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. if mitt romney wins the election, the nbc news polling outfit will be in for major trouble. rasmussen has both florida and virginia now going for romney in the sunshine state 51%, 46%. in the commonwealth, it's 50% to 47%. but in ohio, a new fox news poll says obama is leading by 3%. 46%, 43%. that's a four point improvement in the buckeye state for romney since september. with us now to analyze where we are in the presidential race, fox news host mike huckabee. first of all, let's take the dinner. >> okay. >> bill: you have a pretty good sense of humor. >> i try. >> bill: on your program playing the banjo or ukelele. >> base guitar. i hope you know the difference between a banjo and bass guitar. >> bill: it's funny when you are up there you don't take yourself all that seriously. i like that. that makes me feel good that even these guys as competitive as they are can get in there and have a few laughs, right? >> absolutely. i think everybody needs to see there is a human side that these are not just robots who run for office. i think we need more moments like that and less like some of t

the election anyhow. both sides realize it's down to three or four states. if romney didn't do as well as he did in the first base, they would still be panicking and not where they are now. if obama hadn't done as well as he did in the second debate, democrats would turn knives on each other in chicago and it wouldn't be a close race. it's a close race. we probably won't know who won this thing for many hours after the polls close and maybe many days after the polls close. >> i want to bring in john. it's been a long time. thank you for coming in. president obama was on "the daily show" last night and jon stewart as he often does asked both tough and funny questions. he asked him to make his case for four more years. here's what the president case. >> i have a strong case on both ends. four years ago i said i would end the war in iraq. we did. i said i would pass health care reforms to make sure people don't go bankrupt when they get sick. we have. said we would refocus our attention on al qaeda. we have. >> there he is making his case. you heard what karen and ron had to say. what do you th

survey, if the election were held today, governor romney would be victorious, 49% to 48%. interestingly enough, romney has led or tied the incumbent the past 9 out of 10 days breaking what had been a 16-day winning streak for the president. this result is mirror dollars in the newest american research group survey which also has romney defeating obama this one 48% to 47%. later tonight we have in-depth analysis and fresh polling data out of several of the must-win battleground states. joining me first for a preview of tomorrow night's big debate the author of here comes the back helicopters the u.n. global governments and the loss of your freedom former clinton advisor dick morris. how are you mr. morris. >> i'm doing great and you read these polls and they are very good for your health. >> sean: we'll get into all these different swing states, michigan, pennsylvania, minnesota? >> a lot the other states. nevada, iowa -- >> the traditional swing states. >> right. >> my case here, remember how i was on your show in 2010, and about three weeks before election day, said raise your sights,

't really been trying to get elected again. he's been trying to stop mitt romney from getting elected. and that cracked. mitt romney was not the guy that barack obama had been painting for the past few months. he's not this radical baby eating, grandma killing republican. he is a very reasonable, practical, problem solver. that campaign collapsed. so, you know, i think president obama is likely -- he can't put out the fireman so he is trying to break the other fireman's knees. mitt romney showed up and was a very acceptable republican. barack obama now has no campaign for the future why he's indispensably needed. now his campaign against mitt romney has cracked. this is a man with two empty holsters. his campaign could collapse. >> we talked about the vice presidential debate, and a lot of focus here on the vice president and his demeanor. a lot of liberals thought he was taking it to ryan, and that's what people wanted to see. what the president didn't do the first time. but then there is the issue of the laugh. we captured some of that just in video form. as you see him laughing at

. >>> in election news, president obama and governor mitt romney are back out stumping for votes today as the number of campaign days dwindle. the president nice new hampshire where he addressed supporters in a rally. >> the last four years i have watched the american people with their resilience and resolve overcoming the pain and struggle of dealing with the consequences of the worst financial crisis since the great depression. we work too hard to let this country go down that path again. >> mr. obama told supporters voters will soon be able to choose between, quote, a top down policies that got us into this mess or policies that he says are moving the country toward economic recovery. >>> mitt romney is in new york this noontime but he hasn't made any public appearances. so far, he has not made any public speeches. tonight he and president obama will attend a charity fund- raiser in new york city. the dinner is a light hearted bipartisan political tradition. it raised funds for roman catholic programs in new york. >>> tuesday's debate intensified the battle for women's votes. there was a beener p

? the president or romney elected in the new year? or is that unlikely? >> guest: i hope we don't postpone it. as i keep saying, you wouldn't run a small business saying i'm going to kick the can down the road for six months. you shouldn't run the biggest economy in the world that way either. >> neil: you think it's bad for the market, right? signal here they go again doing this stuff? >> guest: markets want predictability. if i'm going to put hurdles in front of you and say so long as i know where they'll be, i'll get there. >> neil: what are they doing, congressman? each side wants to leverage off the own guy winning or the republicans take the senate doing that, if you keep the senate, but you lose the presidency. everyone has a scenario. >> guest: for is sure we're not going -- for sure we won't see anything happen until after the election. >> neil: then how quickly do they move? >> guest: no reason they couldn't move quickly if everyone wants to be serious about getting this. >> neil: that would put unprecedented pressure on them. >> guest: it was done two years ago. we can do it again.

