markets there in ohio. and they started early and mitt romney back in the summer while he was still coming out of his primaries and trying to get ready for the general election they were ready and they pounced on him and turned him into a corporate elitist, doesn't care, and he played right into it with that 47% remark. >> the story in these battle ground states there have been demographic changes over the past 20 or 30 years. do you think that's true in ohio as well? >> it remains a very predominantly white state, whiter than the rest of the country for the most part in terms of electoral sort of demographics. but the big change there, joe, there's been a growth in the minority population over the last decade of about 300,000. and about 100,000 whites have left. so that has changed the contours. and in this last time out, president obama won the black vote there in ohio by 95%. the margin was 95%. and he won the hispanic, which is the fastest-growing group -- minority group in ohio, he won that going away

jim roads the fourth term governor of ohio, all that matters in ohio is the size of this wallet. sf it's getting fatter, they will do well. if it is small are, they will not do well. romney needs to make the case so peel can see him, know him and conclude he is not only understands their problems but he has a way of fixing them. >>> i assume we'll see you on the trail in ohio. >> all the way to the finish line. >> paul: when we come back, we go to colorado where the candidates will square off wednesday night in their first presidential debate. there is no doubt mitt romney has lot riding on his performance there. our panel has some advice for our panel has some advice for the i'm done! "are you a cool mom?" i'm gonna find out. [ female announcer ] swiffer wetjet's pads are better than ever. now they have the scrubbing power of mr. clean magic eraser so you don't have to get down on your hands and knees to scrub away tough, dried-on stains. hey, do you guys think i'm "momtacular" or "momtrocious"? ♪ [ female announcer ] swiffer. now with the scrubbing power of mr. clean magic er

ohio or connie mack iv in florida. if they change hands, they would need three more pickups if obama would win re-election. that would mean sweeping wisconsin, virginia, and connecticut next on our lit and holding nevada and indiana. as you can see, the battle to control the u.s. senate in november for republicans is quite steep. >>> today the u.n. general assembly will hear from iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. it's his last time addressing the body before hitting his term limits. they're urging delegates to protest the speech and boycotts are outside. maria is live. every time we hear him rant, are we giving this guy attention. >> reporter: forgive me if i don't answer your question. we're having a few construction problems. ahmadinejad is expected to be 16 of 17 speakers. of course, as is often the case when he's here in new york, there will be large protests taking place outside the u.n. those are scheduled to take place at 11:00 a.m. and we skpeerkted to hear from high-profile speakers like rudy giuliani and

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markets there in ohio. and they started early and mitt romney back in the summer while he was still coming out of his primaries and trying to get ready for the general election they were ready and they pounced on him and turned him into a corporate elitist, doesn't care, and he played right into it with that 47% remark. >> the story in these battle ground states there have been demographic changes over the past 20 or 30 years. do you think that's true in ohio as well? >> it remains a very predominantly white state, whiter than the rest of the country for the most part in terms of electoral sort of demographics. but the big change there, joe, there's been a growth in the minority population over the last decade of about 300,000. and about 100,000 whites have left. so that has changed the contours. and in this lt time out, president obama won the black vote there in ohio by 95%. the margin was 95%. and he won the hispanic, which is the fastest-growing group -- minority group in ohio, he won that going away as

is he campaigning in ohio in bowling green. state university in ohio. let's listen in. >> i love you back. i'm thrilled to be here. it's great to be here with your next congresswoman angela zinman. i'm thrilled to be with all of you, and unless you live under a rock or your cable is busted, you may have noticed that there's an election going on here in ohio. by the way, those of you who have seats, feel free to sit down. i'm going to be talking for a while here. and those of whou don't, make sure to bend your knees because sometimes people faint, fall out. not because i'm so exciting, but just because you've been standing a long time. there's an election going on here in ohio, and in case you're wondering what kind of impact that's having, i was talking to my campaign manager. he was meeting with this couple who had this adorable 4-year-old son named sammy. they were very proud that sammy knew what was going on, and there was a picture of me occupy the wall, and the parents said who is that, sammy, and sammy said that's barack obama, and then -- and the

