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Strengths is that he is a fresh face. that gives a lot of opportunity coming into something where you can introduce yourself to the country. and on a big stage, the downside i think for paul vine the inexperience on such a stage. he's really not only been on the national stage debating, but even on a congressional level, he hasn't had a competitive race since his first one in 1996. so i think he's got a lot of catching up to do in terms of just being on that type of a stage. >> paul ryan's also running for re-election in wisconsin for congress. state law allows him to do that as well as runnin...

Just yesterday, a u.s. appeals judge has ordered that early voting can continue in ohio. that is a key key victory for democrats in the battleground state where republican lawmakers had moved to limit the number of voters eligible to cast their ballots ahead of the november election. the ruling follows a number of other recent decisions that strike down so-called voter suppression laws. but there is still concern that voter disenfranchisement will be an issue on election day. joining me now is matt viser, and aaron pike of real politics. matt, let's start with you. election officials in ohio i...

>> reporter: in haresh's case, he voted for president obama in 2008, the first year a democrat won virginia since 1964. another reason his vote is valuable to candidate, he's asian american, and because of that, four times more likely to be an undecided voter, according to a new study. that group also makes campaign donations at a rate only second to whites. >> but this voting group isn't monolithic. most don't share a common language or culture. >> reporter: three out of four asian americans or pacific islanders are from 49 foreign countries, like haresh, who is from india, which is partially...

And joanna and matt visor from the "boston globe," and also our panelist from the assistant professor of columbia university. is this mormonism important to the race? >> well, it is important in that his family is deeply intertwined with the church. he played a prominent role in the mormon church in massachusetts. it is an important part of who the core is and the family and he and his wife share that faith. so to understand mitt romney it is important. >> el we, there well, there is moment at the rnc convention

Territory to statehood and polygamy became illegal. my own mother was raised as a mormon and attended and graduated from brigham young universi university. i was never raised through the lds church, but through my family have come to learn a great deal about the history of the churchp, and also the persecution of so many religious groups before the mormons have faced. back at the table, we have jay spencer phluman and now we are joined by matt visor who as we know from the "boston globe" does not have a secret mormon stock to tell us about, and dorian lord, and joe anna. joanna, i want the dri...