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About one in eight folks in ohio have a job somewhat tied to the auto industry. bailout huge for president obama, the old op-ed said let detroit go bankrupt, coming back to haunt him over and over. and neither of the candidates has a demographic lock on ohio. they have trouble with white working class voters, predominant voter in ohio. both are struggling to make the connection. >> and theres a good chance that the buckeye state is going to be a bit of a bear. we may not know the results until n...

Think there are chips in the armor. they have the voter contacts by the rnc. but here we are on election night. everything is going to hinge on ohio. >> were going to have dr. larry sabato and how romney can win without ohio. >> another question we asked. generally speaking how you would rate the u.s. economy. here it is. most people think its poor. there is fair, 38%. then we go good at 17%. excellent, i havent found that guy yet. >> where is he living? >> not in our world. >> and how would you...

I have yet to see -- i have yet to see a poll even if its 1 point that shows romney leading obama in that state. am i wrong? >> i dont know of one. there may have been along the way but not in our polls. its a very close race. on balance you are looking at a situation where there is more evidence of a lean in president obamas direction than mitt romneys direction. governor romney needs to find a way to change that in the next couple weeks. megyn: i realize team romney would say we were 10 points...

The polling ahmadening, i know you stay calm. >> i do. >> what do you recommend to the nervous viewer out there? >> first of all, these two candidates are not running for president of the united states. theyre running for president of ohio. >> yes. >> so if you could just relax and look at ohio, were doing well in ohio. i think we will carry ohio. theyve said no republican has ever won the presidency without winning ohio and i think we will prove that again this time. >> krystal, he just calmed ...

Had his share of being the punch line on the talk shows and the comedy shows quite a bit, and theres always that opportunity with joe biden were going to see some major gaffe again. >> all right, so, lets see if the kids in college for thursday night start a drinking game for how many times they hear big bird mentioned between the vice president ticket-holders. jonathan capehart, karen finney and john brebender, thank you for joining me. joining me in studio, ohio state senator nina turner. gr...

When you zero in on ohio where sherrod brown seems to be successfully fighting back against the dirty, angry money. a new "columbus dispatch" poll has brown up over his opponent, josh mandel, by ten points. thats a big change from their tied race in late august. senator sherrod brown from ohio is with me from cleveland. thank you so much because i love seeing you here on this show because you represent to me the bread and butter, the meat and potatoes democratic party i grew up knowing all about...

>> ive been here since 4:30. >> reporter: hundreds of student, professors and neighbors were still stuck in line, some here for more than ten hours. >> im not going to leave. im just going to make sure that every vote counts. >> reporter: why the wait? for 1,300 voters here, just 2 ballot boots available. >> people were voting about 40 per hour, so you do the math. >> in the 04 election, republican president george w. bush won the crucial state of ohio with 50.8% of the vote. and he won a second...

>> reporter: why the wait? for 1,300 voters here, just 2 ballot boots available. >> people were voting about 40 per hour, so you do the math. >> in the 04 election, republican president george w. bush won the crucial state of ohio with 50.8% of the vote. and he won a second term in office. in certain parts of ohio, for certain groups of people who tend to lean democratic, voting in that election that year meant waiting if lines for ten hours or more. for voters in mostly african-american precinc...

Staples and bright horizons child care centers, there are tons of companies you havent heard of, and in manufacturing and in technology, youre talking about hundreds of thousands of jobs created and its a phenomenal record. i think mr. romney ought to be more aggressive about sharing it. >> mary, if the charges are so bogus, why arent they having enough for the obama political team to double down on their bet? >> theyre fixating on ohio, a place sensitive to outsourcing, but the problem is, the ...

Tons of companies you havent heard of, and in manufacturing and in technology, youre talking about hundreds of thousands of jobs created and its a phenomenal record. i think mr. romney ought to be more aggressive about sharing it. >> mary, if the charges are so bogus, why arent they having enough for the obama political team to double down on their bet? >> theyre fixating on ohio, a place sensitive to outsourcing, but the problem is, the obama-- the romney campaign does not know how to defend gl...