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Nevada, colorado, virginia, north carolina, all of these swing states that were close, i think if ryan/romney have a couple more good debates, those all go in the romney column. that was a freudian slip. but at the end of the day, though, the question is committee make up the big difference in ohio? can he make up the big difference in wisconsin? because if he doesnt win ohio, hes got to win wisconsin. the romney people still think he can. after that debate and after barack obamas performance, w...

Identifying and persuading new supporters and getting them out to vote will matter. close contest. look at the map. new hampshire is likely to end up in the romney column. in recent weeks has been moving that direction. now a tossup state. i subject it is going to do a good turn for a neighbor by going for romney. >> bret: i have 30 seconds left. the impact of this debate here in colorado, karl, then joe, how it affects the electoral map? >> you know, look, my sense on debates is most of the tim...

Are 11 different ways to win out ohio. he doesnt give colorado or new hampshire to romney, which i think are both insurance policies. you can say romney is in danger of losing this and obama is in danger of losing this. it comes down to the last ballot on the last evening of the election. this map gives insurance in the pocket. colorado, new hampshire both are going to end up in romney column. >> bret: thanks as always to karl and joe. and karls point at the beginning there about the record poll...

Lets bring in jamal simmons and rick tyler. good to see you, good morning. rick, top republican official tells politico that president obama has more routes to victory. we know pennsylvania seems to be in obamas column. what is the path that you see for mitt romney right now? >> well, mitt romney has got to continue this trend and continue to make this a referendum on obama. theres a very large anti-obama sentiment out there, but mitt romney has got to convert that sentiment into being pro-romne...

Shall. after all this, is america. >> our problem with president ob yaum isnt that he is a bad person. okay? by all accounts he, too, is a good husband and a good father. and thanks to practice, a good golfer. our problem is not that hes a bad person. our problem that hes a bad president. >> okay. you want to make my day? all right. >> and nice to see you, sir. >> good to see you this is they say its a swing state. and the conventions here so tell me what are you going to do because i assume you...

Now are taking some solace in the fact that the numbers are as close as they are. i talked to an ohio republican yesterday who said, look, you know, romney is consistently behind by a couple of points in ohio but they think theres a lot more undecided and softly committed voters in ohio than perhaps is believed. its why one of the two or three remaining big moments matters for romney to reach out for voters. >> if the romney team is giving up on pennsylvania and michigan, florida has to be in th...

Florida, the most medicare sensitive state. let me let you in on how to follow this. here are the electoral numbers. what these numbers stand for, 237 electoral votes are in states we think are already leaning in the obama column. 191 electoral votes lean in the romney column. we have nine toss-up states. four in the atlantic coast here. three in the midwest, and two out west. but i want to show you the power of florida in this battle ground. if the president is able to ride medicare to florida,...

Now, as governor romney and his running mate when theyre here in new hampshire on monday, they will come here monday, ask him if thats fair. >> thats the president in new hampshire talking about the tax debate. talking about battle ground states being in new hampshire. chuck todd is over the at big screen with his device he keeps by his bed each night. as we look ahead, chuck, through the prism of the battle ground map and that road to the 207 electoral votes that you need to be president. >> le...

Colorado had old polling that showed it as a lean romney. now its solid romney. interestingly, a new poll in connecticut, showing the state has drifted from solid obama to leaning obama and colorado with 9 votes had gone from lean obama to tass -- tossup. two things are not reflected in that map that are reality. look, south carolina, which, you know, the last poll we have there is from december. joe trippi and howard deans former manager and bret baier and i discussed, we are going to put it in...

Immediate impact. >> besides wisconsin i would say the industrial midwest, ohio, pennsylvania, michigan and i also think, for example, iowa and colorado. iowa because, for example, there are large number of catholics, this is only the second catholic on republic presidential ticket in history and there are a bunch of catholics in the swing part of the state. iowa as you can see in the map is a toss-up. does in places like north carolina and colorado where, you know, a younger and northern virgin...