175,000. that means that mitt romney has to improve performance over what john mccain had in some of those collar counties that went republic. that's a high bar to clear. if he had been able to double that or, you know, go at that two-prong way where he increased the turnout and increased his performance, that gives him the better shot at it. so now it looks like it's just down to performance in those counties. county by county and trying to pick up votes to offset what it is that barack obama will pick up in cuyahoga and overall with the early vote as well. bret? >> bret: steve, thank you. >> megyn: now we want to get back to virginia where one clue to the presidential contest may be found in the results of the hotly contested senate race between two former governors running against each other. democrat tim cane and republic george allen. at this moment, fox news exit polls show that race also is too close to call. they are trying to replace the retiring democratic senator jim webb. too close to call at this