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>> yeah. >> right. bill clinton out there campaigning for obama, it can be effective but people expect bill clinton to be campaigning for obama. when its chris christie suddenly the guy whos the keynote speaker at the republican convention speaking up and vouching for him, thats the kind of thing, people who are wavering back and forth, that registers with them to some extent. >> how are you hanging in personally dealing with the storm? >> i have it a lot better than most people. i used to live ...

Catch steve on "the cycle" weekdays at 3 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. coming up, is mitt romney lying about jobs in ohio? yes, lying. well look at the facts. tonight the obama campaign is hitting back. >> they put out a statement today saying it was the biggest load of bull in the world, that they would ever consider shutting down american operations. he ties himself in more knots than a boy scout does in a knot-tying contest. >> well talk about it with ohio former democratic governor ted...

>> no response. he has no answers. maybe thats why the guy who gave the keynote address at this convention is praising his opponent. >> the president has been great. the president has been all over this. the president has been outstanding. i appreciate that type of leadership. >> appreciating the presidents leadership in this crisis is obviously nonpartisan. i cant remember a day when mitt romney seemed less relevant to americans. except maybe yesterday. joining me now is steve kornacki co-host ...

High winds. for continuing coverage of sandy keep it here on "the cycle" and msnbc. well, ill admit it. i was skeptical at first. but after awhile even my girlfriend noticed a difference. [ male announcer ] rogaine is proven to help stop hair loss. and for 85% of guys, it regrew hair. save up to 42% now at rogaine.com.

Looking at a three-punch storm with rain and snow already falling and the threat of flooding is expected to increase in both panhandles. thats a part of west virginia, so we wanted to bring you this image. after seeing so much water and the threat of flooding, this is another part of the storm, the snow that it has brought to west virginia. that does it for edition of "news nation." a im tamron hall. in the meantime well have continuing coverage of sandy on msnbc throughout the night. my friends...

But i also think the people of the entire nation are counting on ohio. if ohio votes me in as president, i will be the next president of the united states. >> when you elect mitt, youre not just electing him, youre electing every right wing nut hes pandered to in the last ten years. lets get to our panel now. were joined by my colleague steve kornacki co-host of the "the cycle" and jonathan capehart of the "washington post" and also msnbc contributor goldie taylor, managing editor of the goldi...

Katrina, blow up in obamas face politically thats possible but short of that i dont know what romney could proactively do in this environment to erase that? >> it is a historic storm and historic race and a moment in history. a lot of history in one sentence. thank you to ari, lawrence, joy and steve. you can catch steve on "the cycle" at 3:00 p.m. and, of course, you can and must catch lawrence -- >> oh, no. were not so sure about that. we may not have power in the building at 10:00 p.m. >> you...

I think it would make a change hungry country -- >> that was rachel maddow and others discussing the upcoming election. joining me now is one of the co-hosts of msnbcs "the cycle." he writes for salon.com. good to have you here. as we talk about what we saw on "meet the press," voters acknowledge the economy is getting better. as we see the unemployment numbers go down and waiting for the friday jobs report coming out this friday, why do you think it doesnt resinate with the voters? >> its been ...

His willingness to abandon them. his willingness to walk away from anything, to never mind the record, dont bother correcting it, dont bother being consistent, hope nobody checks, say anything. his integrity is essentially the democrats closing argument. >> the presidency is all about whos going to fight for the american people every single day, even when youve got to make tough decisions that are unpopular, because you have some compass about what this can be. and during the course of these fou...

But my compass has been true. and ive focused on whats going ob best for the american people. >> my compass has been true. the democrats now in the last 11 days integrity has become the closing argument. integrity and trust. joining us is co-host of "the cycle", steve, thank you for being with me. can you have an election about trustworthiness and integrity? its no longer an ideological argument. >> i think its an experiment. i dont think we know the answer. we will on election day, but because ...