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Saying, did you know you just said that out loud? the rest of us heard you say that? >> the problem is, karen, they wouldn't be doing it if they didn't think they were appealing to somebody. i mean, you don't spend a million dollars on advertising unless you think you're going to get some return. >> but remember from the very beginning this has been a base election. president obama needs his base to come out if he's going to win. mitt romney needs his base to come out if he's going to win. and so the fact that he -- that they are still going this route spells trouble for governor romney. >> th...

Not care how they feel about mitt romney they will get in the car and they are energized. he will not have a problem turning his voters out. it is looking like a base election and i don't think anyone has momentum and i don't anyone is swaying undecided. it is about turning out the voter. for president obama the storm shows people suffering and it will be a tough day to get your supporters to vote. >>shepard: i wondered about that. by day five of a hurricane, or day six everyone picks someone to be mad at. sometimes it is the local, sometimes it is mad at your president. >>guest: and all heart...

Voting in ohio and in virginia is bad, because they need every second that they can to try to get out their vote. he's working on a democratic base election. he's trying to win on the basis of maximizing, getting all the toothpaste out of the tube that he possibly can among democrats, where as what romney is trying to do is ride a wave here and get independents and get others, moderates to come to his side and join an already solid and already energized republican basement for the president every minute that he can't be running vans and sending people door to door to try to squeeze that toothp...

Committed to them and figuring out how to get them to vote. that's why i feel good where obama is today. if you look at polls in states like ohio, he's doing very well in the early voting. they have benefited greatly from being the incumbent and not having a primary and being able to put together the operation so in the final days they can get people out to vote while romney was competing in a primary. >> i agree with everything he just said. when you look at the enthusiasm gap between republicans and democrats, the enthusiasm gap on the republican side is through the roof. if it's going to be...

Even if obama holds. >> al gore pulled out of iowa and everybody said it was over. he almost got it. there are other paths here. colorado feels as if you can see how romney wins it. iowa is the one they have to figure out how to turn. >> the past for both of these guys, it's ununbelievable election. you've been emphasizing a point that is important. you've been talking about enthusiasm. when you have an election that was as close as this one appears to be, you really have to get your base out. and so i know independent voters are always important, but i think this is going to be a base electio...