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Admitting was failure, but the president had a pretty sharp response to that yesterday in virginia, take a listen. >> we don't want an inside job in washington, we want change in washington. and from the day we began this campaign, we've always said that change takes more than one term and more than one president and certainly takes more than one party. it can happen if you you write off half the nation before you even took office. >> reporter: now, as you say, this is a battle ground. the polls are close. the president still up 5 or 6 points depending on what poll you believe. pretty close to...

That obama did out of his convention. >> when you're here and i know you cover a lot of state races, senate races, as well as presidential battle grounds. how much does this have an impact? >> it's having an impact in certain races. certain places they didn't think would be in play, north dakota, want to hold onto the north dakota seat in particular. back to ohio, i think brown had a good morning looking at poll numbers, counting on, hoping the president will boost his numbers there. >> going back to ohio with the akin debacle in micro, it's clear the republicans they need one other -- they ne...

In florida. 29 electoral votes and latino vote. >> that's why the president one of his stops along the way was a cuban sandwich shop and he realizes they are important not just in florida but out west. democrats think they have demographics on their side and that can tip the balance in key battle grounds. he realizes that it is going to be a referundum on his record and dismal jobs is hanging over the president as he's out on the campaign trail. if you heard he was fired up with big crowds in florida. he admitted there is a lot more work to do. >> we have made progress. but ... but we know we ...

That as carl is talking about how they're shadowing and bracketing one another to the same states, president starts his florida bus tour earlier in the tampa-saint pete area. voters being targeted, military families, today the president stopped off at a cuban sandwich shop. he's obviously appealing to latino voters here, democrats feel they have demographics on their side. growing hispanic population here in florida, colorado, other key battle grounds. also interesting to note that as we go through all this with the president -- what the president is doing after getting the weak jobs report on...

A margin between the two candidates of more than 7%. and that $5 million. it will go in 8 states. take a look where they're, they include all the traditional battle grounds, florida, virginia, ohio. new hampshire, iowa and more all included in every single one of those states barack obama was the winner in 2008. romney will be running 15 commercials in the next week or so in those states and it real solid a road map of his must-wins. only in north carolina is mitt romney currently leading the polls. in every other of those battleground states, the real