both candidates campaign hard in all important ohio. president obama is leading in the polls but can mitt romney turn it around? we'll ask john kasich. just call him the 10% president. that is what he spiax responsibility for the deficit and libya is still raising more questions for the white house. it could have been stopped? >> paul: welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. you'll eyes were on ohio this week as they both hit the buckeye state hard. hoping to put 18 electoral votes in their col >> paul: politics poll real lot of attention to polls because it depends on what they take and the sample. these guys have been in ohio and they should start paying income tax. this thing is as close can be they both wouldn't be here. i expect this to go down to the wire. we are always a swing state. it will be very close. >> paul: so the democrats are saying one of big things that is helping the spent the auto bailout. is that how you lead to to help the president? >> look, we're up 123,000 jobs over the last year and three-quar

they will be back in ohio. we will see more campaign ads in ohio than people in most states will see, to the point that people will be sick and tired of seeing them. columbus, the market that we're in right now, had the highest degree of political advertising two weeks ago of any place in the country. and it was june. be so it's really going to be -- so it's really going to be a place that both candidates court. and almost always have. well, particularly after the civil war it was a place that harbored both southern sympathizers and northern sympathizers. there are a bunch of counties to the south of us here in columbus, between here and cincinnati, that were counties that are called the virginia military district. after the revolutionary war, officers in the revolutionary army who didn't get paid were given land in ohio. ohio's a part of the west, of course, at that time. they moved out here. they sort of carried with them their culture and their background. they came from a slave-owning state. they didn't bri

the obama campaign is hammering romney's comments in television ads in ohio. it appears to be taking a toll on romney's number. the gallup tracking poll showed romney making up ground with president obama after the democratic national convention. a week after the fund-raising video was released by mother jones, obama has opened up a six-point lead. president obama was also in ohio today, delivering a knockout punch. and, oh, yes, he reminded ohio voters where mitt romney was when the state needed him at a critical time. >> when my opponent said we should just let detroit go bankrupt, that would have meant walking away from an industry that supports one in eight ohio jobs. it supports businesses in 82 of 88 ohio counties. so when he said that, i said, no, i'm going to bet on america. i'm betting on american workers. >> ohio's 7.2% unemployment rate is directly linked to the auto rescue, the loan. romney's campaign will live to regret "let detroit go bankrupt," that editorial, that of course he penned in a detroit newspaper. according to cnn, a longtime gop stra

ohio and florida in your opinion? >> well, toss-up in both states. >> bill: toss-up? it could go either way at this point in history? >> sure. >> bill: all right, mr. rove. we appreciate that next on the run down the governor of ohio john kasich will tell us what's going on in the buckeye state. dick morris and dennis miller warming up in the bullpen. both have provocative things to tell us upcoming. >> bill: continuing now with lead story. joining us from columbus the governor of ohio john kasich. before we get to that i'm bortd when people see you they will think i'm off because you obviously before you were the chief executive. >> 10 years. >> bill: that's right. my substitute here. quinnipiac poll has the president ahead in your state. also has you approval rating 48%. disapprove 35. so you in this poll are doing very well but mitt romney is not doing as well as you are and i want to know why. you listened to carl rove and i agree with him. these polls i don't pay attention to him. the numbers you just cited are n

labor in ohio in a way, the case always for democrats ohio is the place where organized labor has the most impact. this year motivating them more so. all that adds up to it's been an uphill climb for mitt romney, ten points is probably not what that margin will be on election day, but it's -- it is a state that's very hard to figure out a map for mitt romney to win. possible but not -- very hard. almost kind of fantastical, ha his naer to. >> so many other things about mitt romney -- >> it's just very, very hard. >> kurt andersen a son of the midwest is. >> i am. >> and john boehner said yesterday, one the things that probably works against romney in ohio is the fact that governor kasic has done a good job of fixing government regulation in ohio. >> one way of putting it. >> i think there are a lot of things. i am reassured by the fact that it's coming down to ohio in some sense because it is as representative of america as you could make a state be. it's not iowa or new hampshire, having this crazy disproportionate power to nominate presidents. i also have to think, in addition to wh

