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I'm not having this. he never says it. i was never so proud of a candidate as john mccain last time when he stood up to that woman who said to his face that obama was an arab. but he was a prisoner all of those years in hanoi. romney has never served his country. the only prisoner he's been captive of are the right wing haters that are smelling up the republican campaign. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "politicsnation" with al sharpton starts right now. >> thanks, chris, and thanks to you for tuning in. 13 days until election day. here's where the race stands. the "ne...

Senators are democratic, but there is a slight advantage to republicans in terms of registration. major industries, aerospace and energy, and here is the latest poll average "real clear politics," the president has roughly a 3-point edge. receive fan tubbs is cohost of colorado's morning news show on kola radio in denver. before the 2008 election republicans had won pretty consistently most of the contests, but independents there in colorado, one-third of the vote. give me a sense of what they care about and how they are leaning in this thing. >> good morning to you from denver. the economy is...

I thought we had the latest poll average, here it is up on the screen. um, this is an average by real clear politics of a bunch of polls. the president almost at 50%, governor mitt romney at 44.5%. elizabeth crumb join us, co-anchor of the agenda, a daily political talk show. thanks for being with us, elizabeth. it would seem as though the housing crisis in your state, not to mention the incredibly high unemployment rate, would actually favor the challenger, mitt romney. true? >> well, you would think so in conventional wisdom, it would certainly say so. but if you look at the polls throughout...

Here, 20 out of 270 electoral votes. so in terms of the electoral college, very important. a republican governor, these are the two main industries, health care and manufacturing. um, we're going to talk about coal in just a moment, because that is important as well. here's the real clear politics poll average for the state of pennsylvania. mitt romney at 41.7%, the president at 50 even, so roughly an eight-point spread. the president is in the lead. tom fitzgerald joining us, he's the national politics writer for the "philadelphia inquirer", and, tom, thanks so much for being with us. >> good...

>> virgil goode was a conservative democrat turned into an independent attorney to republican that served in the u.s. house. there has been some polling that has shown that he might get as much as 9% of the vote. he is very conservative. that would come out of romney's column. i don't think you actually get 9% of the vote, probably more like one percentage point or something like that. but that would probably disproportionately come out of mitt romney's column. if you think back to florida in 2000 when ralph nader got a few percentage points -- in a very close race, virgil goode might affect v...