chuck todd said today, in five years, incredible in itself. add high-profile photo on yesterd photo op at chipotle, trying to relax with people in the area. i m curious the strategy after debate, where all right governor go after the debate is all said and done in colorado today? the last face-to-face meeting, as chuck said you five years ago. wasn t since 2004 that the two actually delivered speeches kind of side by side, at a gridiron dinner in washington, d.c. that s white tie event. not really any politics involved there. they have never had a moment like this personal relationship together, going forward to try to couch this as a victory, the romney campaign has events scheduled for thursday in virginia. romney will be standing side by side with a man who helped energize his campaign, paul ryan? thank you very much, peter, president obama on his way to denver from nevada, prepping for tonight s debate. nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker arrived on the press pl
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amen moment from the person they have already voted for perhaps in early voting or they plan to vote for? i think darn few are looking who are not already decided. when you look at the internals of, for example, that most recent nbc news/ wall street journal survey, support runs deep, people are very passionate. so, to gene s point, governor romney tonight needs to go into the living rooms of the buckeye state. he needs to reach people in ohio, in particular who, tamron, are up for grabs because if he can t turn things around in that state, it s not going to happen. but to michael s point, chuck todd was discussing this morning, there is a conversation of whether or not mitt romney will pull out of ohio. he is significantly behind and perhaps put resources in other states such as wisconsin. so, if michael s theory correct that he needs to focus on the folks in the buckeye state and win them over, he is down nine or ten points depending on the poll there again this is not his first
after the debates, shoring up, i guess, support and getting the crowd enthusiastic there. but how this race has shaped up with ohio and in pennsylvania, there were concerns about this voter i.d. law the judge has blocked, at least for this general election. what do you make of those two states that you know especially well? well, pennsylvania, i think the voter i.d. law had the potential to affect 50, 100,000 votes. that s wiped away now. pretty clear that president obama is going to carry pennsylvania. what the surprise is ohio. always a tossup state. even in the poll today, which showed governor romney narrowing it in virginia and florida. ohio state at eight points f p if ohio folks don t move in the next days after the debate, time for romney folks to cash in ohio. you take the media hit for a couple of days there, but ohio, pennsylvania, they represent a
most people. i don t know which way it s going to go is governor romney going to be an attack dog and just try to make it all about the president or is he going to get this take this opportunity to lay out his plans clearly to the american people? how is he going to answer the 47% issue? a lot of questions we won t know until the 10, 15 minutes unfold. interesting. chip saltsman gave us 30 minutes, you are giving us 10 or 15. you will know the tenor in that first question. absolutely. talk to you about this nbc news wall street journal poll. really singled in on high-interest voters and 75 79%, excuse me, republicans are high interest, 73% democrats high interest. for the president to win, chuck todd and others have talked about, they those really have a huge turnout, latino voters, the numbers are there, but the enthusiasm, at least according to the polling, shows that the republicans have the advantage and that s why this race remains