jim roads the fourth term governor of ohio, all that matters in ohio is the size of this wallet. sf it's getting fatter, they will do well. if it is small are, they will not do well. romney needs to make the case so peel can see him, know him and conclude he is not only understands their problems but he has a way of fixing them. >>> i assume we'll see you on the trail in ohio. >> all the way to the finish line. >> paul: when we come back, we go to colorado where the candidates will square off wednesday night in their first presidential debate. there is no doubt mitt romney has lot riding on his performance there. our panel has some advice for the governor, next. [ male announcer ] the perfect photo... [ man ] nice! [ male announcer ] isn't always the one you plan to take. whoa, check it out. hey baby goat... nohat's not yours... [ hikers whispering ] ...that's not yours. [ goat bleats ] na, na, n-- no! [ male announcer ] now you can take a photo right from video, so you'll never miss the perfect shot. [ hikers laughing, commenting ] at&t introduces the htc one x. now $99.99. reth

the liberal, progressive in ohio, dennis kucinich. congressman, welcome back inside "the war room." >> governor, good to be with you. >> jennifer: all right. so romney's now showing a new strategy in ohio which is showing empathy. is that going to work in ohio? >> he's got obviously a long way to go. it is not just about empathy. it is about articulating what would he do different. will he bring jobs back to the country that have been lost by china trade deals and other trade deals. would he strengthen american manufacturing, stop the outsourcing? he needs to be very specific if he has any chance and right now it looks like president obama because of his support for the auto industry, the steel industry has done well, because of that, it's going to be very difficult for romney to make up that ground. >> jennifer: ohio's unemployment rate, as we all know is about a point below the national average. do you think that ohioans are feeling that giving the president some credit for that? >> i tell you, there are some marginal gains that he

they will be back in ohio. we will see more campaign ads in ohio than people in most states will see to the point that people will be sick and tired of seeing them. columbus, the market we're in right now, had the highest degree of political advertising two weeks ago than any place in the country. it was june. it's really going to be a place that both candidates court. and almost always have. well, particularly, after the civil war, it was a place that harbored sympathizers and northern sympathizers. there's a bunch of counties south of us here in columbus that were counties called the virginia military district. after the revolutionary war, officers in the revolutionary army who didn't get paid were given land in ohio. ohio was part of the west, of course, at that time. they moved out here. they sort of carried with them their culture and their background. they came from the a slave owning state. they didn't bring slaves with them into ohio, but they were sthettic -- sympathetic to the culture. it settled from

ohio and florida in your opinion? >> well, toss-up in both states. >> bill: toss-up? it could go either way at this point in history? >> sure. >> bill: all right, mr. rove. we appreciate that next on the run down the governor of ohio john kasich will tell us what's going on in the buckeye state. dick morris and dennis miller warming up in the bullpen. both have provocative things to tell us upcoming. [ male announcer ] if you had a dollar for every dollar car insurance companies say they'll save yoby switching, you'd have like, a ton of dollars. but how are they saving you those dollars? a lot of companies might answer "um" or, "no comment." then there's esurance. born online, raised by technology, and majors in efficiency. so whatever they save, you save. hassle, time, paperwork, hair-tearing-out, and yes, especially dollars. esurance. insurance for the modern world. click or call. for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked o

to win offices in ohio. they almost go back and forth in terms of party control. there was a period after the civil war that they did go back and forth. every two years. it is a big state. it has a lot of electoral college votes and that is important for the presidential contest. it also is one of the states that really is competitive. it can be won by either side and so you put together the big prize with the competitiveness and it means the candidates are going to be here. governor mitt romney had a bus tour just a week or two ago. president obama had a bus tour just last week. they will be back in ohio. we will see more campaign ads in ohio than people in most states will see to the point that people will be sick and tired of seeing them. columbus, the market that we are in right now had the highest degree of political life advertising two weeks ago than anyplace in the country into was june so it is really going to be a place that both candidates court and almost always have. well, particularly after the

