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Wisconsin, and ohio. and right now, their firewall is burning. >> well, but the polling tells a much different story. it's not looking pretty for mitt romney if ohio. the president has a sizable lead back in wisconsin. and he's up in virginia by five points. the president even has a narrow lead in florida. today, mitt romney campaigned in florida, to try to make up some ground. but it may be too late. nbc affiliate wttv obtained a memo from a worried gop adviser in west palm beach. >> we obtained an internal memo from a gop campaign adviser that says early and absentee turnout is starting to l...

Reasons yesterday including demographic shifts that are favorable to democrats, increased latino enthusiasm, but the other thing i really want to point to today is the obama campaign early voting turnout machine. a memo was just leaked from palm beach county republican operative who are apparently very concerned. they said that early and absentee turnout is starting to look more troubling. conclusion, the democratic turnout machine in the county has been very effective, and they are cleaning our clock. now, if you look at the early voting numbers, they are not as strong for democrats as they w...

That would be something that has never happened before, as far as i can tell in american politics. the broader point, if i may, is that the obama campaign, its one advantage even in the midst of the last couple of weeks since the first debate of declining leads is that it's had four years, five, if you count the 2008 campaign, to build a turnout machine. the sophistication of how you locate your voters and how you persuade them to vote has changed by a factor of a million, he said slightly exaggerated, in the last couple of decades. the bush campaign did this in 2004 in what was called bankrup...

George w. bush in this election. but it's an effective tool for a lot of people -- there are actually people, i've talked to voters in some swing states for lethargic about the idea of voting they don't think it makes a difference in their lives. it remind them there are huge convinces. >> they are the most powerful voters on earth. what i would do to live in a swing state. >> you would be bombarded with ads. >> i would pay that price. i was in florida this weekend but i would pay that price to have my vote matter that much. sam, there's early voting indicators that are very strong for the pre...

Classed at voter supression. >> what should the turnout machine do in reaction to this? >> they are cranking up the vote. they plan to flood those polls on the line. in 2008 there were two and a half hourlong lines and they understand that 145,000 votes were cast in the last three days. they are worrying because they want to shut that down. >> it was ohio that gave us a second term a flip of 60 thous and votes would have changed it all. ken blackwell had the same reputation.