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Be -- will take the opportunity, i would assume, to talk about the osama bin laden raid and the success of that and how tough his administration has been with drone attacks on terrorism. one of the criticisms brought up was that governor romney didn't even mention the war in afghanistan during his speech. what will he be bringing to the table specifically to answer questions about what his plan in afghanistan would be? >> well, during the convention speak that governor romney gave he did talk about the importance of restructuring and strengthening our nation's military, which has seen a degrad...

Membership in charlotte in the state of north carolina of any major state in america but there was a strategic decision made to compete in north carolina. barack obama running for president in 2008 won the state of north carolina, won the neighboring state of virginia. and i think his message of fighting for the middle class, fighting for better working conditions will resonate here in charlotte. one of my hopes is that after this convention there will be real conversations amongst those who are in the service union service, excuse me, sector here in charlotte about how would their lives be di...

Civic responsibility. it was a tough sell at first. >> she would drag us to campaign alleys, and she would drag us to organizational meetings, and walking neighborhoods, i mean who wants to do that when they are ten years old. >> reporter: in college their mother's lessons took root. a decade after winning his first city council election julian will be launched on the national stage. >> she instilled in me that he could become a leader, a confidence in myself that i was someone who had value, that i had something to add to the conversation. >> reporter: a conversation that tonight will include...

Year was plus 14. kerry didn't end up as the president, bush did. it's not always dispositive of what is going to come out. let me give you another number, and that may be a better indication of momentum. the real clear politics average of all the polls recently. it shows literally down to the 10th of a point a flat-footed tie. 46.4% for obama. 46.4% for romney. the obama number is coming down, the romney number is coming up. they meet at 46.4, and if you look back the last couple of weeks, bill, to when romney picked paul ryan as his running mate it's been straight up for romney. momentum pro...

Casey stiegel there in louisiana. martha? martha: vice president joe biden is now chiming in on this growing debate question, are you better off than you were four years ago. huge focus what we're talking about right now. what he says about that. we'll get live reaction from the romney camp next. bill: also the white house at a big union rally in michigan this week. while some of the nation's biggest unions turning their backs on this convention. now why would that about-face be underway now in 2012. >> we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. it's you. and instea...