the obama campaign is hammering romney's comments in television ads in ohio. it appears to be taking a toll on romney's number. the llup tracking poll showed romney ming gd wi moiciocotiafteth a week after the fund-raising video was released by mother jones, obama has opened up a six-point lead. president obama was also in ohio today, delivering a knockout punch. and, oh, yes, he reminded ohio voters where mitt romney was whhetedem critical time. >> when my opponent said we should just let detroit go bankrupt, that would have meant walking away from an iustry that supportone in eight ohio bs. it supports businesses in 82 of 88 ohio counties. so when he said that, i said, no, i'm going to bet on america. i'm betting on american workers. >> ohio's 7.2% unemployment rate is dectllink to e au uee . romney's campaign will live to regret "let detroit go bankrupt," that editorial, that of courshe penned in detroit newspaper. according to cnn, a longtime gop strategist called obama's adntage on t aobilloan ckthanor romney campaign. you can fill in the blanks for yours

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romney needs to turn things around in ohio, and he needs to do it in a hurry. he's rung out of time, and the buck to trend in the buckeye state, well, it's going to be awfully tough to do. he has never really connected with the middle class. i've said it like a broken record on this program time and time again. and later in this broadcast, we'll show you how romney is trying to connect to the middle class with this guy who does tv ads for some car outfit, and wears the hat and has his own show. and he's standing on the wrong stage. we'll get to that later. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, who's going to win ohio? text "a" for the president and text "b" for mitt romney to 622639 or go to ed.msnbc.com. joining me tonight, e.j. dionne of "the washington post," also an msnbc contributor, and author of "our divided political heart," and chris redford joins us tonight. e.j., you first. this is quite a mountain to climb for any campaign, whether it's mitt romney or anybody else. how is he going to be able to do it? >> well,

ohio or connie mack iv in florida. if they change hands, they would need three more pickups if obama would win re-election. that would mn sweeping wisconsin,virginia, and connecticut o o l and holding nevada and indiana. as you can see, the battle to control the u.s. senate in november for republicans is quite steep. >>> today the u.n. general assembly will hear from iranian present mahmoud ahmadinejad. it his le addressing the body before hitting his term limits. they're urging delegates to protes the speech and boycotts ri is live. every time we hear him rant, are we giving this guy attention. >> reporter: forgive me if i don't swer your question. we're having a few construction problems. ahmadinejad is expected to be 16 ur a is often the case when he's here in new york, there will be large protests taking place outside the u.n. those are scheduled to take place at 11:00 a.m. and we skpeerkted to hear from high-profile speakerse ry giuliani and mayor bloomberg. he's essentially a me-duck president, finishing up the s

people in ohio, in a stunning defeat for governor kasich voted that proposal down. but you know, i think that the unions in ohio are still very strong and their membership is feeling what they feel would be the wrath of a certain type of economics that governor kasich espouses that mr. romney would of course, follow. so i think there's that factor in ohio you have to remember. ohio next to wisconsin was the calderon of this battle between workers trying to have -- >> jennifer: you think the residual battle will carry forward until november? that emotion that people felt? >> i think so. >> jennifer: i want to get you into something more specific because this is being played right now in ohio, advertisement that romney is running on tv. take a listen. >> policies of the current administration's got is attacking my livelihood. >> they're wanting to close these mines down. >> we have 250 years of coal. why wouldn't we use it? utility bills are up. people wonder how they're going to have a brighter future if they can't see how they can make it to the end of the next mont

that's run repeatedly in ohio and according to frank, that ad alone has killed mitt romney in ohio. >> let me ask you about the next chance we look ahead here. everybody is going -- i think everybody watching this show will be watching the debate, the big debate october 3rd between the president and governor romney. that is -- everybody in the business of watching politics says that's the key event, that first hour even of that hour and a half debate. is that your look at the way this thing could turn and take another turn in another direction or double down for obama either way? >> it seems to be the only other big turn outside of an event we can't fathom right now sitting here chewing over the campaign. this will be the next time where a bunch of people tune in and they want to see whether or not mitt romney measures up to the president. i will say if you look at mitt romney's debate performances early on as a candidate and in the primary, he can be a very effective debater. it would not surprise me if he outperformed the president in that first debate. remember, the president is th

