everybody agrees. seven states all of which he won, "usa today," gasolineup will poll this week, they said look at this. president obama is leading in the swing states 47/44. however, they fail to put context in it. obama won the states by 55/45. he is suffering in the battleground states he needs to win. >> bret: joe? >> look, i think, i don't disagree that there is ways to get there. but if ohio goes, i mean first of all, obama is ahead in virginia, too. it's closer but he has been holding that one. the two states are critical. it's critical to the three, two, one. obama has shown advantages there. this is going to be tough even if nevada and the other states come to play. the one thing i would like to do is get rid of texas. >> a great state. >> no, no, no. >> listen, texas. >> karl has pull and we get a poll down there so we could put it in the solid romney. >> bret: keep texas. >> here is the deal. he is right. i failed to get the poll run.