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Knocked off course, while president obama changes the change line. well talk with senior obama campaign advisor david axelrod about that. plus, slew of new battleground polls confirm the presidents lead, and it means we have a new battleground map. heres a hint. the toss-ups are narrowing and romneys path to 270 is as well. lashing out over libya. after hedging for days, the white house is now calling the attack that killed the am an act of terrorism. was politics behind that delay? and wh...

The very people creating these policies choose the opposite for their own children. instead of investing hundreds of millions of dollars, the state of new york raised $700 million. that is being used for testing. we could be using that money to provide our teacher, provide music teachers, not just air-conditioning. thats, you know, we are talking the narrowing of curriculum and the lack of experiences that would really bridge that achievement gap or poverty gap. unfortunately, our policymakers a...

Obamas sizable lead in ohio, florida, virginia. among likely voters, leads romney in ohio by 7, florida by 5, virginia by 5. when you go inside the numbers to the right direction wrong track question, it shows people are more optimistic, although more say the country is on the wrong track. the gap is narrowing, however. in florida, 42% of registered voters say the country is headed in the right direction. 52% saying the country in the wrong direction. ten point gap. the gap has been narrowed sig...

That florida has made it difficult to vote this year? >> its become more difficult to vote and register to vote. we have seen a decline thanks to rules just thrown out by a court in a settlement last week. but the cut back on early voting will have an impact on election day. we could have long lines. it could cause people to go home and not vote. it would be a real mess on election night in florida. >> republicans when they are arguing for changes like this never, or almost never say, they have ...

About persuasion. we actually learned very ultimately about what persuades people. what we have learned in the last 10, 15 years is what mobilizes people to vote. the science around turn out and registration has gotten much smarter. and so thats a place where i think that, you know, individual level data has been useful, campaigns are able to, you know, identify and predict who they should be talking to, and its coincided with this narrowing of the persuadable universe in presidential elections....

In time to change to race. >> i looked at the real clear averages for battleground states, the president was leading in 10 out of 12. new flight of advertising. >> wait a minute. you call them 12 battlegrounds. what does romney call them? eight battlegrounds. >> not in wisconsin. not in michigan. his options are narrowing. i agree with perry and i talked to a republican congressman yesterday who said look, their convention is better than ours. the question is, does it matter this late in the gam...

Of a sudden had an argument against obama on obamacare that had nothing to do with what they had in common, individual mandate but what the difference is that romney accomplished it without raiding medicare. so in three ways they turn out to be a really positive effect for the republicans. that is why the democrats are shocked. that is why you see the narrowing of the race. romney i think getting a head of steam here. >> what about the interview, a.b.? >> the interview shows why i think ryan has...

the california fire thats about to burn a hole in millions of wallets. this was the scene monday at chevrons richmond, california oil refinery. a huge toxic blaze partially shutting down production at one of the regions biggest gas suppliers. not a good time for that to happen, its expected to send the pump prices skyrocketing on the west coast and beyond. ed levandera is live in dallas, texas. its not just about gas prices, its about people and health concerns in that area, as well, r...

Washington, d.c. >> oo we are getting closer and closer here and the list of potential running mates are narrowing. mitt romney did a little grocery shopping in new hampshire. he was also repairing for a big meeting. that includes the director of the vice presidential search effort. many conservatives think the announcement is right around the corner. >> i dont think anybody knows yet but theres a window at the end of this week thursday, friday time frame for romney to make this announcement if ...

confident dick durbin of illinois and one of romneys possible vp picks senator kelly ayotte from new hampshire. >> and mitt romneys company were pioneers in outsourcing jobs. >> barack obamas record is the worst record since the depression. >> and we will talk about those ads with our cnn political analyst ron brownstein and "time" magazines michael sherer. an incumbent president still in peril, and measuring optimism about the economy has fallen to the lowest level this year, and p...