between president barack obama and governor mitt romney changed the american election. in a few hours' time, there will hold their second debate. mr. obama hopes he can swing in the race back in his favor. from new york. >> the president has something to prove to 9 in the last debate he seemed disengaged, passionless, and a tired. mitt romney attacked, and he failed to fight back. nearly 17 million americans watched and the opinion polls and narrowed. there is a lot to play for. >> when this started out, it looked like mitt romney thought he could get elected by not being barack obama. after a while, a look like obama could get reelected by not being met romney. it turns out that is not going to work for either of them. they have to give voters an affirmative reason to support them. >> i still fabulous. >> obama has been locked away with his team, preparing. in the past, this format has produced surprises. >> can he get things done? >> undecided voters will pose questions on both domestic and foreign affairs. >> they say the white house romney blamed the -- clinton and a video -- on a

's debate performances damaging his brand. pat buchanan? >> john, if mitt romney wins this election, the debate performances of barack obama will be responsible for his victory. in the first debate barack obama was listless, he looked like he didn't even want to be president again. in the second debate, he deappreciatated his two most priceless assets, one is the dignity of the oval office, and the seco is his likability. he came down out of that pulpit, that bully pulpit t.r. called it, and got into a big brawl with mitt romney. and i think he sedeappreciatate those assets. on roey's part, john, the debates have served one ey critical function. the couny has seen him, and it has come to believe that the caricture of him created by the effective ads by the obama campaign all during the summer that he was a super rich guy, on aring, you know, cheating his taxes is false. and so i'll tell ya, history will say if mitt romney wins this eltion that he won it in the debates. >> eleanor. >> well, pat is right to the extent that the obama campaign, they are victims of tieir own success beca

. frank offers not the usual election analysis. >> both applied psychoanalysis. >> romney is what is called a narcissistic fighter, he fights by taking a superior position and talking down to the other person. >> reporter: that could describe most of the political discourse out there today, of course. >> i have a lot of history doing what is called applied psychoanalysis, looking at the past, looking at patterns, behavior, repetitive thinks. >> reporter: politicians might have another take on it. >> this is a bunch of stuff. >> reporter: long ago stuff. buried in the psyche stuff. frank posits that obama's belief he could change washington had its genesis in his childhood. >> he was fed a myth as a child about his father who was a black, african man who went to an all-white bar in hawaii and somebody making racist slurs and his father walked up to this guy in the middle of this all-white bar and talked him down from his racist attacks. that was a story that obama was fed over and over again and i think it's very important that he has the power of reason, he can reason with people

do believe if romney wins this election, he will have a mandate to make all of the bush tax cuts permanent, not just the ones for the middle-class so i think that will happen and i think it is possibly likely to happen in the lame duck session they will pass a tax deal that extends those tax cuts for at least another couple of years. the bigger issue, the tougher thing to figure out, what do they do about the giant entitlements that are driving the budget deficit and what do we do about tax reform? can they come together in a bipartisan fashion which has not happened, and come to agreement to lower tax rates and bradden -- broaden the base. >>neil: you are talking if the republican ticket wins. now i spoke with the likes of pat buchanan and grover norquist, they have the argue they would be emboldened in a lame duck session to follow the will of the people. how true is that? what does history suggest happens with a lame duck session after a vote? >>guest: well, go back to years ago, after the historic republican mid-term election, president obama caved on the tax, those tax cuts

and that issue is determining factor in the election. and brooke, that is what mitt romney and paul ryan have been doing for day after day after day now. trying to say that the issue for women now is not abortion or reproductive rights or other health care issues. it is about the economy. >> well, while we are on the subject of women voters, let's quickly go back to mitt romney's comment at the debate asking for and receiving the binders full of women for potential job applicants as governor of massachusetts. here we are two days later. do that worry that comment is damaging and trying to undo it? >> reporter: well, you know, i think there are a lot of things going on, brooke. one thing that the romney campaign did yesterday is putting out a video and tweeted out the web video and it showed female cabinet members of the days as govern nor of massachusetts talking about how mitt romney understands the issues of working women. and so, i think that is a reaction to what happened on tuesday night. not only because of that awkward phrasing of saying binders full of women, i mean, keep in mind, he'

to get mitt romney elected. they're also making sure their employees vote the right way writing in an e-mail to 45,000 workers... >> i've called this a thinly veiled threat to vote their way or be fired but i'm not sure it is that veiled at all. here's the really disgusting thing. it gets worse than what i've already told you. the koch brothers back group alec which drafts model legislation for state lawmakers has actually succeeded in passing laws that make it illegal for public employees to talk about politics on the job. consider that for a minute. koch's personal law that prohibits teachers and firefighters and possible union members to even talk about politics but at the same time as the other side of their mouth they're telling their employees exactly who to vote for claiming their jobs depend on it. and for all of you conspiracy theorists throughout, you're right. this is not just a bunch of great minds thinking alike. it appears to be a totally coordinated effort. the ceos are getting their marching ord

