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Balloting on saturday with just the early -- the first day of early voting, we cut their advantage on absentee balloting by 1% to 1.5% and we probably eliminated it entirely with the second day of early voting yesterday. weve had record-breaking numbers all over the state. even, chuck, you know florida, even in lee county where they have a double-digit advantage in voter registration for republicans, we beat them in early voting. >> i want to show you a poll from "the tampa bay times" of the i-4...

Me quickly about the perils for both of them. obviously, the president is the president. this is his responsibility, to have the concern of the american people on the forefront. what does governor romney do or say, other than this point that hes trying to be sense and pull off the campaign trail tomorrow and not today? >> its no accident that bill clinton was in orlando. thats a key swing area right in the heart of that i-4 corridor. there was a cnn poll out today showing a 50/49 race between th...

Well. if he ends up winning ohio, it makes his path to 270 very easy. if he wins ohio, iowa, wisconsin, hes above to be able to win. conversely, if for mitt romney to be able to get to 270 without ohio, he pretty much has to run the table. which is a very tough task. so on election night, i think the one state were all going to be looking for in the returns will be ohio. >> and where in ohio are we looking? this is always fascinating. ive spent a lot of time in past elections in suburban columbu...

A lot of republicans are down cast. >> bill: i think its because romney hasnt been forceful enough. last year -- last elections 61% 45%. romney is running better than mccain ran in the polls. and i do believe its because of disenchantment with president obama i know a will the of people myself antidotal doesnt do much good here. who they are not sure about romney, thats why im saying that the first debate means everything if he can inspire people who are not devoted. 42% devoted to president oba...

A lot of republicans are down cast. >> bill: i think its because romney hasnt been forceful enough. last year -- last elections 61% 45%. romney is running better than mccain ran in the polls. and i do believe its because of disenchantment with president obama i know a will the of people myself antidotal doesnt do much good here. who they are not sure about romney, thats why im saying that the first debate means everything if he can inspire people who are not devoted. 42% devoted to president oba...

A lot of republicans are down cast. >> bill: i think its because romney hasnt been forceful enough. last year -- last elections 61% 45%. romney is running better than mccain ran in the polls. and i do believe its because of disenchantment with president obama i know a will the of people myself antidotal doesnt do much good here. who they are not sure about romney, thats why im saying that the first debate means everything if he can inspire people who are not devoted. 42% devoted to president oba...

Spirit of 2012, which is a much more smash mouth kind of politics we saw in 2008, in some way joe biden is better suited to this than either mitt romney or barack obama. he can deliver a punch to the gut and kind of prop you back up and smile at you and make you feel okay after he does it. hes very tough. of all four of the guys on the ticket, romney, ryan, biden, hes the only one in a speaks the language of populism. he always has. he has the working class, scranton pennsylvania, he talks to vo...

Surprising somebody wouldnt know about you even if they follow politics? >> i have broken my collarbone mountain biking and dislocated my shoulder all last year-and-a-half kayaking. so you know, kayaking, mountain biking, yeah i love that stuff. i like to hunt. i like to fish. bill: he is popular in ohio too which you would think help romney in a state so critical and will be again this year. romney makes an appearance in virginia today with another possible vp pick. governor bob mcdonnell, from...

Campaign, what happened, jenna? jenna: after viewers of the "popular science" fiction show got word of that, they streeted this write-in campaign to the white house. they wrote all the letters to the white house to change the name to enterprise. that is how we have the name enterprise for this special craft instead of the constitution. it does, haves a different ring to it, doesnt it, jon. jon: didnt fly into space as jenna mentioned but they needed the craft to be able to practice and test the ...

Policies that we tried and didnt work. mitt romney wants to go back to those policies and i think thats an absolutely critical issue to be discussed in this campaign. >> stephanie, what do you say, what does the president say to this independent voter, id say living outside of pittsburgh, you know, a swing area, thats sitting there and they dont feel like the economy has gotten better for them yet and they say the president has been in office for 3 1/2 years. it hasnt gotten better for me yet. w...