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Here in new york city, it is saturday, november 3, 2012. this is a prime time edition of "the daily rundown." im chuck todd. i call it my election preview special, so well get to my first reads with a twist. were taking a look at how we got here. presidential elections that arent close are actually odd. no republican has gotten more than 300 electoral votes since 1988. only four democrats in history have gotten more than 53% of the vote. polls say the president may have an advantage, but romney ...

The direct effect of the storm is right here just outside of us in virginia today. were breaking down the recent success for democrats in the old dominion and what are the presidents chances to do it again? good morning from a very rainy washington. its monday, october 29th, 2012. this is "the daily rundown." im chuck todd. lets get right to my first reads of the morning. and its this. a massive category 1 storm, but its a large one. and its bearing down on the east coast just eight days before ...

This breaking news, as we track hurricane sandy. officials are warning people in the storms path, today is it. the last day you have to prepare. we have just learned, washington, d.c. public schools will be closed tomorrow. they join new york city schools closed tomorrow. well have more on all of this in a few minutes. but now its time for the big three. and todays topics, sandy impact? surprise nod? and this weeks must reads. lets bring in the big three panel. correspondent for "the guardian" a...

Responsibility for the benghazi attack and reads, embassy tripoli. they called for an attack on embassy tripoli. on wednesday secretary of state hillary clinton downplayed the e-mails. >> posting something on facebook is not in and of itself evidencement -- evidence. it underscores how through wide the reporting was at the time and continued for some time to be. joy she is not thrilled to be there. i have to go to you, terry. you are in the service. what do you think happened here? why are they ...

Chair to see the latest ad from clint eastwood. he is lending his now unmistakable voice to a new tv ad by the countrys biggest republican super pac. good morning from chicago. it is 13 days until election day. as we told you, wednesday, october 24, 2012. this is "the daily run-down." i am chuck todd. lets get to the first reads of the morning. president obama and governor romney crisscrossed the country today with a new urgency. though the campaigns are still fighting over a slice of undecided ...

Reads of the morning. with just hours left until tonights final debate, our new nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows how competitive this race has become. an important slice of undecided voters still are not persuaded to rehire the president. but also not convinced, it seems, he needs to be fired. will anything tonight help these folks decide? well, the candidates prep their surrogates spoke out sunday, previewing tonights lines of attack. >> the american people have gotten to see mitt romn...

Led to the death of u.s. diplomats in benghazi. just like old time, h ross perot the third name in the headlines on a presidential debate day. he is choosing sides and making news in a key battleground state when he does t good morning from new york city 21 days until election day, a few miles away from the debate site at hofstra in long island, tuesday, october 16, 2012 this is the daily run down, ima chuck todd. get right to my first reads to of the morning. a decisive victory for either c...

Connecting with questionnaires, getting this idea that he can handle real people, can the president get people to give him another look? a case can be made. this debate is now the most crucial with next weeks. plus, four races that tell a story of not just big money but also a clue about which party can claim victory in november even if control doesnt necessarily change hands. good morning from washington. its 22 days until election day and its monday, october 15th, 2012. im chuck todd. for a ...

The almost falling asleep toward the end of the debate. he got a little sleepy. tell me what you think -- how you think this reads. is that sort of all over the map performance a very effective way of emoting with an audience or does an audience see that as a little schizophrenic and disjointed? >> i think he was trying to infuse energy back into the democrats in the debate forum. i think ryan was very tightly scripted in his performance. i thought he was very clean in his delivery, but the dang...

Ride on the back -- i am paraphrasing. >> i am not even sure what paraphrase means. >> it is a phrase, but there are two of them. >> it is a phrase that comes from the sky. >> from our front yard to getting barred. is decorating your bait kiddie bait. decorators in simi valley -- no wonder it is called simi. they are suing the city and calling for an injunction that bars them from using halloween decorations claiming it violates their free speech rights. the city requires everyone on the megans ...