well, you re absolutely right. however, i would say that colin powell s endorsement carries the most weight with the military vote and that s especially important right now because president obama appears to be trailing mitt romney in north carolina and virginia where there s a heavy segment of that population that does vote on military issues and we know right now that mitt romney has a radio ad that is making fun of the president s comment in the debate about horses and bayonets because they wanted to drive up that military turnout but colin powell s endorsement may be able to offset that a little bit and also joe biden, the vice president s sun and military veteran is heading into virginia and north carolina this weekend to campaign for the president. so right now this is part of a situation that might help the president offset some of that vote that mitt romney should be winning in those states. now, ryan, today mitt romney was in ohio.
been kind of a moderate state. so all these factors have kept, has kept the state really in play. a couple of factors that we re looking at here; military bases. strong military community, army, fort bragg, marines camp lejeune. both parties really making a play for the military vote. senator john mccain was in the state this week at fort bragg, for example. suburban women, another key factor. republicans had south carolina governor nikki haley up here, for example, going after that vote about two weeks ago. so those are some of the key factors going into north carolina. jenna: it s interesting to note, of course, that the conventions were in new jersey for the democrats. what s been the residual effect of that, if anything. did that have anywhere effect on getting voters enthusiastic again as they were for the president in north carolina in
to the early voting locations. court agreed in essence polling locations should be able to handle the work load there was no argument justifying restrictions. collapsing the early voting schedule and eliminating weekend hours for voting you re disenfranchising a entire group of individuals, hose individuals who work during the day. those individuals who have kids that they have to pick up and take to school. those individuals who don t have access to transportation. reporter: now we re waiting to see if this continues as a messy lawsuit that takes us into final days before the election, or, leaves us with loose ends on election today, patti ann? patti ann: mike there, is military aspect to the argument here? reporter: there was is a military aspect because the military are exception. the militarily could have the votes counted in the final days up to the election. democrats argued it was unconstitutional to allow the military vote while restricting the civilian
year as compared to 2008 is looking at top 10 cities. because last time there were you come up with the order. robust primaries on both the we have rain from the great republican and the democrat side lakes down to the midatlantic and this time we only have a republican primary. you re shaking your head no, you and florida. don t buy it? and lingering out in west no, i don t buy it. polls show in may of this year, texas. they need it and meanwhile, the president was receiving only current temperatures. we have a lot of the 40 50s in 34% of the military vote. let s look at it this way, the the northern half of the map obama administration has spent and 30s extending down in $20 million this year to promote south nebraska believe it or obamacare to the people because not on this tuesday, second they know the public doesn t day of october. like obamacare. today s day time highs looking spent $5 million in may and june of this year encouraging people like cent here in new york to get on
seats and how they fit into the tracking on the floor. a total of 8 boeing 757 s has been removed. they are investigated the faa. we should point out no injuries were reported on any of these flights. reporting live kerry drew. we asked you to brunn this. there has been a drastic drop on ballot requests for our troops. we wanted to know if you thought the pentagon is doing enough to help the military vote. here are some of your responses so far. pamela gordon tweeted us no our dod and pentagon should be ashamed our military deserves better. why weren t theirs a priority. being a retired master sergeant of 23 years i can tell you devoting is available to troops but advertising it stinks. my first received an absentee ballot five months after the presidential election.