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Try to bring some balance to that. we've got to be able to come together and i'm all in on the bowles-simpson approach temple we've talked about and been working on. also the environmental and energy policy. i want a balance between the economy and environment and i've spoken loud and clear. use all the resources in our great country and the most the mix. that'ssial, natural gas, developing your solar and your wind and your renewables and fuels of the future. you can't disregard one that's a tremendous base load as coal is right now and i'm just saying, just meet us half way, come to try to un...

Out but they still think in the end they will win. >>shepard: live at obama headquarters in chicago. >> now, more on ohio, a battleground state with 18 elect material votes that could be pivotal. polls have shown president obama has a slight lead there. romney campaign aides say they like the governor's chances. either way, many are predicting a razor thin margin. as we have said, no republican candidate has ever won the presidency without first winning ohio. in other words, if governor romney loses he the path to the white house becomes very narrow but not impossible. and now, an associate ed...

Pete? >> i think and firmly believe that mitt romney will win the popular vote and i also believe he will win the electoral vote and i think he may win running away. these are the rules that we play by. we know that the country is a republic and it is governed boy a electoral college and focusing in on ohio, florida and virginia and i am chairman of the campaign and we intend to take those swing states. >> gretchen: you need a certain number of electorial vote to win the presidency. the projection is obama 290 and obama 248 and popular vote romney would win. if that happens again and having ju...

Big-government moment, the president's growing relationship with chris christie, all of those things gave him the edge of incumbency that he takes into the final days of this race in addition to his ability to compete. and even in those battlegrounds that could slip away to mitt romney. but with the focus on ohio, midwest firewall, that seems to be an advantage right now for the president. but, look, the romney team still believes they're very much in this. this is still a very close race. and i think by all accounts, that's where we are going into election day. i will say this. and chuck and ...

Auto industry. about one in eight folks in ohio have a job somewhat tied to the auto industry. bailout huge for president obama, the old op-ed said let detroit go bankrupt, coming back to haunt him over and over. and neither of the candidates has a demographic lock on ohio. they have trouble with white working-class voters. predominant voter in ohio. both are struggling to make the connection and close the deal. >> and there's a good chance that the buckeye state is going to be a bit of a bear. we may not know the results until november 16 at the earliest. but in terms of moving on, a lot of p...