whoever is elected president because even if mitt romney is elected and he's not in office yet, won't he have to do something to encourage the congress to solve this? >> let me say on that issue i agree with what barack obama said in december of 2010. and that is in the middle of an economic downturn, in the middle of a bad economy, it's not a good time to raise taxes on anybody. i hope he remembers that and says that again and does that again because without presidential leadership, we're not going to be able to confront this issue. i think the long-term solution to this problem, of is the combination of pro growth strategies on tax reform and regulatory reform and repealing obamacare, combined with fiscal spending discipline so we don't keep digging a hole. i think if we can get growth going in our economy and hold the line on spending, we can recover fairly quickly. i think that's what governor romney is promising. sadly we don't know what president obama's plan is on the fiscal cliff or anything for that matter. glefd just one more foreign policy question. do you take seriously these

to respite care for the disabled to most other forms of social support. and if mitt romney is elected, he's got an interesting approach to those who may be without insurance after he repeals the affordable care act. >> if someone has a heart attack, they don't sit in their apartment and die. we pick them up in an ambulance and take them to the hospital and give them care. >> atlanta mayor kasim reed is kind enough to join us now. good afternoon, sir. >> how are you doing, martin? >> great to have you. you govern a large urban city. what's wrong with the emergency room for those without insurance as mitt romney says? i mean, it seems to be working fine. >> well, aside from being callous and cold, it's the most expensive way to achieve health care. we ought to be making sure people are healthy so they don't have to go to the emergency room. emergency room costs are between two to three times more expensive than a typical method, and they would cause the health care budget in the united states to explode. but he doesn't really care about that because he plans on block granting health care ex

that with some of his right-wing police, but i think if they get elected, it will be a disaster -- romney is trying to do that with some of his right-wing beliefs. a saving grace if romney and ryan get elected -- the best hope for progress of politics in this country is for obama to get reelected and then to be pushed by cresson's -- by progresses. fighting for union rights, fighting on behalf of the disenfranchised, and i think that movement, as it appears today in the form of community organizing, like the alliance of californians for community empowerment, and the national people's action, if they get a second wind, in some part because the occupy wall street movement helped to change the country -- people are talking about the incredible power of wall street and the right wing of billionaires, -- right winged billionaires -- the mood of the country is much different. the polls show that even republicans think that big corporations and wall street have too much power, so there is a movement under the surface that is going to explode and make a big difference. tavis: everything you just

with regards to abortion? this literally could turn the entire election. barbara comstock is a romney campaign senior adviser. good to see you again. i appreciate you taking the time. you, obviously, have just heard mitt romney, three different points of view here on abortion. which mitt romney is the one that's running for the white house? >> listen, in the past two debates and the focus groups that you've watched in the first presidential debate and one just this week that mitt romney is very much focused on the economy, and that's why the gap in the women's vote has closed and getting much closer. actually, the men's vote is governor romney's leading in double digits and his focus on the economy because that's the number one issue. women have been affected by unemployment. over half a million women have lost their jobs. we're at the lowest rate of unemployment. we know there are good people on both sides on the social issues that support us, and so those are difficult issues but they're good people of good faith on both sides. >> can you answer my question. which mitt romney will show up? w

rights and the right to an abortion in this country is at stake. if mitt romney is elected. he's not telling the truth and he can't be trusted. >> eliot: okay. nancy, you made a very persuasive argument. every piece of which i wholeheartedly agree with but you didn't confront the problem which i'm trying to get my arms around which has at this moment -- you said at the end of the day the gender gap will ere-emerge. it would seem to be a series of polls that do show some substantial swing. the 18-point margin that the president had a couple of weeks ago, a month or two months ago seem to have been diminished dramatically. give me your theory about why that could be happening. because the case that you just made has been made persuasively by the president. by bill clinton by every surrogate for the president. what is happening out there? >> you know, eliot i think that polls are going to swing a lot either way here in these last 19 days. and so again, i think there's outliers like the gallup poll is an outlier.

co-chair, said that if governor romney's elected president will reverse the waivers given to give more flexibility on no child left behind in exchange for things like setting this higher standard, and on the other hand in the esc proposal is that elimination of certain core ideas like the idea that there has to be any consequence. the president said, look, let's waive for flexibility, let's require intervention for low performing schools, let's let the states figure out how to do it, but it's a combination of ending the waivers and going back to the nclb but then reauthorizing seems to me to be somewhat contradictory. >> can there's a lot to unpack in what you just said there, you brought up a lot of issues. let's start with the waivers. of course the waivers will be reviewed by every administration as every executive action that a prior administration has taken would be. in fact, i assume they will be reviewed by the obama administration given the fact they were granted for two years. we believe they were a poor model, if particular a poor substitute for a comprehensive reauthori

