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Community has grown and that makes such a difference in terms of how you talk about policy, immigration, and a lot of us say that when it came to that, the race was won with blinders on. there was not a lot of soshtd sort of talk about how it came to latinos and rhetoric. >> and lets take a look at the other key voting groups here. blacks, no surprise. also, voters under 30. politico this week asked in the gop has become too old, too white, and too male. what does the republican party have to do...

This morning on "meet the press," just nine days to go. a special focus on the battleground states where this election will be won. the final push has president obama and governor romney barnstorming seven critical swing states across the country. in the hunt for 270 electoral votes. the argument -- >> the unemployment rate is falling. manufacturing is coming back to our shores. our assembly lines are hum again. >> the passion -- >> this is an election about big things, about big choices. >> a...

Election will be won. the final push has president obama and governor romney barnstorming seven critical swing states across the country in the hunt for 270 electoral votes. the arguments -- >> the unemployment rate is falling. manufacturing is coming back to our shores. our assembly lines are humming again. >> the passion -- >> this is an election about big things, about big choices. >> and the ground game. the critical effort to deliver key voting groups to the polls. this morning, we hear a...

You agree with the fact that even a woman who is raped and basically its gods will that they should have that baby, that is such a lightning-rod issue, how does obamas campaign not pick up on that and run with it? >> well, they are. and theyve been doing that for a couple weeks. even before mourdock, whether there were other issues, things that came out of the debates, contraception, abortion, governor romneys own words. i think the mourdock issue is much more of an association issue. i may like...

It seems like everythings going to be okay, but its a reminder that those two states in particular, ask michael bennet, a guy who some say shouldnt have won in 2010, and hell tell you he won on the backs of two voting groups, women and hispanics. >> so what is it -- obama in the latest cbs/quinnipiac poll is plus 5 in ohio. theres been movement. what is it thats been working for romney in ohio thats dependent on the car industry and has benefited from it? im just wondering what is resonating on ...

Hispanic, and then what are the margins going to be inside those voting groups? and ohios been defying gravity for the president. hes been overperforming with white men because of the auto bailout. hes been -- but as youve seen romney make gains in these national polls, all of his gains have come in key aspects of white working-class part of the electorate. and the last place that hes still trying to pick up that part when you go state by state is ohio. but ohios been catching up to the national...

Clinton the job of trying to dismantle mitt romney. let other people do that. and you, barack obama, try to be the guy that you were four years ago, updated, wiser, stronger, more sophisticated than you were. >> i think the best way we agree the best way for him to stay in as starting pitcher and not get relieved, to use world series terminology, is to strike out the side. do the job of a pitcher and nobodys going to relieve you. thank you howard and john. in a strange way, had you a good point ...

The ruling class. go at him like harry truman, like a son of a "b." whatever. can he choose between those three or keep dividing up his time, money and attention between all three approaches? >> thats a profound, fact cal question, chris. im tempted to say he has to do all three, but if i had to pick one, i would at this point pick the upbeat message. as i understand it, the loose change out there, the undecided voters, in places like colorado and ohio and virginia and so on, are women. suburban...

Optimism and strength the way he did four years ago, i think thats his best way to go. let others carry the attack. let bill clinton -- give bill clinton the job of trying to dismantle mitt romney. let other people do that. and you, barack obama, try to be the guy that you were four years ago, updated, wiser, stronger, more sophisticated than you were. >> i think the best way we agree the best way for him to stay in as starting pitcher and not get relieved, to use world series terminology, is to...

Lot of trouble with. these are people who arent necessarily able to vote for him this time around. he has made improvements with other voting groups including latinos where hes actually doing better with latinos according to the september nbc/"wall street journal" polls than he did against john mccain in 2008. that doesnt make up all the difference. it helps to try to get to 50% and particularly 50% in those important swing states. >> lets talk about from the demos to this midwest firewall. i me...