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The president has at the national and state level, and the state numbers are really just starting to take on some relevance, the state numbers -- >> its wet cement. >> the numbers have not been this for him for a long -- hes stat tick. here is the thing about florida, ohio, and virginia. republicans and the republican brand vastly underperformed in all of those states by four percentage points in ohio, and 3.2 in florida. if republicans do better than half, get half of that back in their turn ou...

A 6-point spread, 48-42. what do these numbers tell us about where this race is nationally. chuck todd, chief white house correspondent and correspondent for the wall street journal. when you look at these state numbers in the key states of florida, virginia and ohio, what do they tell you about the shape of the race in terms of the electoral college and the population? >> number one, you first look at -- when an incumbent is running for reelection, their number this far out is more than the cha...

Modelling in there, romney moves up a little. >> so is he walking on a cliff? would the president slip? >> we havent seen that sign yet. the president has at the national and state level, and the state numbers are really just starting to take on some relevance, the state numbers -- >> its wet cement. >> the numbers have not been this for him for a long -- hes stat tick. here is the thing about florida, ohio, and virginia. republicans and the republican brand vastly underperformed in all of those...

And let me finish tonight with my take on the stark way, in fact wild way, that this election is headed. we start with the power of newt gingrich. howard fineman is the msnbc political analyst, of course, "the huffington post" media group editorial director and michael scherr is the white house correspondent for "time." michael, i want you to go through some of the newspaper. let me begin with this stunning new state numbers out from "time" tonight showing incredible gains in strength for newt...

Through his charity, the second mile. and let me finish tonight with my take on the stark way, in fact wild way, that this election is headed. we start with the power of newt gingrich. howard fineman is the msnbc political analyst, of course, "the huffington post" media group editorial director and michael scherr is the white house correspondent for "time." michael, i want you to go through some of the newspaper. let me begin with this stunning new state numbers out from "time" tonight showing...

>> yes. >> we see a huge change in terms of hispanic population in the united states. fascinating stuff. >> you got it, andrea. were going to see the census bureau talk about some detailed figures. theyve been leaking o -- not leaking out -- theyve been putting out day-to-day specif state numbers. but the overall story -- youve hit on it -- its just massive hispanic growth. 4 in 10 people in texas are now hispanic. but its not even that, andrea. its other states. places that you wouldnt think, s...

Newt gingrich, 10%. huckabee not an announced candidate, but he did announce a book tour with six stops, count them, six stops in iowa. we know what happened last time with mike huckabee in iowa. >> of course. i think thats why the state by state numbers are so interesting because you want to see how theyre going to do first in iowa, now in new hampshire. everybodys got a book tour at this point, dont they? >> just about every presidential candidate, tim pawlenty and all the rest. lets talk abou...

The residents, legal residents of arizona of all background that this is good for them. i dont understand. >> we in cities throughout our community have seen great success stories when people feel like they can work with the police department and there is trust. so we have had folks who did not have legal immigration status but were willing to work with our police department and have been very important in helping us particular whether i drug-related crimes. >> tucker: but do you acknowledge -- ...

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Clinton now stands at 42%, sanders is at 24, and her support rises even higher if joe biden decides not to jump into this race. joining us now, bret baier, the anchor of "special report." were you surprised that her lead has actually grown in the last week or two, bret? >> hey, jon, good morning. not really. shes been out and about really on a campaign in those early states and also in a lot of interviews including interviews that are, you know, a little bit more lighthearted, late night tv, jim...