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Po pollster fred yang. welcome, team. >> morning. >> been around here a little bit this morning. i want to play what ben bernanke said about the fiscal cliff and get your reaction on the other side. >> continuing to push off difficult policy choices will only prolong and intensify these uncertainties. moreover, while the details of whatever agreement is reached to resolve the fiscal cliff are important, the economic confidence of market participants and the general public likely will be influenc...

Ruth, and fred yang. talking about congressional ego stroking was one of the tenets that made president lincoln so successful in deeming with congress trying to get the 13th amendment through. can president obama do that this time around? would john boehner get receptive enough? i want everyones opinion. is the legacy question enough to move boehner and obama forward on a fiscal cliff deal? >> crossed fingers. i hope so. short enough? >> boehner wants to keep his job as speaker so he has to deal...

0 responsibility by hamas and islamic jihad and their military wings. its difficult to ascertain which one of those organizations, if either one, actually did -- actually was involved but for their domestic political consumption they always try and claim responsibility for these types of attacks. theres no doubt, though, that it is going to be in the eyes of the factions here a welcome sign as has been he can pressed by the organizations spokespeople. it is an indication the violence only threat...

>> and hillsborough county in the tampa area of florida, how pivotal is this and a good indicator for the state? >> funny enough, were picking counties that comport to the statewide vote. hillsborough is in the tampa area. its not quite a microcosm of florida. youre missing the hispanics from south florida. but the margin in hillsborough pretty much comports what the statewide vote. and look, in all purposes of the stlee states we have mentioned, florida is probably the toughest reach for the pr...

Counties that comport to the statewide vote. hillsborough is in the tampa area. its not quite a microcosm of florida. youre missing the hispanics from south florida. but the margin in hillsborough pretty much comports what the statewide vote. and look, in all purposes of the stlee states we have mentioned, florida is probably the toughest reach for the president. if he can do well in hillsborough, that means it will be a long night and a long night in florida is a good night for president obama....

Thanks for staying us with. the romney campaign is promising supporters they will have a victory tomorrow night. but his road to victory is narrow. lets take a look at the states romney needs to win to become president of the united states. joining me is pollster fred yang. good to have you with us tonight. whats the most likely scenario for both candidates tomorrow? >> the most likely scenario is that barack obama will be reelected president of the united states. i think all analysts and pundit...

0 we will hear of the angry voter to rid themselves of obama and the young and the hopeful, the believers in a fairer country, a country that is democratic and american, where justice is reachable and close to reality because of what we, all of us, do tomorrow. and, boy, thats "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" starts right now. good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. with less than four hours to election day, this thing is going down to the wi...

0 giving voters the wrong date for the election in robocalls and mailings. they target minor tir voters and the elderly with voter i.d. laws. one predicted the laws would win pennsylvania for mitt romney. the lines in ohio and florida are the culmination of republican voter suppression effort. in the effort of -- but in spite of all of their efforts, people are still in line. in ohio 537,000 early votes have been cast in person. 35% of the state has already voted. president obama leads among ear...

Service worker, empty nester, older, rural counties. and those folks have surged to romney. guess where theyre located? io iowa, minnesota, michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, upper state new york. and thats why these states are closing and closing in terms of why were seeing margins moving towards romney. >> very quickly, bill, fred, do either -- what are the odds of a split decision, popular vote/electoral college? bill, what do you put it at? >> a one in four chance. national votes tend to spill ov...

49%/49%. and finally one more about the challengers images. for mitt romney, 45%/44%. for john kerry 45%, 44%. i wont bring up the whole massachusetts aspects. bush went on to win that race thanks to a razor thin victory in ohio. so lets dig deeper inside the numbers. we all know it comes down to turnout. tomorrow it will come down to turnout but its more complicated. the single most important question will be what is the racial composition of the electorate? and then, of course, the second ques...