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Meanwhile hillary clinton will put forward the biggest investment in new jobs since world war ii. barack obama showing his stuff in ann arbor. a millennial crowd, college students, many voting for the first time. in fact, in the new wall street journal poll today, 49% of those polls say they would prefer a third term for president obama if the u.s. constitution allowed it. how about that. talk about a great surrogate. he and michelle obama will be with hillary clinton and bill clinton tonight at independent hall. we ll be there as well. mark murray, why michigan? why is the president in michigan? tell us stats there. it s all about trying to close off a path donald trump has to 270 electoral votes. let me show you where michigan is. this is in the blue democratic midwest firewall that s gone democratic in the presidential ....
We talked about the national number. the state-by of it state numbers are different. the unemployment rate, for example, in the state of ohio is 7%. people feel better about the economy. i am not sure if a voter in ohio thinks he s in a better place than florida because the unemployment rate is lower, but you do have a sense from the republican governors, in ohio and wisconsin and iowa, the economy is better. that is helping the president in some of these battleground areas. it s worse in nevada. the highest rate of foreclosures and unemployment in any battleground state. in the midwest firewall, the economy is better because of manufacturing and the auto industry and other things. i think that is sort of propping him up here the firewall of wisconsin, ohio and iowa. the other big story was hurricane sandy, the the way it froze the campaign and allow the the president to look presidential, doing his job. and then there was a powerful ....
To vote everywhere as easily as possible. at the back end of this, there s going to be a lot of confusion with the count because again, they re voting with paper ballots, with a lot of provisional ballots, but again, they re trying to keep the integrity of the system intact. every indication people are trying to get out and vote despite the hardships that many are facing. today was the first day that a lot of people were trying to get to work. commuter systems around here trying to get in and ute of new york and new jersey where a nightmare, long lines for busses, few trains running, gasoline, amidst that people are trying to vote. the turnout may be depressed somewhat, but again all this will be very important, perhaps not at the top of the ticket but for those congressional races, statewide races and lower down the ballot. thank you so much. ron allen. both candidates are racing across the country at rallies to shore up what he hopes will be his midwest firewall, president obama ....
Well suddenly that could be a good romney night. let s do it here. what if we call ohio early. there s going to be a lot of sort of that s the ball game type thing. there are still paths for romney without ohio, but the point is how quickly do we call those states? what are still too close to call? it s an interesting way to watch the night. let me quickly of course throw you through a couple of scenarios and what i want to do tonight is sort of what is the most narrow way for things to go and what is the quickest way? the quickest way for the president to get to 270 is ohio and wisconsin. and that s what they re counting on. when we talk about the midwest firewall, that s what we talk about. so when you ve got mitt romney, he needs all these states. he needs florida, he needs virginia, he needs colorado, and he needs new hampshire and this is a way to do it without ohio. that s the one piece of good news. what if he can t get a wisconsin? wisconsin would put him over the top. what s h ....
Vote, the overwhelming number of people who ve already voted early say that they are backing president obama. mitt romney has a little bit of a better score over obama on the economy. in florida, but in ohio it s president obama with the slight edge on who would better handle the economy. okay, so what is the interpretation of these numbers, though. does it mean it s all about getting out there to vote? i mean, it looks like president obama has the lead with the early voting. he does. and actually, just look at the totality of the poll right now. these two states, ohio and florida, are perhaps the biggest electoral prizes come election night. if president obama is able to win ohio, he secures his midwest firewall, as long as he s able to win wisconsin and iowa. meanwhile, on florida, that is a must-win state for mitt romney with its 29 electoral votes. if somehow he loses that state, you can actually see president obama getting past 270 without winning other battleground states. an ....