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Sought after by both campaigns? >> i agree with democratic convention reached out to women but that is more because democrats traditionally have a big advantage among women voters. what is important to remember, there were very few actual swing voters. 6-8% of the electorate. ultimately this is going to be a base election. that is what the democratic convention did so masterfully well. it fired up democrats and made them enthusiastic. >> i think the key is what christy is saying, what president obama all he can do is try to get liberal supporters to try to be excited to turn out again. he is n...

Governor romney spoke to the crowd he was talking to the independent and disaaffected democrats convincing them he will take them to prosperit yemore jobs. do you think he made that connention successfully to the audience? >> they had several important things to do in this convention, most of the all they needed to put the emphasis on the jobs and obama record with respect to jobs and second, they needed to go on the offense with respect to paul ryan's medicare and budget plans and third, they needed to warm up mitt romney and humanize him. by my check list. they did some or all of each one of...

Demonstrate he's actually leading the republican party rather than the other way around. that's something he has been struggling with. and again, there is a vision. there's a vision to get people back to work. he's got to get back on the terrain that he wants to win on, which is making people think about the fact that so many people are out of work. who gives us the best shot to get back on track? i have been talking to people in swing states and republicans like in ohio where there's a belief there's more undecided voters than we know about in this base election. that's who he's talking to, p...

Brought online. there's no one who could be persuaded from one to the other. to place the math, 50.1% is a crucial number because it's going to be a really close race. everyone understands that. this looks a lot more like 2004 than 2008. 2004 was a real base election. a base mobilization election, the legendary election of the gay marriage amendments and evangelical getting out the vote. the battle to mobilize the base, and it's dawning on both sides, but romney particularly, the other thing i think romney is doing here, and dave weigel had a smart piece way back when romney first was locking ...

With you. let me make this joke, make you feel better about it? >> there's some number of those voters who might be off line who might be brought online. there's no one who could be persuaded from one to the other. to place the math, 50.1% is a crucial number because it's going to be a really close race. everyone understands that. this looks a lot more like 2004 than 2008. 2004 was a real base election. a base mobilization election, the legendary election of the gay marriage amendments and getting out to vote. the battle to mobilize the base, and it's dawning on both sides, but romney particul...