e obama campaign is ham rrngro's comments in television ads in ohio. it appears to be taking a toll on romney's number. the gallup tracking poll showed romney making up ground with president obama after the democratic national convention. a week after the fund-raisin nebaasnep a ased bhe six-point lead. president obama was also in ohio today, delivering a knockout punch. and, oh, yes, he reminded ohio voters where mitt romney was when the state needed him at a critical time. >> when my opponent said we should just let detroit go bankrupt, that would ha meant walking away from an industry that supports one in eight ohio jobs. it supposusinses 82 88o ti so when he said that, i said, no, i'm going to bet on america. i'm betting on american workers. >> ohio's 7.2% unemployment rate is dirtly linked to the auto rescue, the loan. romney's campaign will l to gretetroit go bankrupt," that editorial, that of course he pinned in a detroit newspaper. according to cnn, a longtime gop strategist called obama's advantage on the automobile loan a kick in the blanks f

many were in ohio. what they are not talking about is how we have gained 500,000 manufacturing jobs back across the country. a number of them in ohio. it's about the automobile rescue. it's about reenforcing a steel mill. there are new steel mills because of the jobs by the administration and those of us that pushed the international trade commission steel jobs in cleveland, tire jobs in finley, aluminum jobs in heath. it's because of the recovery act. it's because of of the automobile rescue. mitt romney could help us by writing a letter to speaker boehner and tell him to pass the legislation. we passed the trade bill level the playing field jobs bill overwhelmingly bipartisanly in the senate. we're asking the house to move on it. romney could call john boehner and say schedule this bill for a vote. >> on trade and manufacturing and china specifically, i thought that this campaign would be fought on totally different ground on that subject. in his book and his previous sort of punditry, romney was argu

so no surprise that we find both candidates in ohio today. our campaign 2012 team is on their trail and we're going to start tonight with nancy cordes. nancy. >> reporter: well, scott, it all comes down to women. the president won among women by eight points back in 2008. it's a big part reason he won here. but today's poll finds he has a far greater advantage with women now, leading governor romney among women by 25 points. ( cheers and applause ) the president's support among ohio women has surged six point just in the past month. one reason can be found in their answers to this poll question: about which candidate cares about their needs and problems. 65% of ohio women said president obama. 33% said governor romney. tonda young, the glenford, ohio, described herself as an independent in the poll but she's been swayed by democratic ads painting romney as a ruthless businessman. >> they've said on tv, anyway, that he's put all these poor people out of business, taken all these jobs away from the united states. >> reporter: mr. obama has also

early voting is under way in two dozen states. it starts today in iowa and next week in ohio. that has both campaigns stepping up their advertising in key swing states. >> we should measure compassion by how many people can get off of welfare. >> reporter: romney released a new 60 second ad. he talks about the struggles of average americans. president obama has out spent mitt romney on tv ads and the attacks have resonated with voters like this republican. >> he really doesn't know the common man. >> reporter: the latest poll shows president obama with a ten-point lead over romney in ohio. cbs news has decided to move ohio from undecided to leans obama, a win for the president there would move him 18 electoral votes closer to win. that's 270. >> susan mcginnis in washington. in the nation's capital, vice president joe biden hosted a reception for hispanic leaders last night. he predicted most would see a hispanic president in their lifetime and took a swipe at mitt romney. >> when i hear some of our friends talk about, you know, a nation that is a culture of dependency, all i

in ohio today. the real clear average of polls in the last 14 days. there are a bunch of polls in this average, including. >> have it up to ten points, some down to about three, four. this average is right at about five points. governor romney also bringing out some other people on the trail with him today. >> cannot aforfour more years of barack obama failed policy. we have need real recovery. >> things i'm baffled by is the existence of the skills gaffe, at the same time as we have this crazy unemployment. something is fundamentally disconnected. >> okay, the first guy we probably know if you are a golfer. jack nicklaus, golfing, second guy had to look twice. discovery channel "dirty jobs" host. steve hayes, "weekly standard." a.b. stoddarde, associate editor of hill. and kirsten powers from daily beast. she sat down and said i'll get all the e-mail. i'm in charles krauthammer's chair. yom kippur ends at sunset. >> the empty chair. >> left it in his honor. >> bret: what about today on his trail? o

