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About big ideas, big hope, big change. and i think governor romney has done a pretty effective job this week of seizing that language like he did in the debate where he seized the two paths language, seized the middle class language. i think as long as he stays on that message and all of their messengers stay on that message, that's a good message to get them across the finish line. >> brett, what if mitt romney does not win ohio? is it over? >> no. i mean, i'm not an electoral college genius but i do believe there's math to get them there if they don't win ohio. he's doing pretty well in colo...

With 5% to bowel' -- to obama's. in nevada. the president has a slight lead. these show the race up for grabs. real clear politics.com is so full of information. let's talk about the latest polls. actually let me start with you, tom. mitt romney has a much more difficult path to the white house than president obama does because of electoral college math. the truth is he has to win florida, north carolina and virginia, right? >> absolutely. if romney wants a chance of winning the white house, especially if he doesn't win ohio he has to win all those states. megyn: scott, you have new

Optimistic about ohio as they are are about other states including wisconsin. megyn: if romney doesn't win ohio he has a more difficult path to the white house. but if he can win in colorado, as well as new hampshire. if he can get those two states under his belt, colorado and new hampshire. >> if he doesn't win ohio he's definitely going to have to win colorado. and wisconsin becomes a must-win for him. megyn: wisconsin or -- if he wins colorado and new hampshir hampshire -- if he wins colorado and new hampshire he has to win wisconsin, or nevada plus iowa. is that true? >> i think that right...

To win the female vote by a substantial margin and, also, win the hispanic vote which he is way up on, mitt romney will have to close that gap. but that is the key for obama, women and hispanics. >>shepard: enjoy, ohio, for republicans all roads go through ohio. look at this full screen, that is a five-point gap, outside the margin of error, and the president is leading in ohio. i'm not saying this holds or that the polls are always right but if you don't get ohio and you are mitt romney, how do you get to 1600 pennsylvania without it? >>guest: it is tough. you have to run the table almost all...

Issues. that's the truth of this election right now, chris, is that if mitt romney doesn't win ohio, there are ways to the presidency for him, but they're tough. >> oh, and, you know, that's mostly, mostly numb erie, people that talk about a path that's not ohio for mitt romney, that's a very remote possibility. and here's what we've known all along, is that the big five -- pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, wisconsin and iowa -- this election was going to come down to those rust belt states. that's where it came down to, and for mitt romney the name of the game is win ohio plus one of any of the o...