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Of the middle class or having everybody pay their fair share. thats whats at stake. >> lets talk about single women. single women it seems to be -- lets take a look at all women. weve got a new usa today gallup poll that came out today. men are about ten, they favor romney by about ten. women favor the president by 16. if you just put those two sets of numbers. look at those two sets. you say obama win the election because women are 52% of the electorate. >> at least 52% of the electorate. but w...

I would say, though, i think its easy to forget this, but i would say this election will not be decided on foreign policy. this election will be decided on the economy, what youve seen in the last three or four weeks in national polling in the great state polling that nbc has been a part of. youve seen that advantage that mitt romney had on who is better able to handle the economy. youve seen it either shrink or disappear. he just cannot win this election unless he can build a real statistical a...

Of state polling that weve donend others have done, president obama has slightly expanded his electoral vote lead over romney. it is now 243 for obama, 191 for romney, 104 still up for grabs. we moved iowa out of the toss-up column and in lean-obama. the president is now up 50% to 42%, matching what we had been hearing on the ground. in colorado, the president has a smaller lead but he still hits 50%. 50%-45%. in wisconsin the president is also up by five points, 50%-45%. joining me now, direc...

Sophisticated consumers of state polling and want to know our party ids. explain which ones were more democratic in 08 and which ones less democratic. >> pretty much spot on. were seeing right now in each state within a point or two mirroring what the turnout was by party in each state in 2008. its something we look at very closely for indication of enthusiasm, that gap really evaporated. so were seeing now an electorate that looks more like 08 than 04. obviously thats why obama, these numbers a...

Whats in your wallet? alec jr? it was a gift. its time now for the big three. todays topics, advantage obama? explainer-in-chief. and this weeks must-reads. my big 3 panel, hogan giddily. former senior adviser to the hillary clinton for president campaign, doug hadway. president of hadway communications. real clear politics reporter erin mcpike. hogan, ill begin with you. as i want to read something from an article in this weekends "politico" which quotes, the romney campaign while pleasantly ...

Had his soldiers doing the work and muck and mire which to say the stephanie cutters or the robert gibbs. at what point does he begin to get implicated in these attacks? do you think right now people see him separate? >> no, i think they lump them all together. theyre speaking on behalf of the president. i think people are smart enough to see that. i think when you look inside that poll, you looked at the numbers, the bain attacks having no effect, 6-10. romneys personal wealth, 73% say that has...

now. he also attends a private fund-raiser in pittsburgh. president, hes going to be speaking at a fund-raiser in san antonio. we expect to hear from him any minute. were going to take you there live when he starts his remarks. were going to have live coverage from the romney rally. that is also happening later this hour. relatives of two missing girls in iowa say they are now bracing for the worst but hoping, hoping for the best. 8-year-old elizabeth collins and 10-year-old lera coo...

Can remain president for four more years. >> mark, you gave us some notes this morning, really interesting stuff about the electoral college, which is what we should really be focusing on, pointing out we keep hearing that mitt romney is doing better but hes got to do a lot of work on that electoral college to peel back some of the states the president won in 2008. >> he does. weve had very little in national polling about the race after the presidents bad three weeks and then his move on immigr...

Voters? >> uh-huh, democrats. >> no, i dont think so. i think the democrats are requesting to be votesing for obama. i dont think thats as big a problem for him. the bigger problem is trying to find some republicans who might be willing to vote for him. >> no, thats not a problem either. thats not going to happen. >> wow, shut down gates. maggie, that speaks to a lack of enthusiasm, does it not? or a protest vote. >> no, kentucky and west virginia, we can take those democrats. >> whats virginia ...

romney built a major lead among republicans and the gop infighting has been nasty and brutal. is he ready to take on president barack obama? and already focussing in on a november matchup and his campaign is depicting mitt romney as an out of touch millionaire. will that strategy pay off. im wolf blitzer? im wolf blitzer? youre in "the situation room. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com were also learning that george zimmerman, the shooter of trayvon martin, will be speaking public...