onboard air force one told reporters for the second straight day that not only obama campaign but the white house has nothing to do with this ad. it's done by a super pac run by bill burton, a former white house ad. the president said he wanted his campaign donors to support this democratic super pac. there has been that connection no doubt. also the president will remember ran an official ad with the obama campaign. the president was saying politics can be small sometimes. this is one of the reasons why the white house is facing pressure for why they have denounced this ad. shannon: ed henry live in denver. the stakes are high for the president while in colorado. will the polls tell a different story in 2012 in the most recent