no surprise that he is in ohio today. both tickets are going to be spending so much time, have already, and will be spending so much time in ohio. of course, 18 electoral votes up in that battleground state. you're right, paul ryan what also in ohio this morning attending a football game at his alma mater, miami university of ohio. they meet up later today, romney and ryan, in jacksonville, florida. remember, it was just yesterday, randi, that romney and ryan had a rally in lakeland, florida, and that was their first rally post convention. the whole idea is to try to build on what they think was the momentum they got from their convention in tampa. yesterday at that event, mitt romney was talking about the president and talking about accountability. take a listen. >> measure us, hold us accountable, do the same with the president. look, you're making a choice as to who the servant will be of the nation. who is the person? who are the people who will lead this country and do what you want to be done. you listened to the la

romney needs to turn things around in ohio, and he needs to do it in a hurry. he's rung out of time, and the buck to trend the buckeye futotol, it's going be he has never really connected with the middle class. i've said it like a broken record on this program time and time again. and later in this broadcast, we'll show you how romney is trying to connect to the middle class with this guy who does tv ads for some car outfit, and wes the hat d hahis n he standing onherong stage. we'll get to that later. get your cell phones out. i nt to know what you think. tonight's question, who's going to win ohio? text "a" for the president and text "b" for mitt romney to 622639 or go to ed.msnbc.com. joing meonige.io of "the washington post," also an msnbc contributor, and author of "our divided political heart," and chris redford joins us tonight. j., you fit. imr caaign, whetr it's mitt romney or anybody else. how is he going to be able to do it? >> well, i think he knows he's in a hole, because thaad you showed where he said, both of us care about middle class families,

while on the campaign trail in ohio this week, romney weighing in on the performance of ohio senator rob portman, who has been playing president obama in romney's practice debates. >> do you know what he does on weekends? do you know what he does? he plays barack obama. can you believe that? he does. he plays barack obama. he plays him well too. i hate to tell you. we get the chance to debate one another after the hour and a half or so is over, i want to kick him out of the room or something. he is so good. >> yesterday afternoon governor romney passing out a little beef jerky to the members of the press corps on the flight to pennsylvania. any vegetarians on the plane apparently out of luck. president obama doesn't just have the edge in the polls, he also has the edge when it comes to merchandise. the actual sales figures have not been released yet, but each campaign's merchandise orders are made public in fec documents. the obama campaign ordered $6.7 million in research for resale according to monthly filings. the romney campaign $1.6 million. >>> the state of the voter id battles

in ohio. he can talk about the economy in ohio because the nation's unemployment rate is a full point higher roughly than ohio. that is going good to be the tough dynamic for mitt romney. he's going to talk about the economy. romney had said the unemployment rate would go to 6% nationwide. he has to make the case, don't just be satisfied with a mediocre economy, it can and should get better. both of these guys are not going to be taking ohio for granted. arthel: is ohio like a life boat for governor romney that will bring him to a sink or swim come know it will be a tough situation for him to bash the president's economic policies when you have a 7.2% unemployment rate there. the president is going to say, hey, you can go ahead and attack me on my trade policies with china, but it doesn't matter because remember, i am the person who brought about more cases against china in my first term as opposed to president george w. bush did in his two terms in office. >> yeah, i think that romney is goin

in ohio. i'm planning on winning ohio. we're excited about our prospects here because i think the people of ohio know that the path we're on is just not the right course for creating the jobs and the rising incomes people deserve. >> romney think the debate next week could be a turning point in the race but that depends on who you talk to. politico is calling the denver do or die for romney but radio talk show host patrick dorenson says unless someone says something really stupid, it is political fodder. we'll leave it up to you on whether anyone might say something really stupid. "the washington post" quoting an a. p. reporter saying they had to impose a fact-checking limit on michele bachmann because she was wrong so often. back with more bill press after the break. stay with us. decide the election. current tv presents coverage of the presidential debate. with unrivaled analysis and commentary. >> you're going to hear that (vo) the only network with real-time reaction straight from the camp

