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A devastating barn fire, a railroad expansion, a tie in Watauga and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

George Mordew Jr. George Mordew Jr., 84, of Salem, died Friday, January 8, 2021, at 2:14 PM at his home. He was born on July 15, 1936, in North Benton, Ohio, the son of the late George and Helen (McGowan) Mordew Sr. George was a 1955 graduate of Salem High School and worked for over 20 years at the Go-Tag-A-Long camping trailer manufacturer in Washingtonville. He was also a master woodworker and cabinet maker over the years. George was a life-long learner. He enjoyed every opportunity to go to the library, often spending afternoons there with his children and grandchildren. He loved to do ...

We will talk with his political director, rick beeson when we come right back.

Polls giquestionable. wall street journal and nbc in ohio had a 6-point lead for obama, but 9 points more democrats than republican, meaning the turnout for democrats would be more enthusiastic than 20 08. national poll, use the average of 10 polls, take all 22 polls as of midnight last night, romney leads in 12, obama leads in 4, tied in 6. romney is at or above 50% in 3 and in the average, 48.2 to 47.5, that's pretty darn close. but you get a sense underneath a strength for romney that might be expressed against an incumbent. an incumbent doesn't get much more than the final poll. >> i think...

>> they say -- if you look at what they think they can turn out in early votes, how that adds up when they can turn out on election day, how many plus ds or rs. >> chris: the percentage will be there. >> what the turnout's going to be. both have different models for how they look at the states. i think beeson is sincere, i think axlerod truly believes he will get 3 hundredch one of them is really, really wrong. and the experts can't tell you that. >>. >> they have a very different view of the role of independents. axlerod glotionzed over. i think joe is right. they have two different world vie...