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From a gunshot wound he sustained. the key to the battleground could depend on one battleground state, ohio, virginia, florida. poll shows president obama has the edge in all three. joining me senior editor for national review and columnist, roll call editor and reed wilson. you look at our polls, it is the president with small but steady leads in all three of these battleground. >> these polls show a wider lead than weve seen in most other states. the one thing thats coming through -- >> its ...

Lets bring in jamal simmons and rick tyler. good to see you, good morning. rick, top republican official tells politico that president obama has more routes to victory. we know pennsylvania seems to be in obamas column. what is the path that you see for mitt romney right now? >> well, mitt romney has got to continue this trend and continue to make this a referendum on obama. theres a very large anti-obama sentiment out there, but mitt romney has got to convert that sentiment into being pro-romne...

Conditions. the first time weve actually heard him say anything quite like that. >> he said before, im going to repeal, im going to repeal. day one, i will repeal. now, a slight softening. of that position. >> right. he says ill repeal it and replace it with my own, but we didnt know what parts of his own he would maintain. >> now were hearing it finally, yes. well, the latest gallup poll suggests president obama picked up some momentum after the big convention in charlotte. in august the two ...

Has no narrative of the republican governors. there is no message and no argument for their brand. they are in a position where if they dont win ohio they will have to run the table. >> is it possible they will abandon ohio? >> they cant. you start doing that and you drop off michigan and pennsylvania. they have to go back. at the moment i said this is rom intoes -- this was romneys election to lose. the democrats would be allowed that as a success. what you just said about republican branding. ...

Showing dead even. slight romney lead. 15 out of the 1560 some-odd survey recipients 15 more people for romney than obama. wees have the cbo, "new york times," quinnipiac point six weeks ago that showed 6-point lead. but the poll is 8% more democrat than republican for a state for example in 2010 was one point more republican. and the "columbus dispatch" is dead especially republican and democrat. >> bret: that is the three and the two and the one? >> one is any other state. if romney wins three...

Electoral votes makes it 271. the ohio goes literally ryan has to take the entire map from there on. he could, there may be one or two states that could go to obama and he would still make it. no, actually, there isnt. >> bret: you have to run the table. >> i have a different view of it. >> bret: not surprising. >> new hampshire and nevada are moving in to tossup status. in two weeks i bet we look at this map and not seven tossup states but eight or nine. we may have one state move out of conven...

Showing dead even. slight romney lead. 15 out of the 1560 some-odd survey recipients 15 more people for romney than obama. wees have the cbo, "new york times," quinnipiac point six weeks ago that showed 6-point lead. but the poll is 8% more democrat than republican for a state for example in 2010 was one point more republican. and the "columbus dispatch" is dead especially republican and democrat. >> bret: that is the three and the two and the one? >> one is any other state. if romney wins three...

With that. >> so i want to push on that a little bit, but before i do, i want to bring in angela zimmann in ohio. you have a real shot in your district because of all the new voters, because its a newly-drawn district in 2010. when you hear about closing down early voting, making it difficult for certain populations to get out to vote, what does that sound like to you? >> what im most concerned about in ohio is the fact that what is a bipartisan belief that everyone has the right to cast a ballo...

But the fifth supervisor says, you know what, early voting works great, as it is in his county. its the florida keys. he says letting people vote on the weekend there makes a difference in that district. its not just a matter of staying open later on the weeknights. he told governor scott, nope, he is not budging. and so, standoff. you might remember a similar standoff weve been reporting on in ohio. in that state, its two county election commissioners who want to continue weekend voting over th...

Election supervisors, four of them said, sure, well do what rick scott is asking. fewer voting days, okay, well take fewer voting days. but the fifth supervisor says, you know what, early voting works great, as it is in his county. its the florida keys. he says letting people vote on the weekend there makes a difference in that district. its not just a matter of staying open later on the weeknights. he told governor scott, nope, he is not budging. and so, standoff. you might remember a similar s...