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Chadic yesterday, said for arizona every third vehicle is pick-up truck with a nra bumper sticker on it. hear all the time from outsiders that arizona is going to flip. not going to happen. i feel good about those two but we have to have those in the game. win florida, north carolina. feeling good about ohio now. as you know, the two swing counties in pennsylvania, north hampton and missouri county, our polling shows a two point difference there. in pennsylvania, bellwether counties, getting clo...

Was trying to expand beyond yore base. shes now trying to consolidate within the base. it looks like the senate race is more difficult to win. and very important from governing, her ultimate victory is she is victor rows may be a smaller -- >> and now the part of it is not only is the fbi story something that concerns voters but it is a big infusion of money for our team. >> right -- >> coming in with other donors getting off the sideline and focusing on the swing counties in those swing states....

And obamacare spike and that is not just in the polls but the way the campaigns are refashioned. hillary clinton two or three weeks ago was trying to expand beyond the base and now trying to consolidate within the base. looks like senate races harder to win for the democrats. ultimate victory if victorious may be smaller than would otherwise be. >> and not only is fbi story something that concerns voters but a big infusion of money for our team. other donors getting off the sidelines and focusin...

Been passing around sign up tallies. but they dont bother to collect the sheets. they leave them there, nobody picks them up, let alone do anything with them. next door in nevada which is to be a swing state although its turning increasingly blue. watch this. this is a remarkable exchange between the great chris jansing from nbc and the republican party chairman in the second largest county in nevada. right? clark county includes las vegas, thats the most populated county in the state of nevada....

Explain what you are seeing now compared to four or eight years ago. >> its remarkable. republicans have always had an advantage in vote by mail. it took us into the second week of early voting in 2008 and 2012 to catch up. as of about ten minutes ago, you are 7,000 votes behind republicans. two million people have already voted. we are well ready of where we were. >> when you see the numbers, we have great data from your firm. you tracked the most important swing counties. we will show that dat...

State really is because of the suburbs on long island because theyre no longer republican strongholds. they are now swing -- theyre swing counties. if theyre swing counties, well, the numbers just dont add up. is that a fair assessment? >> thats fair. but all of the suburbs except for suffolk county have republican county executives. >> but they cant run up the margins they used to run up, which was part of the problem in the rockefeller era. right? >> right.

K like the areas around norfolk. thats where hes really trying to. cuccinelli wants shenandoah, roanoke, conservative red areas. this will come down to the swing counties weve always said, prince william, wood ridge. get out the vote effort comes anywhere close to what president obama was able to achieve in 2012, democrats should be all right. as of right now from where we see, its slow but steady. from where i am, nothing extraordinary nonetheless, kristen. >> chris, i want to turn to you. luke...

Voters. the northern virginia area will be critical in this race. this is a test of really whether she can translate personal popularity into intensity for a candidate. >> john, great to see you. happy monday. we were all over the country on election night 2012. i was in virginia. one of the key swing counties to track how it went that evening. it went quicker to obama than they thought. but. >> but. you never know. >> you never know. you got to watch it all the time. it will change now 2009 now...

Have a great chance and youll be growing a mustache. >> thats just not -- >> wait a minute. did you agree to grow a mustache if what? >> if -- if barack obama wins florida or north carolina. dont let me down, sunshine state. >> really. thats your state. >> david plouffe, thank you, sir. are you going to take a nap before -- >> thanks, guys. >> before the all-nighter? >> no time for naps, chuck. no time for naps. >> thank you, david. well be checking in with you again. we have much more to come l...

What you all say, have our own numbers and it will be clear tonig tonight. nine battleground states. some will be close. others may have more of a march jib. our sense is well have clarity tonight and thats the way it should be hopefully but, no, i think were going to have a sense -- well have to have the actual vote count. hes never been in the control room. >> people should know at nbc we keep the folks, they do not know what the other networks are doing. >> i was present. >> we learned a big ...