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kathy rogers and carolyn maloney. sizing up obama versus romney. plus, comedian and actor, the outspoken bill cosby on politic, and the man who killed trayvon martin. >> it doesn't make a difference if you're a racist or not. >> i'm candy crowley. and this "state of the union". but first two break stories we're following. a series of attacks across afghanistan and a deadly tornado outbreak here in the united states. we want to begin with those tornadoes that tore through the midwest and central plains overnight. authorities say at least a dozen twisters touched down across four state...

Viewed as swing states. so is indiana. so the ohio. colorado, bush 2004. obama 2008. considered in play. nevada has the highest unemployment in the country. it's considered in play. there are more states. republicans watching at home saying we might take pennsylvania. democrats saying no way. look at this hypothetical here. let's just play this out. what if the republicans took florida this time? watch up here. you need 270 to win. and the republicans take ohio. republicans take back indiana. let's say barack obama keeps one of these two. we'll give him virginia. we'll give the republicans nor...

Elections iowa receive eseven times for the republicans and six times for the democrats. let's go through a little scenario. this is hypothetical but watch this. this smap from 2008. electoral votes changed a little bit. some states have more, some states have less. blue is obama 2008. red is mccain. let's go through some states. iowa, for example, a toss-up for now. then to new hampshire. that's considered a toss-up as well. fourth state on the republican calendar, florida. everyone says that is a toss-up. ohio is a big state. let's make that, indiana as well. president turned that. turned no...

We saw democratic intensity in both of those years. the question this time is can republicans match in 2012 the intensity they had in 2010 when the tea party -- with the tea party help they took back the house of representatives. wolf, one of the reasons we're so excited to get this campaign started is because this is the 2008 map. we know without a doubt it will be different this time. number one, we've had a census in 2010. the electoral college votes are redistributed. some states have a little more. some states have fewer. as jess just noted, barack obama won iowa. both campaigns. democrat...

than 50 cars set ablaze since friday. los angeles police announce arrests. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the situation room. we're counting down the hours to the first voting of the 2012 presidential campaign. 28 hours to be precise, until iowa republicans gather at more than 1700 locations for their party caucuses and start picking their favorites. candidates have spent millions of dollars, logged many thousands of miles in this long iowa marathon. now it's a sprint. as they dash across the state looking for the last few votes. mitt romney is at the head of the pack trying to hold b...