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From a gunshot wound he sustained. the key to the battleground could depend on one battleground state, ohio, virginia, florida. poll shows president obama has the edge in all three. joining me senior editor for national review and columnist, roll call editor and reed wilson. you look at our polls, it is the president with small but steady leads in all three of these battleground. >> these polls show a wider lead than we've seen in most other states. the one thing that's coming through -- >> it's a bounce. the question is, is it a bounce that stays there or deflates. >> talking to republican ...

Let's bring in jamal simmons and rick tyler. good to see you, good morning. rick, top republican official tells politico that president obama has more routes to victory. we know pennsylvania seems to be in obama's column. what is the path that you see for mitt romney right now? >> well, mitt romney has got to continue this trend and continue to make this a referendum on obama. there's a very large anti-obama sentiment out there, but mitt romney has got to convert that sentiment into being pro-romney. >> where does he focus, rick? does he have to win florida? >> i think he's got to win florida....

Conditions. the first time we've actually heard him say anything quite like that. >> he said before, i'm going to repeal, i'm going to repeal. day one, i will repeal. now, a slight softening. of that position. >> right. he says i'll repeal it and replace it with my own, but we didn't know what parts of his own he would maintain. >> now we're hearing it finally, yes. well, the latest gallup poll suggests president obama picked up some momentum after the big convention in charlotte. in august the two candidates were basically in a dead heat. >> but the latest numbers put the president ahead by...

Has no narrative of the republican governors. there is no message and no argument for their brand. they are in a position where if they don't win ohio they will have to run the table. >> is it possible they will abandon ohio? >> they can't. you start doing that and you drop off michigan and pennsylvania. they have to go back. at the moment i said this is rom intoe's -- this was romney's election to lose. the democrats would be allowed that as a success. what you just said about republican branding. greg, if you look at the success they have had, new york is much bigger. >> let's look at the el...

Showing dead even. slight romney lead. 15 out of the 1560 some-odd survey recipients 15 more people for romney than obama. wees have the cbo, "new york times," quinnipiac point six weeks ago that showed 6-point lead. but the poll is 8% more democrat than republican for a state for example in 2010 was one point more republican. and the "columbus dispatch" is dead especially republican and democrat. >> bret: that is the three and the two and the one? >> one is any other state. if romney wins three and two, he needs new hampshire or pennsylvania or michigan or wisconsin, or iowa, or colorado or n...