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Out. so where do things stand right now? our brain trust today, political editor for the grio.com. karen finney, the former communications director for the dnc. she is also msnbc political analyst. and robert costa, contributing to cnbc's "kudlow report," and a political reporter at the national review. good saturday to all of you. >> hey, craig. >> nice to see you, craig. >> i'm going to start with you. in a piece for the grio, you write in nearly every battleground state, democrats have successfully cast the laws as discriminatory and unnecessary. and they've won in court, keeping in place l...

Conservatism 2.0? >> oh, of course. because mitt romney cares so much about those people over there. are you kidding me? come on. in particularly, he was in ohio, which is actually doing fairly well, much better than the national average. and one of the biggest issues in ohio was not only their are labor issues where mitt romney was on the wrong side, so there are in any number of issues. the auto bailout obviously being another huge issue where he has some troubles in such an important state. look, i think it's clear mitt romney made a huge mistake with that 47% video. he may likely look back...

Game against michigan state. paul ryan traveling with his wife janet we understand. they have a campaign rally there in columbus, ohio, in about an hour. from ohio to iowa, the early birds out in full force in battleground iowa. on thursday, iowa became the first swing state to begin in person early voting with experts predicting that nearly 40% of iowans will cast their ballots before november 6th. so whose campaign does that benefit? we're back with the brain trust, perry bacon, robert costa, we'll start with you. whose campaign does it benefit early voting? >> i think both republicans and...

No i'm kidding. we are analyzing if each candidate because i don't believe in trying to lower expectations. we're talking about whether each candidate has actually done what they needed to do to make their case to the voters that they're trying to reach. >> longer than ten seconds. but that's okay. thank you so much. i appreciate you being part of the brain trust. appreciate you as well. we'll be back here tomorrow 3:00, sunday afternoon. we'll see you then. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option th...