♪ lou: good evening, everybody. with 18 days until the presidential election, governor romney is maintaining his slight lead in the national polls over president obama. the republican nominee has moved above 50% in key polls, maintaining that level with just over two weeks from election day. and that is historically a strong indicator of victory in noveer. the polls turned positive for governor romney quickly after the first debate and have strengthened since. that after the candidates had been in a virtual tie nationally for months with a slight edge to the president. will those strengthening national polls with polls narrowing in battleground states as well and the governor's favorability ratings also moving that combined make it fair to ask whether it's too early to can ask the question, as the third debate is looming this coming monday, has america already decided? let's take a look at where these candidates and their campaigns stand tonight. the gallup national survey of likelyers shows governor romney with a six-point lead over president obama. this poll was tied at 48%

romney elected? what are your thoughts on that? it's a conspiracy theory and we're not seeing socialism and instead you're seeing sort of the higher end and corporations get the fair share of things under a romney presidency. >> it is sheer nonsense as far as i'm concerned. i have never spoken to romney. i've never spoken to anybody in his campaign. i do not know what this is about. if it exists, i don't know anything about it, i tell you that. >> okay. what are the ramifications of socialism? what do you think happens, and how does it happen? how does the economy change? you told me, you know, where you're seeing socialism in this economy, but give me the implications. what have we seen in the past from other socialistic countries and how the economy has fared there. >> well, in other socialist countries -- >> like europe. talk about europe. >> in socialist countries in the past in eastern europe, the possession of means of economic production are prohibited. that is not likely to happen here. what is likely to happen here is the tax rates are going to climb higher and higher just like

the binders and highlighted qualified applicants to healey after romney was elected. president obama called out romney's remark earlier today. >> i've got to tell you, we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women, ready to learn and teach in these fields, right now. >> as for equal pay for equal work, romney's campaign is still struggling to come up with a response. following the debate, romney's senior adviser, ed gillespie, told "the huffington post," the governor would not repeal the lily ledbetter act. he was opposed to it at the time. he would not repeal it. well, the sun came up and today gillespie is telling a different story. "i was wrong when i said last night governor romney opposed the lily ledbetter act. he never weighed in on it. as president, he would not seek to repeal it." let's turn to cecile richards, president of planned parenthood action fund, who is joining us tonight on behalf of the obama campaign. miss richards, great to have you with us tonight. what does -- what did we find out about mitt romney last night with this ex

's sons have. >> reporter: romney argued he made hiring women a priority when he was elected governor of massachusetts in 2002. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women that had backgrounds qualified. they brought us whole binders full of women. >> reporter: today, someone said this in a conference call. >> to be perfectly clear, mitt romney did not request those resumes. after the election, our group approached the romney transition team with the resumes or the so called bind uppers full of women. >> reporter: -- binders wul of women. >> reporter: romney argued that it was obama who was hurting women. >> there's 3.5 million women more today than when the president took office. women have lost 580,000 jobs. >> reporter: both have a history of hiring strong women. the president's secretary of state is a woman. governor romney's chief of staff is a woman. but what matters most to women voters is which candidate they think will do a better job helping women and men get jobs over the next four years. >>> the giants and cardinals move the series to st. louis for game 3 after

won. while 39% chose romney. >>> in the countdown to the u.s. presidential election, republican candidate mitt romney said he will designate china as a currency manipulator on his first day in office. following his statement, it seems the chinese administration may have taken some action on its currency. the yuan rose to a new high against the dollar in shanghai on wednesday. the yuan hit the highest level of 6.2525 against the dollar and it also set a record closing high of 6.2545. the currency's closing level has gone up about 2% in the past three months. but further gains in the yuan would hurt exporters, and could risk further slowdown in the nation's economy. sources say more chinese companies are halting their overseas investments amid such risks. >>> the body of cambodia's noda asked them to concentrate on this year's bucket. it was designed to achieve an annual growth of about 2%. these cell types have the potential to grow into any type of body issue. another focus will be on bringing about a swift recovery from the earthquake of march last year. deregulation and promot

might be on election day? >> it does show that romney has some pull in the national polls at least. but we need to burrow down into these state by state polls, seven to nine states that are really going to decide these elections, the sliver of decided voters is not really big. the national polls are good to look at for overall trends. but florida, virginia, ohio, these are the ones that really matter to determine the electoral outcome. romney is showing an uptick in these states, but the overall electoral map still favor the president. >> we show that mitt romney leads mean by seven points and that president obama leads among women. it's got to be getting some comfort, i think probably to the obama campaign. i think what we're probably seeing is a continueded focusing on women because that's what traditionally republican candidates try to chip away at. on the other side, we have seen president obama working very hard to shore up the voechlt so i would expect that to continue through the very short time we have left. >> the u.s. and iran have agreed to hold one-on-one negotiations o

