for it is the presidency. the bloomberg endorsement, phil musser, i know you re saying that new york city mayor and all this stuff, but the message, that sort of undercots the romney message, doesn t it? no. i respect mayor bloomberg. at the end of the day, it doesn t matter, his endorsement, in swing states where this is going to be decided. bottom line, no one in iowa is going to vote base odd what bloomberg says about climate change. we look at this final schedule and you get the sense that both campaigns are telling us little things. if it s a dead even race, i think both sides think secretly, romney carries florida. i think new hampshire feels as if it s ever so slightly trending towards him. colorado is another one that feels as if perhaps it is trending slightly republican. and look, that gets him to 248. there s a wildcard here in
it probably does. we ll go live to the site of the president s event this morning near columbus. there are more than just two guys running for office. house republicans could actually pick up a few seats on tuesday. we ll talk to the gop s man in charge of holding on to the house and the guy who predicted this could happen more than two years ago. november 2, 2012. this is the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. let s get to my first read of the morning. four days after one of the worst storms ever to hit the country residents are reeling from sandy s impact. according to an early estimate from ploody s analytic the damage will approach $50 billion including property damage and loss of economic aft ty. more than 3.5 home owners and businesses are facing a day without power. the good news the number keeps coming down but there are still millions without power and then new york, staten island where at least 90 people were killed. the situation is particularly grim and residents are
it s not just that straight a line. as you know, i ve worked on the walmart moms for the last year, i ve watched a lot of focus groups and walmart moms in that project are by definition a women with a child under 18 and shopped at walmart in the last month. what you see among these women is a desire for details and how it ties to the economy. and so when you look up and say these last two weeks are about the economy, what it means, that s true. and when you hear something like happening in the mourdock campaign you say, women look up and say, what does that mean for me in the long haul? where am i as a women in the economy, trying to manage my family through tough times. i think, it s phil, i think you re exactly right. what these rare looking for, specifics and a plan, and that s the lost opportunity for the president and the context of october, which for the three debates, 65 million to 75 million watching and he was
voted early, which is a huge increase over 2008 when at this same point 67,000 had voted. what s that all about? for sure has something to do with folks having become more has been waited to voting early. it has something to do with the convenience of it all. it has something to do with many people having their minds made up. somewhere in the mix no doubt in a blue state is a mirror on to what is the far greater enthusiasm on the obama campaign than most county clerks around the country who did not believe there would be a big appreciable increase in early voting in this country this year. we ve heard a lot of back and forth on that. albeit the number is up in chicago. we know, illinois is not where our eyes or attention are. it s interesting earlier, jim, phil musser is a republican strategist was on. he talked about early voting down in richmond county down 18%. in arlington county down 16% in
[ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that s the cold truth! 12 days to go, so little time, both campaigns fighting over women, noncollege educated women juggling families and jobs, many undecided, many who don t have enough jobs. part of the last-minute campaign to keep going after these women, though. joining me now, kiki mclean, former adviser to hillary clinton s presidential campaign and republican strategist phil musser. welcome both. what is the key demographic? we ve talked about walmart moms now waitress moms. there s a divide among those college educated women, undecided voters and those are not whether they go for mitt romney or whether they go for barack obama.