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State really is because of the suburbs on long island because they're no longer republican strongholds. they are now swing -- they're swing counties. if they're swing counties, well, the numbers just don't add up. is that a fair assessment? >> that's fair. but all of the suburbs except for suffolk county have republican county executives. >> but they can't run up the margins they used to run up, which was part of the problem in the rockefeller era. right? >> right.

K like the areas around norfolk. that's where he's really trying to. cuccinelli wants shenandoah, roanoke, conservative red areas. this will come down to the swing counties we've always said, prince william, wood ridge. get out the vote effort comes anywhere close to what president obama was able to achieve in 2012, democrats should be all right. as of right now from where we see, it's slow but steady. from where i am, nothing extraordinary nonetheless, kristen. >> chris, i want to turn to you. luke says turnout so but steady. as you know, the virginia governor race has gotten negative. mcauli...

Voters. the northern virginia area will be critical in this race. this is a test of really whether she can translate personal popularity into intensity for a candidate. >> john, great to see you. happy monday. we were all over the country on election night 2012. i was in virginia. one of the key swing counties to track how it went that evening. it went quicker to obama than they thought. but. >> but. you never know. >> you never know. you got to watch it all the time. it will change now 2009 now and the budget. a good thing we got john king and you. >> and you. >> a lot of other headlines as w...

Have a great chance and you'll be growing a mustache. >> that's just not -- >> wait a minute. did you agree to grow a mustache if what? >> if -- if barack obama wins florida or north carolina. don't let me down, sunshine state. >> really. that's your state. >> david plouffe, thank you, sir. are you going to take a nap before -- >> thanks, guys. >> before the all-nighter? >> no time for naps, chuck. no time for naps. >> thank you, david. we'll be checking in with you again. we have much more to come live from democracy plaza. up next a look at wall street and here is your trivia question. how m...

What you all say, have our own numbers and it will be clear tonig tonight. nine battleground states. some will be close. others may have more of a march jib. our sense is we'll have clarity tonight and that's the way it should be hopefully but, no, i think we're going to have a sense -- we'll have to have the actual vote count. he's never been in the control room. >> people should know at nbc we keep the folks, they do not know what the other networks are doing. >> i was present. >> we learned a big lesson. so, chuck, you asked david some questions. you wrote the book on swing counties.