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Pennsylvania. but its not impossible that we wake up and see a romney win. >> why bill clinton and not joe biden? >> thats a good question. boud bide was supposed to come to scranton. the storm sidelined that. and so, biden would have done some of the same. but pennsylvanians love bill clinton. they have always loved him. they love his wife. he is the closer. hes the one it send in for the final argument. >> it lg will be interesting. thank you, kol bee. >> thank you. >> martha: nice to have kol...

So you look at this map right now, and you can continue to have to say president obama has the edge. >> were hearing that mitt romney is going to pennsylvania. most people would say, why spend time there? i mean that clearly is joe bidens backyard. >> maybe this is the head fake, a bit of a hail mary for the romney campaign. the intriguing thing is the obama campaign is responding with advertising in those states. theyre not sending the president there directly, although, bill clinton is spendin...

Epic hot mic moment. and those instances where it remains unclear whether he misspoke at all. >> going to put yall back in chains. >> i think vice president very well knows that sometimes the words dont come out of your mouth the right way. >> i always say what i mean. >> defenders acknowledge the gary louse vice president is given to unscripted moments but contend the authenticity appeals to ordinary americans. in places like the vice presidents native scranton, pennsylvania. >> he is deepl dee...

Not safe anymore. >> whats the big deal to last week, we have enough money to go there. its not the money on television, thats not nothing, its the candidates time, joe biden going to scranton. i suspect if things keep on the current trajectory, the president might have to go to pennsylvania, bill clinton might have to be there repeatedly. every day theyre spending in pennsylvania is a day theyre not spending in ohio. the republicans believe, not just roves group, but some of the others, they be...

Those two hand shakes that tell you whats going on. megyn: it reminds me of the "saturday night live" skit on scranton, pennsylvania. is this all excused in the name of politics or is it more serious than that? you raise an interesting question about what would have happened if mitt romney put out an ad about obama saying hes not one of us? >> the democrats would have cried it has racial overtones. most certainly thats what he would say. even for the president himself because it does come from h...

I had, i dont know, 20-something jobs before i got elected president, but this is the first time in my life i ever got to be the warm-up act for bruce springsteen. >> 45-minute warm-up act, and it was a good 45 minutes. welcome back to "hardball." 19 days to the election, and barack obama is bringing in the big guns. the big dog and the boss. two legends in their own time. they came together for a joint appearance near cleveland this afternoon, and they made the sales pitch for the presidents re...

Credible. >> those six studies dont hold water. besides the blog posts, two of the studies had to change romneys tax plan to make it work. these arent the only numbers the romney camp is lying about. there was vice presidential candidate paul ryans claim about unemployment in the debate. >> you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is? its 10%. you know what it was when you guys came in? 8.5%. thats how its going all around america. >> rob portman was asked about it and he defended ryan. >...

About unemployment in the debate. >> you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is? its 10%. you know what it was when you guys came in? 8.5%. thats how its going all around america. >> rob portman was asked about it and he defended ryan. >> what he was saying is the truth. unemployment is higher today than it was when he took office. in the meantime, we have created net zero jobs. >> just throw it out there. it doesnt matter. something is going to stick up here. nothing like backing up lie...

Conservative think tank? >> its a right-leaning think tank. that doesnt make it not credible. >> those six studies dont hold water. besides the blog posts, two of the studies had had to change romneys tax plan to make it work. these arent the only numbers the romney camp is lying about. there was vice presidential candidate paul ryans claim about unemployment in the debate. >> you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is? its 10%. you know what it was when you guys came in? 8.5%. thats how...

American people. my friend says that 30% of the american people are takers. romney points outs 47% of the people wont take responsibility. he is talking about my mother and father. he is talking about the places i grew up in scranton. he is talking about the people that built this country. all they are looking for, market aall they are looking for is an even shot. when you give them the shot, they have done it, they have diabetic done -- they have done. it they want peace of mind. the president ...