in ohio. that's governor mitt romney just a short time ago. taking his message to the voters battle ground state of the ohio. we have live team coverage from the campaign trails and fox and in ohio president obama stops there later today. first steve brown, in jacksonville, florida where governor romney will meet up with paul ryan for a rally today. >> good afternoon, uma, romney and ryan together in jacksonville campaigning together. but they are campaigning separately earlier today. mitt romney in cincinnati area. this is a place where there is a lot of republican votes. around the city of cincinnati. romney talked to a crowd of 2000 saying before he gave his convention speech in canada he looked at the speeches and made note of barack obama conscrention speech when he talk body jobs. >> if you have a coach that is zero and 23 million, you say it is time to get a new coach. [applause] it is time for america to see a winning season again and we'll bring it to them. >> paul ryan was north in c

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i can tell you that there are plenty of ad spaces left in ohio. from the standpoint of reaching the voters in ohio, romney and his team still have an opportunity actually today i spoke to a number of station managers over in cleveland and columbus and they say that if you've got money and if you want to run your ads we still have space left for you. so he still can put a lot of his -- lots of cash that you were just talking about to work there and hopefully get the people to believe his message and to actually go out and vote. >> eliot: here's the problem. you can buy the space. you gotta have something to say. i've been watching this guy mumble and stumble and trip over himself now for going on a year. he doesn't have a message. andy, tell me i'm wrong. what is he going to say to folks in ohio now or over the next 40 some odd days that are left that is going to somehow change their minds? >> well, he's going to hit the president on china which he's done before and say the president is allowing china to steal american jobs and to undercut manufact

crossing pathed in ohio. tracie potts joins us from washington with all the tails. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's put virginia in persiv,sint obama won that state after they voted for republicans for over 40 years. then two years after he had been in office, they elected a republican governor. today, t president will try to win virginia ba. present obama and mt roey cagn vni today where median income is 23% higher than the national average and unemployment is way lower, under 6%. like ohio wednesday, the president's expected to hammer romney for hisomments on the 47% of voters who don'tay ta >>on know how many of you will be with me this time around. but -- but it doesn't matter because i'm rning to be your president, to represent everybody. >> we're going to help those who need our help. we're a cpassionate peop >>or ryen points behind in ohio. that's a bigger gap than nbc and "the washington post" reported. no republicans ever won the presidency without winning this state. >> i'm going to wi

fight over early voting in ohio. we have sort of been tracking the twists and turns including seemingly very partisan turnls in ohio. if early voting has been restored in ohio by this ruling, how much risk is that ruling at? is there enough time between now and the election that an appeal can happen or some other legal matter can happen that can stop this from going into effect? >> there's a good risk, as a matter of fact, as i was sitting here this evening, attorney general dewine has announced they will appeal this decision to the sixth circuit. there's a huge possibility that, you know, we will be in court again fighting this battle, but again, we will urge the courts to really uphold the decision of the lower court that really protects the fundamental right to vote in ohio and giving the ohio voters an opportunity to vote in that last weekend where so many voters really came out and cast ballots. and disproportionately african-americans were among those voters who voted that last weekend. and that's a crucial wee

the balance in ohio, both sides are campaigning hard. both candidates have been here 13 times this year and they will both be here tomorrow. >> here in ohio we're not better off under president obama. >> reporter: they're also flooding the airwaves with television ads. >> romney's never stood up to china. >> reporter: they spent more money here than any other battleground state. since may, the president and the outside groups supporting his campaign have spent $47.9 million. $40.6 million by the campaign and more than $7 million by the outside groups. that's more than romney's team, which has spent $43 million on ads in ohio, $20.5 million by the campaign and more than $22 million by the groups. now, another reason ohio is so important is what it says about those other battleground states. scott, it's really a bellwether, and if romney can't pull off ohio it's hard to see some of those bluer states like pennsylvania and michigan breaking his way. >> pelley: jan, thanks very much. the president is headed to ohio tomorrow. today he was in