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The deep south, greater appalachia and the far west. neither have the real dominant power to control reliably the levers of federal power in washington which are now with the white house and a filibuster senate majority and house of representatives. neither have the numbers to do that and it's all about messaging to win a broader coalition. i think we remain for a long time in this state where it keeps switching from one to the other and we remain deadlocks with neither able to pull over the resistance of the other in washington. >> i feel like i think we know the swing area. if we look back a...

Push it higher. come over, there we go. you see, ken cuccinelli doing well. bob mcdonald did very well up here. up here in northern virginiaen suburbs but if you show the presidential race there, that's to up here. this is the swing area in virginia. for republicans to win, a lot of population is up here. that is the presidential race. this is the 2009 governor's race and the battle ground tonight. at the moment, when you remember this here, i want to come back to tonight, ken cuccinelli is the moment is doing what he needs to do in the rural part of the state, the republican part of the state...

Cochran, mitch mcconnell, lamar alexander might all be breathing easier after tonight. in an off-year election, one of the biggest hurdles for both campaigns is making sure voters don't stay home. in the last gubernatorial election in 2009, less than 2 million virginians cast ballots. that was only 40% of registered voters. this time around both campaigns are expecting turnout to go up, perhaps exceeding 2 million votes for the first time in a governor's race. mcauliffe's campaign believes turnout will not be that low and says matching what turned out four years apg, that's the floor. nbc's lu...

Do these in the car, lift your buttocks up and down, shoulders, back up and down. also do it as you open the car do put your feet on the sidewalk. basically bending your elbows and lifting. get that definition in the wing area, that area of the tricep that you want to tone up. >> water wing area. >> travel raises sitting on the seat do. this lift your gluts up. squeeze your butt. heels up. this is a good way not just to tone but also get the blood flowing. how many times does your butt fall to sleep in traffic? >> all the time. >> that's a way to squeeze and get the blood flowing. can you can ...

Another fundamental shift in the electorate. miami-dade has been a democratic county. the margins are astronomical. obama won by more than 200,000 votes which a lot of people would have thought was impossible a few years ago, maybe months ago. >> do we call the i-4 corridor a swing area anymore? >> i'm not so sure you do. i think tampa bay filled the biggest media market is a swing area but you see what's happening in orlando, orange county area. that is on its way to being the number one market and that is very much going heavily towards the democrats. so you can see why you look at florida o...