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Democratic right now. but like i said, anything can happen. and you've got to watch scott brown and some of these other states where something very, very interesting at the last minute could happen, as all these polls are really tightening up right now. >> vic you cover the white house. it has been accusing the gop-held house of blocking its agenda of getting in the way, as it says. right now a cook report has 25 seats as toss-ups in the house. 184 democratic, or lean deem. 226 in the republican. >> that's important because the exact same numbers that democrats would need to take over the hous...

How important is turnout going to be? is it going to come down in virginia at least to at least turning out the base? >> it's all going to be -- >> it won't be about the base. >> it will be. >> brian, go ahead. >> it's going to be about the suburbs of washington, d.c. prince william, loudoun counties and hampden roads. that's where we're going to be watching the election returns, the suburbs of washington and hampden roads. >> and you both agree on that, right, brian? it's all going to come down to northern virginia. >> but it's -- i'm so proud to be a member of a party that believes in full v...

Think of a sitting vice president, even though vice presidents traditionally have this attack dog demeanor. he didn't behave that way with sarah palin. you didn't see either one of the candidates in the presidential debate behave that way. i think it really lost him probably more than it gained him. it did pump up his base, but right now i think the president has bigger problems than just his base. >> her last point is what i want to pick up with you, bob. wasn't that debate just about firing up the base? wasn't it just to throw some red meat out there to democrats who were licking their wound...

Democrats see it as an edge because lower income people are oftentimes more likely to work odd hours. republicans say it's vulnerable to fraud. what is at play in the court's decision? >> well, what is in play in the decision from the sixth circuit, which the state of ohio is seeking to appeal to the supreme court is whether we will have early voting in ohio the saturday, sunday, and monday before the election. and this is potentially huge. in 2008, the obama campaign was very successful in getting its voters out during the early voting period, especially those last days. and that many people ...

That regards. by no means do they say they have given up on pennsylvania. it's very clear our focus has been ohio. >> nbc's peter alexander on the bus with the romney campaign, headed to the bustling metropolis of lebanon, ohio. thank you, good sir. >> thank you. >> as the election draws near, there is increasing emphasis on the key battleground states. we were just in ohio. we have talked about florida. we talked about north carolina. but we can't forget virginia. the race there a virtual tie at this point. the latest nbc news marist poll shows mitt romney with 48% of the vote. president obam...