real good. but the real problem here is that when these people talk about banks and talk about credit card companies and talk about all these big businesses that jack up rates and fees and...