deadlocked at 47% among registered voters. this after some very weak new jobs numbers, landmark supreme court decisions on health care and immigration and millions spent on negative ads primarily. so where does the race go from here? with us now, associate editor of "the hill", a.b. stoddard. thanks for joining us today.havy that these numbers would seem to me to be sort of advantage romney. i mean he fought a bruising primary against the other republican candidates in the spring. he has had less money to spend and he doesn't have the power of incumbency and yet he is tied with a sitting president in this latest poll. >> well, that's a good case to make. i think president obama after a series of disappointing jobs reports and 8.2% unemployment that looks like experts tell us are not going to change between now and the election day, i just think that president obama should probably be doing worse and