trace: this is studio b today. a little more than 24 hours until the first of three presidential debates between president obama and governor romney. a national poll out today finds that 93 percent of likely voters say they do plan to watch the debate. the same survey finds that president obama ahead nationally 49 percent to 45 percent which is just outside the margin of error. those polled rank the economy as the most important issue. on that, the two candidates are in a tie. governor romney leads when it comes to the handling of the budget deficit. however, the president is ahead on every other issue including health care and national security. we have team fox coverage. carl cameron has the latest from the romney campaign. first, we go to ed henry in las vegas. what do we know about the president s debate prep? reporter: they have tried to keep that quiet.
thing the obama camp agrees with as well. we re about to get going on this, thanks. shepard smith and the fox report in studio b teams are live in denver tomorrow night for the big debate. you can also watch bret baier and megyn kelly in prime time, just tick before 9:00 o clock tomorrow night eastern time right here on the fox news channel. governor romney, meanwhile, is also hunkered down getting ready for the debate and republicans say vice president joe biden just gave him some great new material. team fox coverage continues. carl cameron live in denver. can we expect to hear more about who buried whom regarding the middle class tomorrow night? well, sure. of course, mitt romney would love to use that, but his campaign and republicans across the country have already jumped on it like a loose football. the surrogates have been cast with hammering assault day tomorrow. it is the romney campaign s belief that once again joe biden has shown why he s the gift that keeps on givin
romney camp, you are doing one of these. but truth be told they would like to see the race turned upside down wednesday morning. they don t want people to expect it. shep? shepard: john roberts, thanks very much. well, president obama spent the day in nevada. one of those key battleground states. campaign aides say he will be practicing for wednesday s debate with mock show downs with senator john kerry. team fox coverage continues. ed henry is live in las vegas tonight. tell us how the president is trying to lower expectations, ed? well, shep, to hear the obama camp tell it, it s almost as if they are not sure the president is going to be able to show up and complete a full sentence. jay carney was telling reporters a few moments ago the president gives very long answers and that s a liability for him in this debate. when is the last time you heard the white house press secretary say the president is any sort of a liability. they are desperately trying to lower expectations going
leader, get a new coach, get america growing again. shepard: look at this, a new poll from quinnipiac university, cbs news and the new york times give president obama a 10 point lead in ohio. well outside the margin of error. and ohio starts early voting less than a week from now. here s how both candidates crisscrossed the state today. we have team fox coverage of the campaign ed henry traveling with the president in kent, ohio. outside of akron. carl cammeron with the romney camp in toledo. still disputing many of these recent polls, right? as we said last night. they believe that so many of the public polls skew to democrats because the sample of democrats is more than what they believe is representative of the actual electorate on election day november 6th. and today romney camp was making the argument they have also been grossly outspent. president obama s campaign has been putting much much more money on the air. advertising will soon even up and that they say will close th
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