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Suggests the auto bailout is really helping the president back in the buckeye state. among likely voters, 46% said the economy is improving while 22% said it is not. what does that tell you? >> well, its again very interesting, martin, because even if on the senior citizen side the president has not been performing the way the progressives might expect, maybe because seniors tend to be whiter, a little more nostalgic, and there may be racial aspects to why theyre not favoring obama, but in ohio ...

Machine nape late mali manipulator. >> i think we can do both. we have to take a stotough stan with china, the intellectual property theft. i think romney has points that are valid. its an open question whether because of his profile he isnt boxed out of making those argue pts credibly in the eyes of voters and thats why the obama campaign is dumping so much in ads saying that mitt romney is not one of us in ohio. thats the battleground. >> all right. matt miller, thanks so much, and perry bacon...

Couldnt get traction in a race like this. >> indeed. perry, in your column on thegrio.com, you write about the tiny sliver of voters who are still undecided. if not tonights contest, what will ultimately decide things in their own minds? >> i dont know, martin. theyve been undecided for a long time. polls show us 5% of people, 5% to 7% are undecided, and they tend to be people who dont follow politics very carefully. i dont think they will be watching the debate. what the tendency in the polls i...

Loud behind me. mitt romney promises to label china a currency manipulator, as you know. but, in fact, that would launch a trade war. do you expect him to stick to that position tonight knowing full well that many american businesses, american businesses, would suffer terrible harm if romney were to actually do that on day one of his presidency? >> i can jump in. i can jump in with a thought if youd like. >> go ahead. >> i can hear you now. >> sorry, perry. i was mentioning this issue of mitt ro...

For obama. matt damon, ben affleck, barbra streisand, they gave money to obama in 2008. they havent given them a penny. >> sean: what do you think of what eva longoria said? >> i was looking at the political contributions -- >> i love the jets. apparently according to the paper she is dating mark sanchez. >> im jealous. but here is the thing. lets talk about the muffin. at thmoney.we have 250 people in entertainment who have given a total of $5.5 million to obama. then lets talk about sheldon ad...

For obama. matt damon, ben affleck, barbra streisand, they gave money to obama in 2008. they havent given them a penny. >> sean: what do you think of what eva longoria said? >> i was looking at the political contributions -- >> i love the jets. apparently according to the paper she is dating mark sanchez. >> im jealous. but here is the thing. lets talk about the muffin. at thmoney.we have 250 people in entertainment who have given a total of $5.5 million to obama. then lets talk about sheldon ad...

>> domenico, whats the answer to that question? >> that is the answer. it is nuanced. he is blaming president obama for jobs that have been lost and saying strictly here is what it was when he started, here is what it is now. but there is a lot of blame or a lot of, you know, questions that people raise from economists and analysts on where do you blame a president? is it five months in, seven months in? that depends on the depth of the free fall. i think thats also a very difficult argument for...

This guy ran bain capital sand s a business guy and hes hiding his budget. that ought to tell you something. >> perry bacon is an msnbc contributor and the political editor of thegrio.com. perry, when you see bruce springsteen show up with bth for a rally in ohio while the president is stumping in new hampshire, you know they are pulling out all the stops, arent they, with just 19 days left. >> and springsteen and clinton in one event tells you how important ohio, ohio, ohio. neither one of thes...

>> so, perry, does the president somehow have to straighten this out tomorrow night? >> i dont think tomorrow night he will. we mentioned one thing, the next mondays debate is a foreign policy debate that will be done with a moderator asking questions. then i think the president will really be pressed on the issues. tomorrows debate is where voters are going to be asking questions. voters will be asking the questions, not the moderator. i think they dont know all the details of exactly what happ...

Who matter this year, its women. >> no doubt. perry? >> yes. this has been a very interesting race. the ads we are seeing are much tougher in these houses than in the presidential race. >> do you think they need to break through and thats the issue? >> absolutely. you remember jim mussina was promising to be big at the presidential level. >> thats not happening. >> my son jethro turns 5 next week. love you. >> home state kentucky hosted a great debate yesterday. >> jason worth kept the nats in t...