is winning those 67% to 32%. among election day voters romney ahead. now republicans pointed out that 285 ohio early and absentee ballots have been received in iowa which is only 19% of the 2008 electorate in the state, less than 34% in our poll. 363,000 have been requested in the state, 38% of the 2008 electorate. closer to our 34%. a little transparency. voter models overstating early voters or are democrats more apt to say they pressured early? it is making election day vote nears early voters. i'm joined by our pollster for the states, the director of the marist poll. so, lyrics let's get right to it. like i said, the campaign disputing the iowa numbers, this early vote issue. that is a big difference between what's been reported and what folks told us in our poll. explain. >> well, there's a lot of reasons. first of all, let's look at the fact that turnout is likely to be lower this time than it was four years ago. the early voting is going to be up and the absentee will break 40% where it was in the mid-30s last time. people have gotten their absentee ballots, filled it out, told us

an election. >> bob, what about that? so i think that there is an opportunity there for romney to stress these points. >> this is neocon nonsense. >> okay. >> the fact of the matter is that the republicans somehow have the illusion that they can make the case that this president has been weak on foreign policy or national security. he has about a 20-point lead on that in most of the polls. so if mitt romney thinks he's going to be back in this game or is going to make a lot of progress by focusing on libya, i think he's making a big mistake. >> well, bob, secondly -- >> he's in the game. that's your problem. he's in the game. >> the cnn poll was eight points more republican than democratic about -- >> look, he's not trying to win this -- >> it's just something the president doesn't want to talk about. >> look -- >> i talked to a republican consultant today who's as sensible as you usually are, who said it's unfortunate the last debate's on foreign policy. we need to get back to the economy. i think mitt romney, for example, would be a lot smarter to try to talk about china and see if he

>> just 20 days until the election. and just 18 hours since the president gave mitt romney binders and all the mother of all spankings. not once during tuesday's presidential debate did the president let up. when the republican nominee was down, the president put his rhetorical heel on mr. romney's throat, to make sure he stayed down. a tactic he took with him on the campaign trail today. >> i've got to tell you, we don't have to collect a bunch of binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women, ready to learn and teach in these fields right now. >> yes, binders full of women. mr. romney has delivered world class stupidity during this campaign but few have stirred the passion on his answer on how he would bridge the pay gap between men and women. >> we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet. i went to a number of women's groups and said, can you help us find folks? they brought us whole binders full of women. >> amazing. mitt's version of right to choose is to give women the option of being a tw

for governor romney to win the election. >> the president he's lead there has been 5, 6, points. >> the obama campaign is leaving nothing to chance. >> president barack obama. >> former president bill clinton? are we better off? you bet we are. if obama wins it it may be because a former president saved his presidency. >> i am clinton. as overlord, all will kneel before me and obey my commands. end communication. >>> with just 22 days until election and 23 hours until the second presidential debate, a new "washington post" poll shows the number of undecided voters shrinking. nearly two-thirds say they do not need any more information before election day, and barely one in eight is undecided or says there is a chance he or she could change the vote. while president obama spent today in debate prep in virginia, michelle obama campaigned in ohio, where the latest poll of likely voters shows the president ahead by five points. >> this morning, let me tell you what i did. the i cast my ballot early for barack obama. it felt so good right now, my absentee ballot is on its way to my hometown, chicag

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president obama the election--if you cost mitt romney the election. >> how would you feel if i cost barack obama the election. i get the sense that both of them want to pull the trigger when it comes to iran. i get the sense if either one of them are elected we'll find ourselves in a heightened police state, continued military intervention, wars, we'll continue to borrow and spend money in a way that is unsustainable that is going to lead to a financial cliff. that financial cliff is going to be a monetary collapse because we're borrowing and printing money to the tune of her $.93. >> thank you, your voice helps the conversation. we're glad you stopped by. >> michael, i appreciate you having me on. thanks. >> coming up, we turn the tables just a little bit to paul ryan, and he got panned. we got the whole story hyped the pot washing incident. yourself. with governors [ ♪ music ♪ ] president gore, watch the only truly experienced presidential debate coverage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough co

're going to help us elect mitt romney the next president of the united states, aren't you? >> reporter: pennsylvania was leaning to the president, but romney is gaining ground. today, vice presidential nominee paul ryan made one of his first stops in the state, a campaign source saying they're considering spending money on television ads. later in the battleground state of ohio, ryan kept his remarks focused on big themes. his attacks centered on the president's policies. >> this is not just about jobs. it's not just about debt or the economy. it is about the meaning of america. >> reporter: but now with just less than three weeks to go, the biggest game changer of them all could be what happens right here behind me on this stage monday night, the third and final debate on foreign policy. and it's widely expected to be another monumental clash between the candidates. rebecca. >> jarvis: jan crawford, thank you. with foreign policy the debate's focus, the september 11 terrorist attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, is expected to come up again. as sharyl attkisson reports, so

in swing states. >> pennsylvania you are going to help us elect mitt romney. the next president of the united states. >> romney is gaining ground. today vice presidential nominee paul ryan made one of his first stops in the state. campaign sources say they are considering spending money on television ads. later in the battleground state of ohio ryan helped his focus centered on the president's policies. >> this is not just about jobs. it's not just about debtor the economy. -- debt or the economy. it is about the meaning of america. . >> two weeks to go until election day, the biggest game changer could be what happens right here on monday night, the third and final debate. it's widely expected to be yet another monumental clash between the can datz. cbs news, florida. >> you can watch the final presidential debate live on monday right here on cbs 5 starting at 6:00 p.m. the topic will be foreign policy. >>> it looked real but almost 40% are fake. how yel p is going under cover and make it easier for you to spot phoney reviews. >>> deadly form of oral cancer and targeting younge

