sides. if ohio really is in play. i think it may be. >> bret: let's review to the first time we did this. karl, we talk about the 3-2-1 strategy for republicans. let's review and kind of tell people where we are on that. >> well, the three are the three historically republican states whom which were taken by obama 2008. indiana, totally out of the play. solid red for romney. 11 electoral votes. the other two states, north carolina leaning toward romney. but still a tossup. obama, leading today in virginia. but both of them tossup states. basically, up one and down two. respectively. those are going to be battles until the end. we may differ where they will end up. i think they are tilting toward moving toward feeling better about romney. but those are the three. then there are two tossup states that have been historically tossup, swing back and foth. florida and ohio. florida, a general sense of better territory for republicans. ohio has been seen as a rougher territory. new columbus dispatch poll