terrific, and he could not be prouder of him. last night the president chided mitt romney for calling himself, quote, severely conservative and now trying to reinvent himself as a moderate. during a campaign swing through north carolina, mitt romney again, going after the obama administration s handling of the terrorist attack in libya. romney accusing the president of failing to quote, grasp the seriousness of that incident. today romney will hit the trail again joining running mate paul ryan at a rally in lancaster, ohio. it is all about ohio. and as we head into the home stretch for the election, some pennsylvania voters are getting mixed signals about what is required at the polls come election day. some residents received a newsletter stating they need to show a photo id in order to cast their ballot. it was sent out after last week s court ruling that put the voter id law on hold. i just thought it was wrong that we would get that on the 9th of october reporter: why?
last night in kentucky, they got a lot of help from their running mates. rob, paula. back to you. thank you, karen. as karen alluded to polls are tight. dead heat in virginia. obama up one in florida. doing well in ohio up by six. in colorado, romney is ahead by a point now. virginia is still tight. obama is up by five there. wisconsin up by three. so it really is the country watches, but really about a cluster, maybe six, eight states will make or break this race. romney made up a lot of ground since last week s debate for sure. i don t know if this one will move the needle. both appealed to their base really. joe biden didn t make any fatal flaws. and neither did paul ryan in this one. but, you know let everybody spin it how they want. i looked at six different polls. three gave it to biden. three gave it to paul ryan. it s a draw essentially. pretty much is a draw. again, i know the media s inclination, folk s inclination to pay attention to stylistic issues rather tha
sometimes with humor. i think the vice president very well knows that sometimes the word don t come out of your mouth the right way. but i always say what i mean. reporter: with the polls tightening, the president needs to fire up his democratic base, while mitt romney needs to try to convert 2008 obama voters. and last night here in kentucky, rob and paula, both of them got a lot of help from their running mates. and, karen, of course last night was merely the appetizer for the big entree come tuesday night. how does this set up the presidential debate a few days from now? reporter: well, the obama campaign thinks they ss they got a win last night. they think it is 1-1. if they concede mitt romney did turn in a stronger debate performance last week. next week s debate, in new york at hofstra university, is a
there are four debates. three weeks left till the election. they didn t want to have to be spinning over four days why they haven t been able to promote their message. sets up president obama, gives him more momentum, effectively strops whatever maybe mitt romney had coming out of last week s debate. all right. abc s karen travers live for us there in kentucky. thank you, karen. appreciate it. fascinating night, i thought. i mean i think karen hit two great points. on the plus side, paul ryan definitely stood his own against somebody with 40 years experience in government. on the other hand, folks who support obama saw in joe biden an aggressiveness and passion and defense of the administration that you did not get from the president, not nearly as vigorous a one last week. in that sense a draw. they both did what they had to do. all comes back down to tuesday night. that really is going to be probably the clutch debate. tuesday is the second presidential debate. that s going
won the debate. you can weigh in at wnnfans.com. well, president obama watched the debate aboard air force one traveling back to the white house after a full day of campaigning. he spoke with the vice president afterward and told reporters he couldn t be prouder of biden. the president also said he believes biden made a strong case about how they plan to grow the economy. mitt romney called running mate paul ryan and congratulated him on his performance. the president and mr. romney, of course, hold their debate on tuesday in hempstead, new york. that will be a townhall format. well the first suit has been filed in the deadly meningitis outbreak. a minnesota woman who may have gotten the tainted steroid is suing the drug maker. the death toll has risen to 14, and officials fear it could go even higher. there are now 170 confirmed cases. federal health experts are warning people who got the shots they will have to be on the lookout for symptoms over the next couple of months. and