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news/"wall street journal" poll. president obama is ahead 47% to 44%, that's within the margin of error, but after a $25 million ad campaign against romney in battleground states, in those states, the president has widened his lead to eight points. all that could of course change after tomorrow's supreme court ruling on health care. so far, the best on their beats. chris cillizza, msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com. msnbc political director chuck todd and pete williams, nbc news justice correspondent. chris, let's start with you. the president is targeting the ...

kind of striking. i know chuck concluded at least part of it's about negative ads. again, i defer to him on that. that's the number i think we should look at. i think we should look more at 50/42. >> in fact, the president is going to ohio and pennsylvania, making your point. chuck, let's go through the numbers. what do you see as the most interesting take-away from this poll? what are they saying in boston and chicago? >> well, i think what it is, you're seeing the first imprints, we've had -- this is two months in a row, by the way. one of the things we're very careful at with the ...