. and we have a close election here. it has moved to romney in a dramatic fashion. how dramatic is hard to look at without context. can i give you a little bit of context? >> sean: sure. >> this is a complicated white board. this is the real clear politics average as of this date in 2008. comparing it to today. in colorado, four years ago, obama -- >> yeah, obama is leading by six in real clear politics. today, romney is leading by two. 5.8 shift. two state small shifts, nevada and ohio. we have shifts in iowa, the president has declined 9.4 points from this date from the lead in 2008. average in the battleground state, decline of 6.3%. he carried every one of the states so if he is having to decline 6.3, she losing majority of the state. depending on what happens in ohio and couple of the other ancillary state he is could well lose the election just on this recent move. by itself. amazing. think about it this way. he won by 53 points. 53-45. what -- >> 47. >> no, because we had minor party candidates. call it 46. 45 and change. if he drops down six he is now at 47. romney is not going

likely poll always won the general election. we have had three days in a row in which governor romney has been at 50, 51 in the gallup likely voter tracking. romney never got to 50 in gasolineup will likely voter track. >> sean: it all comes down to states. do you believe romney up by four in pennsylvania? michigan that close? minnesota that close? >> i believe the three states are close. we have several polls in pennsylvania. if you average them out, it's a small and modest lead by president obama. monday, pennsylvania could move from lean obama to tossup category. monday, joe trippi and i with bret baier go over the map. including all the latest polls that come out in the weekend. you are showing the map of october 15. there has already been one change this week. missouri has gone from lean romney to romney. north this week is now lean romney after having been tossup. you're right. the movement this week has been it will be interesting to see how it is on monday. it bet you a dime to a dollar we have at least one more state that moves to the lean romney category. and we have a close ele

: news on "hannity." bill clinton offers another reason why mitt romney needs to be elected. he already told us the governor clearly has the experience threshold and he met that for the oval office. we have the latest verbal slip up next. karl rove is here with the ever-changing electoral map. it's starting to look a lot more red. we also have the latest poll from around the country. is the race beginning to slip away from president obama? we have the details coming up straight ahead. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ ♪ >> sean: governor mitt

governor romney's immigration policy would be if he were elected? >> i'm not going to talk about that. president obama had the power in congress to do whatever he wanted for two years. passed a stimulus without a single republican vote and obama care and could have passed immigration reform without a single republican vote so this is a ruse by the president here. he said that romney supported the arizona law and "the washington post" fact checker said was false. he said that romney supports the e-verify portion of that. again, the president trying to defend his own record comes up with an attack on governor romney was false. >> one more time, why then won't you answer the question? i have never had anyone tell me that before. i don't know. that's kind of strange. why won't you tell me what you believe is governor romney's immigration policy an i'll explain why i'm pushing you on this. two groups are important and discussing women later and latino voters where your party could perhaps have a little bit of sway if the president underperforms with the groups or perhaps your party pick of

-- >> and sweeps it. >> at what point does it become a popular vote election? >> if romney moves. it could happen. it would only happen in the romney direction. >> if he has a strong movement the next two weeks that he had two weeks ago -- >> correct. >> -- is he a winner? >> it's hard to imagine -- absolutely, yes. >> let's look at the president today. let's look at "the daily show." the president tried to sell -- good job. i'm not sure he's done yet. let's watch. >> four years ago i said i'd end the war in iraq. we did. said i would pass health care reforms, make sure people don't go bankrupt when they get sick. we have. said we had to refocus on al qaeda. we have. made sure that we saved an auto industry that was on the brink of collapse. we've done that. so we've got a very strong story to tell whether it's on social issues like don't ask, don't tell or economic issues that matter for middle class families. >> does that lean forward enough or is that just the past? >> it feels like the past, but one of the odder things we're seeing in the polling is the right track/wrong track is moving in th

. because of the way it suits you in this election campaign. so basically, it is an opening for romney to try to come after him and close that gap. >> yeah, because we all know that foreign affairs, very important, and many americans follow it so closely and we're going to see who looks more presidential. and on this, i want to talk about the president of iran, we know that is a subject on which the united states is deeply committed an focused. you've got mitt romney who's very outspoken. who do you think has the upper hand in that particular debate? >> they want to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. what point do they draw the linesome and for president obama, it's preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. while mitt romney is drawing the line atingi ining iran from being the capacity to produce a fluke clear weapon. mitt romney should not be allowed even the capacity to develop that weapon. so they're very close, but in one sense we have also heard mitt romney go after president obama for his strange relations with his prime minister that there should be no daylight

that mitt romney would never do that if elected president. it is traditional for candidates running for president, who are not already president, to demagog about international trade. both hilltory clinton and barack obama said when they were running against each other as president that they would reopen naf ta. do you remember the day president obama announced he would not reopen nafta? no, you don't. because it was a buried news story in the back of the business section in the "new york times" about 90 days into the obama presency. in the white house there is simply a presidential position on trade and the presidential position is flawlessly consistent and it is simply that the president must first do no harm. which means the president must not take any action that can provoke a trade war. and presidents never do take such action. no matter what they have promised on the campaign trail. presidents publicly complain about china on trade issues then they privately negotiate with china on trade. they have some wins with china and this have some loss ws china on trade. but taking puni

