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Mitt romney, 44% to president obama 49 persz of the five point gap and it seemed like president obama is running away with florida. now look at it within the margin of error. essentially tied. mitt romney up 48% to 45%. >> all eyes always on ohio. that is such a critical swing state. and president obama still leads in ohio but not by much. in september, he led by 7 points. he had 49%. now this week he has 46% to mitt romney's 43%. >> we should mention 88,000 jobs added in ohio. that's why perhaps it has been well for president obama and most of those jobs auto jobs. >> in the auto industry. >>...

Obama's sizable lead in ohio, florida, virginia. among likely voters, leads romney in ohio by 7, florida by 5, virginia by 5. when you go inside the numbers to the right direction wrong track question, it shows people are more optimistic, although more say the country is on the wrong track. the gap is narrowing, however. in florida, 42% of registered voters say the country is headed in the right direction. 52% saying the country in the wrong direction. ten point gap. the gap has been narrowed significantly since may. back then, 39% said right direction, 37% wrong direction. virginia, same. the...

Completely deadlocked. there is no reason that obama should be within 10 points of any opponent given the state of the economy. given his record over the four years. the only thing that's keeping him neck in neck with romney is the fact all these personal attacks on romney, the hundreds of millions that they have spent have had an effect and there is 22 point gap in sort of the empathy gap who cares about you most? here is the problem for obama. he can't change the conditions. he can't change the economy. he can't change any of that between now and election day whereas romney can change that p...

Let's bring back the panel. joining me is former senator john sununu, msnbc contributor robert traynham and liz sidoti. we have the politico battleground poll, president obama at 48 and romney at 47. all of this done pre-ryan. the economy that -- if you look at it, not a huge gap, a 9 point gap between number one and number two. they separated out jobs at 15%. more importantly, who will do a better job on a number of issues? romney is head of obama on who would best handle and deal with jobs on economy. 49 and 44. and 50 and 44. and then you have helping the middle class, obama by double digit...

>> perfect. >> bill: he wants to tax the wealthy in france at 75%. the reason the man wants to do it so he can chuck that money at the labor unions and people that don't make any money to make sure that the socialist government stays in power. >> it sounds familiar. >> to what? >> it sounds a little like what's going on right now in this country. >> bill: that's what i said in the talking points memo? i said what's the difference. credit me lou dobbs. i know do you that you will at time. what's the difference between what the democratic party wants to do. is to take from the 1 percenters like ...