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He's been up from the beginning. governor romney hasn't led at any point in ohio. i've been on the ground in florida for a couple of days, talked to organizers and voters and the president has an advantage with in-person early voting, not as much with absentee and early in-person voting can. governor romney win the white house without ohio and without florida, chip saltzman? >> obviously without florida and without ohio, no. but i think we feel good about where we are in florida. ohio is absolutely ground zero. we can win without ohio, but, boy, is it a tough sled. i don't think i would want t...

Joining me now, democratic strategist, julian epstein of the law group. and the former campaign manager chip saltzman. >> let's start with these endorsements and their significance, do newspaper endorsements really matter at this stage in the race, guys? chip, i'll start with you. >> first of all i'm a little upset that you're in down there with ribs and music and i'm in a studio with stale crackers. newspaper endorsements -- >> those ribs will be good -- >> newspaper endorsements make a difference when something like the "des moines register" which hadn't endorsed a republican since 1972 step...

Most people. i don't know which way it's going to go is governor romney going to be an attack dog and just try to make it all about the president or is he going to get this -- take this opportunity to lay out his plans clearly to the american people? how is he going to answer the 47% issue? a lot of questions we won't know until the 10, 15 minutes unfold. >> interesting. chip saltsman gave us 30 minutes, you are giving us 10 or 15. >> you will know the tenor in that first question. >> absolutely. talk to you about this nbc news "wall street journal" poll. really singled in on high-interest vot...

Elia cummings and prudence bush nell and todd period ham. tamron hall has a look at what's next. in a few minutes president obama will hold a q & a at the university of miami. there's a change in tone on health care reform, same-sex marriage. plus, how the governor has gone from being concerned about -- not concerned about 47% to being concerned about 100% of the voters. the latest on what governor romney is saying. is it an etch-a-sketch moment or one-off moment? governor ed rendell will join me and republican chip saltzman. how ed gillespie tried to explain how this is a bad week for presi...

It out at a campaign event yesterday. >> governor romney had had nothing to say about afghanistan last week. let alone offer a plan for the 33,000 troops who will come home from the war by the end of this month. >> and joining me now is chip saltzman, republican strategist and former campaign manager of mike huckabee's campaign as well as the democratic strategist and former spokesman for hillary clinton's 2008 campaign. hello, guys. good to have you both. >> good to be with you, alex. >> hi. >> chip, i'm going to begin with you here. how does the republican presidential nominee not mention am...