! >> with just 18 days until the election, president obama got some important endorsements today and mitt romney got an ailment that dr. obama diagnosed as romnesia. >> he's forgetting what his own positions are. and he's betting that you will too. i mean, he's changing up so much and backtracking and sidestepping. we've got -- we've got to name this condition that he's going through. i think, i think it's called romnesia. if you say you'll protect a woman's right to choose but you stand up in a primary debate and said that you would be delighted to sign a law out lawing that right to choose in all cases, man, you definitely got romnesia. and if you come down with a case of romnesia, and you can't seem to remember the policies that are still on your website, or the promises that you've made over the six years you've been running for president, here's the good news. obama care covers preexisting conditions. >> after dr. obama listed the symptoms of romnesia in virginia today, dr. biden warned a florida audience about just how contagious romnesia can be. >> because it's romnesia. boy, i'll tell yo

-- you don't elect romney there could be real trouble around here, i think it has resonance. i think it does scare some otherwise strong people, who may be deeply insulted but at the end of the day, they do think about it. >> the smart move is not to say, i'm your boss, i'm cracking the whip. the smart boss says, we're all in this together, if we go down, we all go down. >> the smart -- if we were to be a communications team for a republican ceo, i think we would suggest that the memo should say, it's in our shared interest to go -- >> your tone -- >> i'm a job -- >> anyway, so obama is anti-business and anti-growth as these people make him out to be. look at this nonsensical quote from mr. siegel aforementioned. i want my employees to know what will come if they make the wrong choice. they need to worry if obama gets re-elected. the company is doing the best we've done in our history. we're making lots of money but we're -- we're doing as best -- is this some weird yogi berra-ism? we're making lots of money, we're growing, but we have to vote republican. >> the best of the times. i'

, if you elected romney, you'll solve the fiscal cliff because the house will probably still be republicans. so he passes it, they sign it and the fiscal cliff is finished. p there is no fiscal cliff. >> you're trying to get me to invoke my republican heritage here? >> i know, i'm taking a big -- sticking my neck out trying to get a taft to say, yeah, that might work. but i was thinking about that this morning. the fiscal cliff, the reason that at least the tax part of it, that's one of the reasons, right? be a man. step up to the plate. >> here's the issue. it doesn't matter all that much whether obama or romney is elected president. what matters is how whoever is president engages with congress to address that issue and others facing the country. we've done this -- >> congress has got a bunch of tea party guys in the house and they'll continue to have a republican majority most likely in the house. so dealing with the house would be easier if you're in the same party, wouldn't it? >> those are the same people, joe, that refuse to address revenue increases as part of a solution to the long

romney. he told reporters he hopes the election comes down to who will win their state. this is a 50-minute event. >> happy to be back. >> hi. thank you for coming. >> how are you? [applause] >> new jersey women. >> you bet. >> don't write over mitt. >> don't write over the next president of the united states. my oldest son. he just graduated. >> give them hell today. >> thanks for coming. we have a lot to be excited about today. we are here on a corner -- [inaudible] i know there are a lot of small business representatives and employees here today. for your efforts and hard work, give them a hand. [applause] president calvin coolage once remarked that the business of america is business. his words are as true today as they were when he said them nearly 100 years ago. small business drives our economy, fuels or communities and feeds our families. [applause] small businesses like ours represent 97.8% of all employers. we employ half of america's work force and create between 60 respect -- 60% and 80% of job growth in the country. we know how very important those jobs numbers are. i im

to election day. topping our political headlines today, both president obama and governor romney are off the trail today, focusing instead on debate prep. but their running mates are both on the stump. congressman paul ryan held rallies in pennsylvania and ohio and the vice president was in florida. he took aim at mitt romney, saying he has changed his positions more than a couple of times. >> the president said the day after the romney debate that governor romney was awful sketchy. now, look, it's not my position to take issue with the president, but i'm going to correct him here. romney wasn't sketchy, he was etch a sketchy. that's what he's doing. he's up there, he's shaking that thing. >> meanwhile, the romney campaign is out with a new tv ad that paints a grim picture of what a second term under president obama might look like. >> if barack obama is re-elected, what will the next four years be like? one, the debt will grow from $16 trillion to $20 trillion. two, 20 million americans could lose their employer-based health care. three, taxes on the middle class will go up by $4,000. f

