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Income levels, you have a housing market that's very mixed, the bottom fell out during the crash, but obviously there are very nice homes in healthy markets in certain parts of florida. i think it's been hard for mitt romney to hone his message to different parts of the city. and plus they just had the republican national convention in tampa which is also where the democrats bought a lot of time for this new ad. i think that's notable. the republican message of the big convention probably permeated throughout florida. instead of micro targeting certain parts of it. >> susan, my understanding i...

The "washington post" poll was taken before the protests and it shows that voters trust president obama over mitt romney when it comes dealing with terrorism. and when it comes to international issues, 51% to 38%. what do you expect happens to those numbers after this week? >> i don't think they'll change much. if anything, they'll increase for the president. four years ago he seemed weak on foreign policy especially compared to senator mccain. so i think just being in the office of the presidency itself really helps the incumbent in this case and this and that's o obama. >> we've seen around ...

Fundamentals of you're economy are strong, but these are very, very difficult times. >> many have cited that remark from senator john mccain about the country's situation as a key turning point in his campaign, especially since it came on the heels of the collapse of lehman brothers. could mitt romney's statements on egypt and the unrest in the middle east make a similar impact this time around? we'll take a look at that in our next hour. coming up, paul ryan was there today. president obama's heading there next week. why florida is such a must win state. our battleground breakdown next. in ...

Gingrich what george w. bush had done to john mccain in south carolina. ironically, enough. in 2000 where you had mccain really, he had-- forced a bond with voters in new hampshire, and had a stunning victory and then was just stopped for the full frontal south carolina, romney did the same thing here, and made their no way, bret, you're going to survive that kind of onslaught on advertising, but as bret if he ever had to. he responded the wrong way. exactly the way he did in ewe aye was to show that he was rattled, to whine about it and complain about it every day and there's a place for ange...

We don't do that. >> reporter: catholic voters played a pivotal role in 2009. and catholics made up 27% of the electorate. roughly 35 million voters and the president won 54% of the catholic vote. beating john mccain by points and that's on the line. >> i don't know why they're trying to use an election year, to me it's political suicide. >> the bishops point out that contraceptive coverage would include the morning after pill and more controversy over abortion and florida republican marco rubio, a financial vp puck, introducing a bill that would overturn the white house's move. >> ed henry on...