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Book that thats happening. he still has a chance. and dont forget independents will make up around a fifth of the electorate maybe a little bit less. if romney can do well among independents he still has a shot here but its not a great one. >> allison in colorado in 2008 the president was able to win the election by keeping senator john mccains lead among whites to just 12%. with the latest "washington post"/abc poll showing romney now having the 23-point lead among white voters, is there enough...

Nature of polls right now? where is this race? >> i think a number of things are happening here. i do think there is some movement. some of the polls are showing for instance that romney is more successful than he has been until now in at least bringing over some segments of the female voting population. and i also think that whenever you have a bunch of big events like these debates, one after the other, they kind of throw a lot of turbulence into the system. >> could we be looking -- they talk...

Really any issue and last night we saw that this pertained to women. he cant take a stand when it comes to women that are an important part of the voting population. he was making strides. we saw in the latest usa today poll that he was doing pretty well. i dont know that that is going to continue after last nights comment. we see how awkward it is for him to interact on a debate stage like that. >> how did you see him on last nights issues, irin? >> i think the most telling moment was when romn...

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Presidency. mike tobin right now joins us live from chicago. mike, things getting messy in ohio now? >> reporter: paty an well keep a close eye on the secretary of states office in the buckeye state. secretary of tate, john huston, a republican, yet to decide if he will appeal a federal court ruling handed down on friday that overturned early restrictions on early voting. ohio lawmakers wanted polls to close in the weekend leading up to the election. >> there needed to be a window so local board...

In the campaign so far. and in issues affecting seniors, both medicare and medicaid, have been the focus, obviously. elderly are incredibly reliable voters. in a short period of time, what do both candidates have to tell florida seniors? >> theyre going to try to convince that voting population that the ore one would be worse for medicare, in short. youve heard a lot come out of their mouths about what the other one would do, what their plans are. mitt romney has said he had his own plan, and tr...

And joy reid, managing eder to of thegrio.com. welcome to you both. krystal, both candidates mentioned women but mitt romney suddenly seems to have discovered women. is that the mitt romney you recall? >> in some ways it is because its like he can just say, i met a woman or i have a wife, and thats going to make things okay for women, that theyre going to now trust him and his policies to be there for them. in terms of actually having a set of policies that make sense for women, we didnt hear an...

Thats always been true. i said it the day they were pulling out. and if i were claire mcskas kill i would embrace the wild cat label, im a wild cat fighting for your family. i would be really proud of it. but you know, ma someny works with some and if he feels like if he kicks her again maybe hell bring out those voters. >> an interesting point because senator patty murray when she first ran for office her opponent derided her as a mom in tennis shoes. >> yep. >> and they loved that. they jumped...

Theyve got a weak county. religious conservatives, thats part of the problem for some people. relying on a shrinking portion of the voting population, older, whiter voters who long for the good old days. theyre writing off younger voters, minority voters, college educated, white women, if you will. in other words, maybe the real problem isnt mitt romney but the republican party itself. dee dee myers, joy ann reid is managing editor of thegrio.com. i was thinking of the old pepsi versus coke comm...

Identify themselves as republicans has been declining over the past six months. if you ask people, what are you? look at that, how the number has gone down dramatically. not me anymore. theyve got a weak county. religious conservatives, thats part of the problem for some people. relying on a shrinking portion of the voting population, older, whiter voters who long for the good old days. theyre writing off younger voters, minority voters, college educated, white women, if you will. in other words...