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>> mark haleprin, can't get much closer everywhere. >> i mean -- >> and minnesota, minnesota is not even a key swing state. you've got bill clinton going in because a new poll shows mitt romney within the margin of error in minnesota. plus, you have some information about some space where the republicans are about to start rushing in and putting up campaign ads that are not states that the obama team thought they would have to worry about one week out. >> we're going to go into election day not knowing. i don't care how rabid a partisan you are, we're going to go into election day not knowing ...

Barack obama and the republicans spending money in pennsylvania, and you have the republicans back on the defense in north carolina with a poll there. do you see any trends that we're missing? >> no, i think you're right. i think it's the drifting back and forth without any real purpose. the voters are back and forth on this. and people, of course, in the middle are back and forth. i think there's been one major event in this general election season, and that was the first debate which the president lost. and ever since then, it's almost been like newton's law of physics, it keeps in motion un...

So how can we have these two extremes? i don't understand, how can you have these extremes? especially, you know, gallup, and we talked about nate silver, somebody i read on twitter, a liberal said he was garlic that liberals are waving around from the threat of vampires being mitt romney. >> they put a lot of faith in nate silver. his calculation is not like the gallup calculation. he's put different things into it. >> witchcraft? >> no, i'm not going to say that. but it's not reflective of the gallup poll, shall we say that. but within some of those other states, mark haleprin. if you look a...

Ahead or fall behind. we're doing well right now, so early voting makes a difference. >> mark haleprin, early voting does make a difference right now. the president's people very -- very positive. >> they were counting on -- >> about ohio, feeling good about other states, iowa. how does it break down? >> well, i mean the numbers are kind of mixed and you can't tell everything from it. and you can slice and dice it in lots of ways. but in ohio and iowa early voting for the democrats is going okay and maybe good enough to mean that it's possible for the republicans to make it up on election day....

For the next four years, do your job. >> do your job. >> get it done. >> chris, thank you so much. we're going to be watching "hardball" today at 5:00 and again at 7:00 p.m. >> thank you, chris matthews. good to see you. >> one final thought, mark. >> got a week to go. it's exciting. >> yeah. well, great. >> that's a great final thought. thank you. still ahead, new jersey governor chris christie is going to be with us. >> read the prompter. >> on what his state is facing in the aftermath of this storm. coming up next, nbc news political director chuck todd is going to be here. also eugene ro...