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The national spotlight. >> right. >> 24/7. >> it certainly -- and, of course, it hasn't hit shore, and people get angry when you start talking about the realities of politics. >> that is the reality of politics. >> whoever is the president or whoever is the governor is put into position to look for authoritative. if they handle it well, they get the rewards. >> or not. if they don't. >> if they mess it up, of course, they get punished. we don't know how this is going to break, chuck todd. we do know one thing, though. on saturday when mika and i were up in new hampshire to interview the presid...

Carl, good to see you. >> hi, rick. we are right now on interstate 4 in florida. the famed corridor wherefore decades, successful republican candidates have mined votes for victory. mitt romney just wrapped up an event in kiss saw -- kis sigh mee. earlier the day he started in the pan ham of pensacola, florida, a very, very republican part of the state. it was with a crowd of 8,000, 9,000 people in a big school auditorium he actually started courting independent swing voters and moderates taking about bipartisan ship and his pledge to do what he says barack obama failed to do. he was criticizi...

>> both believe democrats and republicans should work together, like they do. living in the famous interstate 4 corridor. a politically independent swing zone connecting tampa, orlando and daytona beach. the area around i-4 has such rich diversity, racially, economically, geographically and in terms of background that many say it mirrors the entire country. and is up for grabs politically. >> there are also different rules -- >> a political prize here, lots of seniors. many of whom worry about medicare. others fear overspending and taxation. >> we've been through wars, we've been through depre...

Don't own hardly any of the house. >> they worry about their future and their nine-year-old son tyler. >> are we even going to have anything? are we even going to have a house that we own? are we going to have social security? or are we going to be working until we die basically because we can't retire. >> they say they will vote for change in november and that means mitt romney. orange county is cut in off by interstate 4, also known as the i4 corridor. it includes 14 counties, 40% of florida's registered voters live along the i4 corridor. people here are known to be swing voters, they tend t...

Will we have a house we own? social security. will we be working until we die because we can't retire? >> litterkamp say they will vote for change in november. that means mitt romney. orange county is cut in half by interstate 4. also known as the i-4 corrido corridor. it includes 14 counties. 4% of florida's registered voters live along the i-4 corridor. people here are known to be swing voters. they tend to vote on the economy. >> mary husband lost his job in january. they haven't made a mortgage payment in two months. >> we may lose our home. that is embarrassing. the american dream now is ...