1 in 5 iowans polled already voted, 1 in 5 have already voted. 54% to the president. what do you make of that? what is this exit polling of people who have mailed in their ballots? right. when you ask in the poll you say, have you voted early? if they say yes, say who did you vote for? look, you d rather be up 15 points in early vote than not up 15 points, i ll say that. now, i talked to republicans before because i knew we were going to talk wisconsin and republicans say, yes, we are losing the early vote, we knew we were going to lose the early vote in iowa, but we re losing it by a declining margin from last week. we re losing it on a declining margin as it compares to 2008. it depends which side you think is more important. i would say mitt romney, unlike john mccain remember, jim took public financing. mitt romney had $183 million in
voted, 1 in 5 have already voted. 54% to the president. what do you make of that? what is this, exit polling of people who have mailed in their ballots? right. when you ask in the poll you say, have you voted early? if they say yes, say who did you vote for? look, you d rather be up 15 points in early vote than not up 15 points, i ll say that. now, i talked to republicans before because i knew we were going to talk iowa, and republicans say, yes, we are losing the early vote, we knew we were going to lose the early vote in iowa, but we re losing it by a declining margin from last week. we re losing it on a declining margin as it compares to 2008. it depends which side you think is more important. i would say mitt romney, unlike john mccain remember, john mccain took public financing. mitt romney had $183 million in the bank at the end of september.
wide number. and bill: how do you know that? you know that by exit polling? no. you can tell it by the registration of the people who have requested absentee ballots. bill: they re more democrats than republicans have requested early voting. by a wide margin. and in ohio, it s the opposite. not the opposite, but it s less of an advantage for the democrats than it was in 2008 where barak obama built a huge lead in ohio in the early voting in 2009 over john mccain. bill: he hasn t done it this time. it s not happening. no, it hasn t. and the margin is very low and that s potentially a problem because we ve got another week to go. bill: the problem for whom? problem for barak obama. bill: when you say it is potentially a proximate it looks like you may be rooting for the president. i know you re not. that s why we have you on the air. we know do you a fair job. let s go to the widely watched
wide number. and bill: how do you know that? you know that by exit polling? no. you can tell it by the registration of the people who have requested absentee ballots. bill: they re more democrats than republicans have requested early voting. by a wide margin. and in ohio, it s the opposite. not the opposite, but it s less of an advantage for the democrats than it was in 2008 where barak obama built a huge lead in ohio in the early voting in 2009 over john mccain. bill: he hasn t done it this time. it s not happening. no, it hasn t. and the margin is very low and that s potentially a problem because we ve got another week to go. bill: the problem for whom? problem for barak obama. bill: when you say it is potentially a proximate it looks like you may be rooting for the president. i know you re not. that s why we have you on the air. we know do you a fair job. let s go to the widely watched brown-warren race, which has the
wide number. and bill: how do you know that? you know that by exit polling? no. you can tell it by the registration of the people who have requested absentee ballots. bill: they re more democrats than republicans have requested early voting. by a wide margin. and in ohio, it s the opposite. not the opposite, but it s less of an advantage for the democrats than it was in 2008 where barak obama built a huge lead in ohio in the early voting in 2009 over john mccain. bill: he hasn t done it this time. it s not happening. no, it hasn t. and the margin is very low and that s potentially a problem because we ve got another week to go. bill: the problem for whom? problem for barak obama. bill: when you say it is potentially a proximate it looks like you may be rooting for the president. i know you re not. that s why we have you on the air. we know do you a fair job. let s go to the widely watched