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Among likely voters. 47-47. before the debate season began in early september, the president held a five point lead. among women voters the president's lead shrinking down to eight points. the smallest lead he's had with women all year in this nbc poll. among men, mitt romney holds a ten point advantage. when asked which candidate is better prepared to create jobs and improve the economy, the mitt romney has an edge. when asked what the nation's economy will look like over the next 12 months, only 9% believe it will get worse. that's the lowest number that's been reported in decades. when it c...

♪ snapshots there of iowa and wisconsin. as the election inches closer, president obama's surrogates are busy out on the campaign trail today. today l.a. mayor antonio villaraigosa is campaigning in iowa. tonight he'll deliver the keynote speech at the jefferson jackson dinner. meanwhile a nbc news "wall street journal" post in iowa shows president obama maintaining an 8 point advantage. joining us now the democratic mayor of los angeles and the chair of charlotte's democratic convention, antonio villaraigosa. welcome, mr. mayor. >> lakes, great to be with you again. >> so glad to have you...

Jamie: don't, but margie, don't you sense if the american people are wondering at this point administration watching attack unfold in realtime. they went out for a week and said it was due to a film and now we're having hearings on it and we're hearing startling things. one of the people who testified, a security quoting, for me the taliban is on the inside of the building. this is before the attack. do you not think this is relevant issue for the american people? you mentioned national security. >> well, look, fox released a poll yesterday shows the president has six point advantage over mitt...

Soy just write them off as screwy. debates not about numbers this move is many numbers as anything i've seen there is internal structure of the race that made it accessible. >> independents there is an eight point advantage for obama in 2008. >> right. >> and there is a 60-point advantage. >> there is, you say you don't trust pew. they have... >> i just think they're skewed. >> i just want to say note they're never skewed to benefit republicans this is what they're a saying. >> we've got to tick a break. joe biden, sequestered today. and later on tonight we'll be

Good morning to both of you. what do you i this, tony. new game. what do you think?. >> the proof is in the pudding. i'll say this is not something that was anticipated a week ago. many people thought governor romney at best may be able to hold his own during these debates. we actually thought governor romney would have to face the fact that the media would have given the debate to president obama regardless. now you see completely counter narrative from both sides universally agreeing that he hit the knockout blow on president obama and a five-point spread in one week in gallup. i know you wi...