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Forward looking vision. and i just think romney is going to be better on offense. it is easier to be he fighting in a lot of different places poking at the president's record as long as he shares his own vision and for romney to get where he needs to go. >> when you were trying to get president bush elected his may 2004 approval rating 49%. president obama's may, 2012, 47%. george w. bush won reelection. that is not that -- >> and if you look at where our ballot position was it is roughly comparable. there was a hidden strength. first of all, remember this thing. the 2004 election was more abo...

They hear about romney, the more they like him. joining me now from las vegas, las vegas sun columnist and host of face to face, john rolston and from washington, "washington post" columnist and msnbc contributor jonathan kapart. thank you for joining me tonight. john, in the center of it all in las vegas, here you are in the state that produced sharon engel, just the angriest manifestation of the tea party possibly tied with christine o'donnell last time around to actually reach a ballot position in a general election against a democrat. what has happened in nevada since then, especially the ...

Against sharron angle. so i think the reality is that none of the above isn't looking to bad if you're in an anti-washington mode. >> tony, you think ballot position will come into play? >> ballot position is interesting 'cause in nevada, you have an alphabetized ballot. you have sharron angle being the first name you see. what you heard electric jason is the talking point of the day when they attack tea parties. republican coming out against sharron angle is no big news. she's capturing the mood of the grassroots in her state. and these polls don't really capture that. that's why what you're ...

Just got breaking news moments ago that the libertarian candidate who had been in contact with people with the murkowski folks, they have said they will not give up their ballot position to her. so she would have to if she mounted a third party candidacy, it would have to be a write-in. but i talked to a political consultant, he believes she still has a very good shot just because of name recognition. megyn: how does miller do in the polling against the democrats? if miller pulls this thing out, as many expect him to do, how does he poll against the democrat come the generalsome. >> reporter: ...

Ballot position to murkowski and letting her take over as a, as an independent, as a libertarian. there have actually been polls done looking at how she would do in a three-way race, and she leads 38-34 over miller in a three-way race with the democrat getting only 32 -- 22%. so the murkowski people are looking at every different possibility if they come up short in these absentee ballots. there was another poll showing murkowski versus the democrat leading 60-28, so she blows away the democrat in a head to head competition. but you're right about this thing getting nasty. she is calling the m...