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I mean that theyre skewing, that theyre showing higher turnout, those polls are assuming a higher democratic turnout now than in 08 when we know it was huge? >> yes, that is correct. that is part of the story and only part of the story. martha: okay. >> the obama lead is a real one. it is not a lead that would disappear if the polls were weighted in a slightly different direction. but that being said, in the state of ohio, for example, where they have a plus 8 democratic skew, in 2004 it, was a ...

Years? are they looking forward to the next four years? they are testing the sound system now. we like that because chris wallace is the anchor of fox news sunday and this was made special for you with the music for you chris. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. you know i looked at this question of momentum, there are a couple of ways to answer it, bill. first of all gallop has done something for the last few conventions where they asked people at the end, did the convention make yo...

Swallows up whole, not education, r and d, not the poor. the poor arent getting a free ride. >> ironically, aside from the campaign, paul ryan and the obama administration set the same exact goal for growth of medicare spending, gdp plus 5% i think. they go about it doing differently, one looks at the beneficiaries, one the providers. i mean, it was very easy low hanging fruit for romney to say i want to restore these medicare cuts, by restoring these medicare cuts obama put into place, what you...

Up would have any changes to their plan. if you are younger than that, and you dont think it will be there for you anyway, then you have an obligation to learn more and realize -- >> bob: if you are younger than that, its voucher system not medicare. >> dana: if government gettous the money and you make the choice -- >> bob: you cant afford to buy the stuff -- >> dana: not true. you pocket the difference. thats exactly right. i encourage you to read it, bob. >> andrea: copy of the federal system...

Up would have any changes to their plan. if you are younger than that, and you dont think it will be there for you anyway, then you have an obligation to learn more and realize -- >> bob: if you are younger than that, its voucher system not medicare. >> dana: if government gettous the money and you make the choice -- >> bob: you cant afford to buy the stuff -- >> dana: not true. you pocket the difference. thats exactly right. i encourage you to read it, bob. >> andrea: copy of the federal system...

So, of course, older people are concerned about that. it may have some impact. but, remember, republicans will come right back with a defense. >> in terms of the state of wisconsin, larry, does this pick mean that wisconsin is really in the bag for romney and ryan at this point? does that ensure a victory in the state of wisconsin? >> >> no. there are no assurances in politics. im sure the romney campaign would be the first to acknowledge that look, what i think it does in wisconsin is make it t...

Who has combed through the republican budget, the cartoon version, from democrats and from the obama administration, is that it gives tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires while throwing the poor and elderly out on the street. whats the truth as you look very closely at it? how tough would this be on the elderly? how tough would it be on the poor? and is that a fair assessment? >> the big difference in the budget this year from the year before, it is less tough on the elderly. social secur...

Cap on spending in gdp plus .5%. since medicare typically grows two to three points more than that, even more interesting how the president would enforce the limits. hed use the independent payments advisory board created by the health care law, but it had only one power; to impose price controls on providers which makes seniors groups a bit nervous. >> theres costs that go wof the cap -- above the cap, were going to be stopping for that year and, in essence, leads to the rationing of care. so w...

At a local wells fargo place in pepper pike, ohio. chagrin boulevard. the other place in the world where a 9-9-9 already existed is in sim city. in the video game. 9-9-9 is the operating tax structure in sim city which is a fake place. its -- herman cain angrily denied this and said it was a lie that sim city was where he got his 9-9-9 plan from. come on, its like hes begging us to get in on the joke. after that herman cain publishes a book. the title of his book, "this is herman cain!" the excl...

Ive been saying from plus 2 to plus 5. i think its higher rather than lower. i think theres a bias taken off the center. >> stu rothenberg. well needle charlie all day. >> we should. >> thank you, sir. starting monday nbcs brian williams will be doing double duty hosting "nightly news" in the evening and his new show "rock center" literally he has to walk about ten feet at 10:00. brian joins me now. youve been very busy. are you okay or did you just not sleep? >> no, im all right. when matt la...