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Of the reasonable pathways to 270, assuming he keeps ohio and hes clearly ahead there. and governor romney really needs virginia. hes got to have it. >> speaking of gotting to have a state, lets go down to adam smith in florida. you guys had a poll out today, 51-45 that had romney ahead. this seems to be saturday same story that larry is hearing in virginia, i hear in florida, where the two sides insist theyre ahead because they believe in two different world views of what the electorate is goin...

The popular vote win virginia, larry? >> i think virginia is very very, close, chuck. i think you could argue that virginia is one of the two or three closest states in the country right now. its funny to have a panel of florida, ohio and virginia. florida and ohio are used to this attention. they get it every four years. we used to be the bulgaria of american politics and now weve turned into the paris. or thats how we feel. i would say on the whole, having talked to both sides repeatedly, they...

>> i think virginia is very very, close, chuck. i think you could argue that virginia is one of the two or three closest states in the country right now. its funny to have a panel of florida, ohio and virginia. florida and ohio are used to this attention. they get it every four years. we used to be the bulgaria of american politics and now weve turned into the paris. or thats how we feel. i would say on the whole, having talked to both sides repeatedly, they both insist that theyre trackings sho...

Virginia poll which showed the president doing well in the state. hes got more pathways to victory. if you talk to the people, both campaigns, they both express comfort but you get more sense of confidence in the obama people this morning. >> michael, mark halperin went to chicago and talked to a couple of folks -- a couple folks named jim messina, david axelrod. david plouffe pushed back, plouffe calling romneys bluff, i wanted to say that because it rhymes. plouffe says, in terms of the narrat...

Be put off in a way there will be action on the underlying problem which is our deficit and debt. thats the third pathway. the two you mentioned are distinctly possible pathways, also. >> we have this dual trigger nightmare. we have tax rates that would go up on december 31st and the sequestration that goes in. >> and the debt ceiling. >> i was going to bring it up but you brought it up first, does that at all force a grand bargain here? obviously there are a lot of democrats who say this time, ...

This is a tax in and of itself, i will call at this time economy tax. its been crushing. the same time gasoline prices have doubled under the president, electric rates are up. food prices are up. health care costs have gone up $2500 a family. middle-income families are being crush the. so the question is how to get them going again. i have described it -- its energy and trade, training programs, balancing the budget and helping small business. those are the cornerstones of my plan. the president...

Purge of potential noncitizens. the key issue has been claims that eligible voters are being mistakenly disenfranchised. is this going to affect the outcome in florida, which, you know, election to election, you never know. you never know in florida, do you? >> florida, florida, florida. >> right. >> thats right. and a inger are inis right. i think it does show kind of the amount of attention that both campaigns are putting on a key state in trying to work the margins in a race that could be raz...

This is a tax in and of itself, i will call at this time economy tax. its been crushing. the same time gasoline prices have doubled under the president, electric rates are up. food prices are up. health care costs have gone up $2500 a family. middle-income families are being crush the. so the question is how to get them going again. i have described it -- its energy and trade, training programs, balancing the budget and helping small business. those are the cornerstones of my plan. the president...

This is a tax in and of itself, i will call at this time economy tax. its been crushing. the same time gasoline prices have doubled under the president, electric rates are up. food prices are up. health care costs have gone up $2500 a family. middle-income families are being crush the. so the question is how to get them going again. i have described it -- its energy and trade, training programs, balancing the budget and helping small business. those are the cornerstones of my plan. the president...

$4,300. this is a tax in and of itself. ill call it the economic tax. its been crushing. the same time, gasoline prices have doubled under the president, electric rates are up, food prices are up, health care costs have gone up by $2,500 a family, middle income families are being crushed. and so the question is how to get them going again. and ive described it. its energy and trade, the right kind of training programs, balancing our budget, and helping small business. those are the cornerstones ...