2004 and the 2010 off-year election then the independents are going to swing it because party identifier these days are strong partisans. you are getting 90-plus percentage of democrats for obama and 90% republicans voting for romney. weir we'll see something other than a 1% race in the presidential contest. megyn: if that's true why don't we see bigger numbers for mitt romney in states like ohio and iowa and these other critical states that may be required for him to win. >> we have seen in ohio romney has been leading among independents in most polls. but a lot of those statewide polls have been getting electorates that in party identification terms are more democratic than 2008. that seems counter intuitive. but those are the results they are getting. i think there may be some systemic problem with the polls,
right now the 9-1-1 system is campaign. >> we have to give it up. the democrats have a lock on the receiving something like 10,000 stupid voters. calls per half an hour. we're never going to get them. typical volume is only a they got them. they have feeble minded women. thousand calls per half an hour. they peacial hav apparently havd much of this is being driven by non-emergency calls like people calling to report downed trees kids who have been told the republicans are killing the polar bears. or to report non-emergency >bears. >> sean: find a park that's open and take a breath of poison air? flooding. please, please, please do not call 9-1-1 if it is not a life >> one of their main clients did the got milk ad is? the united states government. threatening emergency. we also have cron crony capitaln you are putting other people's lives at risk by occupying the the ad. they're supporting obama, so lines. if you have a non-emergency, liberal democrats will pay them to create ads. call 311 or better yet, text 311 i mean, the weird thing about the got milk ad you may have noticed is no one particular at 311692 or go to nyc.gov. firm is being advertised. that's because the government forces milk farmers to pay into this fund. bain capital never did anything this corrupt. the second problem is a lost >> sean: let me ask you this. cars are -- lot of cars are ohio romney has pulled into a getting stuck on the roads and 2-point lead. michigan is dead even. blocking emergency vehicles from they're sending bill clinton to getting to people in need. we need to keep the roads clear. minnesota, joe biden to do not drive. let me repeat that. pennsylvania. please do not drive. obviously the obama campaign is we have now sent a message to on defense. do you really think
asked me to express his regrets for not being able to be here but, you know, he's doing the job a president should be doing. [ cheers and applause ] and first and foremost on behalf of the president, i want to thank all the first responders throughout this country. you know, there are folks from all over america heading to my part of the world to the east coast to help now. they're coming from all over. >> well, mitt romney and paul ryan have canceled all of their campaign events tomorrow and at their last event in ohio romney asked people to help if they can. >> i want to mention that our hearts and prayers are with all the people in the storm's path. sandy is another devastating hurricane by all accounts and a lot of people are going to be facing some real tough times as a result of sandy's fury and so if you have the capacity to make
one other state. today in ohio romney leads. romney in ohio and you have a barn burner. >> the reason i am talking about it. thursday and saturday of last week. >> make sure to stick around this morning on fox and friends later. they will have a look at the latest polls from rasmussen reports. >> we are going to talk about them with a real clear politics polling average a little later in our show. time for the first degree weather update with maria molina. good morning maria. >> good morning everyone. we are tracking a strong cold front out across portions of the plains ahead of this system. we are talking about temperatures 20 degrees above average in the 80s across kansas city and texas even into the southeast. cold air behind this front. some of you will see the temperatures drop by as much as
creamy spinach artichoke dip, crispy garlic chicken spring rolls. they're this season's must-have accessory. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. like a pair of well-prepared athletes, both the president and his challenger have arrived here at the university of denver to walk through the arena before suiting up for the big battle ahead. in terms of the battleground states, the president and mr. romney are close in florida and virginia according to the latest nbc news/wall street journal poll. in ohio romney seems stuck, trailing the president 51% to 43%. we're joined by a pair of well-prepared athletes themselves, perry bacon jr., an msnbc contributor, and political editor at the grio.com, thank you for coming in. so to you first, perry, here's
by a whopping 51 to 28 voters say what they have heard about romney has made them feel more unfavorably there is still a few yellow flags for the president. more people disapprove of how he has handled the situation in libya and egypt than approve. if you want to understand why the president is leading look at this number, economic optimism. 57% now believe the economy is recovering. that number is up six points in just the past few weekz. ultimately this race will be won in nine battleground states. florida, virginia, and ohio romney is tight in the races with the states of fluidity, florida and virginia. in florida obama and romney are neck and neck. virginia romney has narrowed the
days he's going to let the big banks write their own rules. unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back in chains. >> biden's remarks were fodder for the romney cam -- calling the moment, a new low. last night in ohio romney lashed out at the president leveling his harshest attack against him to date. >> this is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like. his campaign strategy is to smash america apart and then try to cobble together 51% of the pieces. mr. president, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to chicago and let us get about rebuilding and reuniting america. >> the obama campaign wasn't going to lit that go unanswereds. ben labolt said that governor
romney-hood and obama-loney high brow language from a lincoln/douglas debate. it was supposed to be a real debate about the real contrasts in this campaign and real issues. instead, we are seeing attacks reach a whole new level. vice president joe biden started a chain reaction with these remarks tuesday while he was in virginia. >> he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. pun chain wall street! they are going to put you all back in chains. >> meanwhile, mitt romney was facing -- actual scrutiny over his vp pick and his policies? so last night in ohio romney just couldn't wait to change the subject. >> this is what an angry and desperate presidency looks like. his campaign strategy is to
made, that is the test for me. and i think that will be a difference. american people don't ged get into the weeds on foreign policy but see it as judgement and resolve that. is important on a range of issues including domestic policy. >> looking at results in ohio romney picking up another spread of 5,000. last thing, if you were to put a percentage on the likelihood that israel would act and strike iran at this point what would you put it at? >> i think you'd have to say, high, twice before they've struck nuclear weapons programs in the hands of hostile states. recently september, 2007. this is a threat for israel they're looking at the prospect of a nuclear holocaust if they don't strike? >> 60%? 70%? >> i'd say it's that high. yes. >> thank you. >> the percentages lower now when you count dichbs between
delegate allocation republicans have to accumulate 1144 delegates until at least late may, probably early june, maybe even after the primaries have concluded. that's not to say that we won't have an idea about the nominee. i think we will clearly. and, that is not to say that one candidate won't get a big delegate lead. we're projecting mitt romney to get a net of at least 50 additional delegates over rick santorum. he should, romney should get about 212 delegates out of super tuesday. rick santorum, 163. gingrich and paul less than that. jenna: you're predicting in the state of ohio romney comes out on top there because that is the state normally we talk about a lot when we talk about super tuesday? >> well he probably will but we actually projected that he would have a narrow victory in delegates. one reason why is because rick santorum did not file in three congressional