pennsylvania and michigan and minnesota are not past the 270 as mr. axelrod would like to report. chris: you predict over 300 electoral votes. guest: it will be a big win for governor romney. chris thank you on your first national tv interview. we will see how the turn out battle goes and whether it turns out as well as you think it will be. chris: we will drill down on which states are truly undecided and the best chance for each side to get an up expected win.
again. he lost track of that a little bit, but again, that might be strategic. why is he playing it safe? i don t think he s playing it safe. i think right now it s tear apart romney. it doesn t mean he won t get to this. you might agree there are a lot of people with rights today saying, what should be done about the economy? republicans claim to have the answer: slash spending and cut taxes. but that s precisely the policy we followed the last couple years. for all practical purposes this is already the economic policy of republican dreams. so the republican electoral strategy is, in effect, a giant it gipz by following policies that president obama hasn t followed because the gop won t let him, and our woes could be cured by pursuing more of the same policies that have already
michael believes we ll only see modest withdrawals this year and most of next. i think the drawdown will accelerate in the fall of 2012 because that is the end of the next fighting season. and we re fing to need two more fighting seasons to really consolidate gains in the south of afghanistan first and then next year in the east of the country. he says speeding the withdrawal wouldn t save a significant amount of money. the president s afghan surge in the face of public opposition showed a commitment he is unlikely to back away from. the president would have to change his strategy to do anything more ambitious. it doesn t mean he won t but money is against it. officials say privately that bin laden s death and the soaring war cost could strengthen reof some of the president s advisors who want to bring troops home more quickly and they include vice president biden. but mr. obama has overruled him in the past. bret? bret: wendell goler live on the north lawn. thank you. the nu
michael believes we ll only see modest withdrawals this year and most of next. i think the drawdown will accelerate in the fall of 2012 because that is the end of the next fighting season. and we re fing to need two more fighting seasons to really consolidate gains in the south of afghanistan first and then next year in the east of the country. he says speeding the withdrawal wouldn t save a significant amount of money. the president s afghan surge in the face of public opposition showed a commitment he is unlikely to back away from. the president would have to change his strategy to do anything more ambitious. it doesn t mean he won t but money is against it. officials say privately that bin laden s death and the soaring war cost could strengthen reof some of the president s advisors who want to bring troops home more quickly and they include vice president biden. but mr. obama has overruled him in the past. bret? bret: wendell goler live on the north lawn. thank you. the nu
the problem off to the future and is unacceptable. it s time to tell the truth to the people of the state and all across the country who are listening that we re going to do the right thing, we re going to balance the budget the right way, we re not going to push it off to the next generation of taxpayers. reporter: now, the senate democrats, as you remember, left the state, saying there wasn t enough time for debate, there wasn t enough public awareness about the changes to collective bargaining. governor walker says now with all of the debate hashed out here on the capitol ground there isn t anyone in wisconsin who doesn t know who s what s in this bill. jenna: we re focused on what s happening behind you, but if this stalemate continues, how will this state, the overall state of wisconsin, be affected? reporter: you just mentioned the fact that governor walker says he s prepared to send out layoff notices if this bill doesn t move through. he wouldn t be specific as far as w