and virginia. that puts him at 257. at that point to win the election there are two paths for mitt romney, and these are the fooift states to pay attention to. the first path is to win the state of ohio. he's your next president, but he's not doing that well in ohio. let's say he loses ohio. here's the next path. wisconsin may be more winnable at this point for the romney campaign than ohio is. we went over the reasons yesterday. if you win wisconsin all you need from romney is one of three states, new hampshire, iowa, or nevada. when wisconsin plus one of those, you're also over 270. those are the path i'm looking at. >> wisconsin is historically democratic. >> in 2000 and 2004 the margin was less than one point. the swing was one of the biggest in the country, which means there are more votes up for grabs potentially to come back to the republican fold for mitt romney. that state swung hard in 2010 to the republicans. they hope if that move prevails, he can win the state. >> there's a chance sdit all steve's math we could have a tie, both candidates at 269. why did the framers allow for

the election. and first to front page politics, this weekend both president obama and mitt romney are preparing for monday's third and final debate, but not before some contentious campaigning on friday. the president unleashed a new line of attack during a rally in virginia, pointing a new term for governor romney's shift of position on several key issues. >> he's changing up so much and backtrack inand sidestep in, we've got to -- we've got to -- we've got to name this condition that he's going through. i think -- i -- i think it's called rom indonesia. -- romnesia. >> here's what mitt romney said to the crowd in daytona beach, florida. >> they have no agenda for the future, no agenda for america, no agenda for the second term. it's a good thing they won't have a second term. they have -- they've been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. >> new today, the "salt lake tribune" has announced its endorsement of president obama. the paper cited a number of reasons, including the president's stimulus spending, auto industry bailout and foreign policy. other papers endorsing the president

't like us. these comments from david seigal f only businessmen voted in the election romney would win 99-1. we businessmen are so tired of being vilified when we create all the jobs, pay most of the taxes. thank god i come to work every day and employ 7,000 workers. virtuous, they carried the earth on their shoulders. >> that's why when mitt romney was in trouble in august and he needed to kind of rally his base, which is these guys, he went to paul ryan because they know paul ryan from that world. >> this isn't about deficit reduction. >> no. >> this is about -- >> this is about money going to the top as fast as he can wire it. "plutocrats," great work. on target for this election. >>> last night's debate was feisty. we learned a lot about both candidates based on their presence on the stage. the one and only james lipton from "inside the actor's studio" is coming here to review the theater of last night. it was something. this is "hardball" the place for politics. otc wildberry is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of

the military option on the table with iran. >> experts say even if romney is elected, a war is unlikely. >> his political advisors will remind him that at a time when he is trying to repair the american economy, which is priority number one, two, three, four and five, that the last thing we need is a spike in oil prices or a plunge in financial markets. >> mr. romney thinks the u.s. should arm the syrian rebels. right now, the administration says we provide nonlethal aid but the analysts say that means others decide who gets the guns. >> right now what we're seeing is the saudis giving weapons to groups that are affiliated with al-qaeda. that is certain to leave a disaster. >> disaster similar to libya now home to militias the government can't disarm, blamed on the attack of the u.s. consulate in benghazi that killed ambassador chris stephens and three other americans. daniel believes the administration muddled response to that attack pulled president down in polls more than romney pulled himself up. >> this unbelievable fiasco, the coverup, scandal in benghazi is really hurting the president.

. it's almost impossible for governor romney to win the election without winning ohio. the president's lead has been five, six, seven, eight points. it's tightening like it is everywhere else. still, five points is a pretty good, solid lead in a republican leaning state that, as i said before, governor romney has to have. the obama people for reasons of the ground game, for early voting as governor rendell suggested, because of the power of the labor unions, because of the strength of the recovery there, and the role of the auto bailout in ohio, they feel like they're going to be able to hold that lead there. if they do, they're probably going to be able to win the election. >> we always say -- the experts always say, like yourself, john, that the republicans need to win ohio. i think that ohio always goes to the winner. the last time it didn't go with the winner was the kennedy race, and kennedy used to have the biggest crowds in the world in ohio. he used to say even kidding nixon, how come i got the crowds and you got the votes? do the democrats need to win ohio? or just the repub

's talk about this. no one is intimating that mitt romney has lost this election by any means, but this is a question even if it is a president romney which is where does the republican party go from here? he has an incredibly arrestive house caucus, theoretically if he's president, and yet they're also sort of the romney compass. which direction does that point? tell us a little bit about what you see for the future of the republican party in the next four to eight years. >> well, i'm severely confused about it, alex. you know, i watched the yankees the last couple nights. i don't know if you -- i think i have some appreciation for how republicans feel. you look at a situation and you think there's so many opportunities. >> i was watching the nats, matt, and i feel the same way. so many opportunities frittered away. >> right. you ask yourself, how can this be? and i think that's how republicans are feeling. they do have a shot and i think they're feeling better than they were a couple of weeks ago, for sure. but at the end of the day, you have four years almost dominated by u

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