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Congressman ryan. putting them together whereas the obama cam pan separating them to cover more territory. >> but theyre together today. >> you cover your territory. i dont think you see them very much over the next two weeks together and if you do, that to me is not necessarily a smart strategy unless there might be -- this might be where they go, theyre going to pour everything theyve got in to ohio and the ironic thing is i think the obama campaign does the same thing because everybody knows ...

Win ohio at any cost, add wisconsin and nevada, youve won. thats their game. the romney game is more offense. hes been able to move to a more positive message. hes able to look at more states. and its funny, the romney folks tell us that theyve been slow to catch on to just how clearly the surge is moving their way. they didnt believe the polls for so long because its only been in the last 24 hours. and as you guys did at the top of the show, really connecting the dots to show how clearly all th...

Then we found out that the governor was going to come out and officiate the coin toss. it quickly became a photo op. they brought in a ringer who had secret service protection. mrs. romney actually ran a play. having said all of that. romney recognized in the last week or so if he had a weak spouts out west. some concern about whats going on in nevada and colorado is a major battleground state. so he will go there after the debate first. colorado, nevada, iowa to shore up and back fill some of t...

Whether obama should pull out of florida. there was a piece in the "new york times" about that this weekend. so i think in that sense, the midwest is really where this is going to be won. although romney does have ties to victory out ohio, he would like to win ohio because it threads the needle close if he doesnt. so far that has been obamas firewall. hes had a lead in that state through the entire campaign cycle and he still is ahead, not by as much. romneys narrowed the gap but pretty much eve...

Video. that issment began to change the night before. ambassador susan rice appear on the sunday talk shows on september 16th. she was not warned about the changes before she went on the air. intelligence officials realized there were no protests at all, it would be weeks before the administration changed its narrative. >> mika, a lot of questions about how the debate changed the polls. with 18 days to the election, theres something of a mixed picture being painted by new polls out. gallups roll...

Wisconsin, when nbc releases its brand-new battleground poll. let me bring in nbcs senior political editor mark murray for a preview. mark, obviously, we know the importance of these two states, but you cant say it enough. >> thats right, tamron. they only combine make up 16 electoral votes, but theyre very important to each campaigns path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the white house. if president obama, for example, can win both iowa and wisconsin, all he has to do is actually win o...

Why is that significant, bob? it is significant because paul ryan goes to cuyahoga county with condoleezza rice and thursday bruce springsteen goes there with bill clinton. they are going to there to try to find those votes. >> that is key for democrats. if obama wins ohio, he will get out the vote in this county where democrats out number republicans three to one. the goal for the obama campaign, is keep it close. most populous county in ohio. that is the key. barack obama has to get the vote o...

A genuine horse race, or, you know, is this all much ado about nothing? if romney is closing in florida, and north carolina and virginia, all these states but he doesnt win ohio, does he have a realistic shot still, david? >> it is going to be very difficult and very challenging. i mean we are planning to poll ohio at least once, maybe twice in the next three weeks. and so, the outcome is going to be key. but youre absolutely right, the demographics are important but you also have early voting t...

If hes going to try to get all the way there. >> richard wolffe, the bottom line is if mitt romney cannot win ohio, and at this point youve got early voting going in, absentee voting going in, thats happening in 43 states. but if youre romney, youre most concerned about ohio because if youre down by five percentage points in a poll, some say its two, some say its three, but if we are sitting at 4% or 5%, thats happening while early votings going on. mitt romney -- bottom line is if he doesnt win...

Swing state in order to win the white house if he doesnt win ohio. >> dave: sweep, colorado, iowa, virginia. >> clayton: florida, pennsylvania. pick up all the other. the population in ohio 11.5 million weeks and median income $47,000 and again, the unemployment rate there a little lower than it has been for the national average. high school grads, 25 plus, 87% of the states population there, 87.4%. >> and look at the people below the poverty line, 14% of the state is below the poverty line and ...