president obama 239. give him wisconsin at 10, michigan at 16. michigan at 16. it changes to 265. governor romney 269. look at the four electoral votes out here in new hampshire. give that to the president, there you are, professor. 269-269. that is virtual tie. then the vote goes to the house of representatives. and then the good news, is, bill, we continue this drama for two more months. bill: that s okay. i mean that is not the end of the world. for us it is okay. bill: what will we talk about then, by the way? exactly. bill: this is the scenario we re looking at, the point made in all this, 18 electoral votes in ohio and no republican ever won the white house without winning in the buckeye state, the path to victory is not possible but it is thin, right? it s thin. you want to get ohio. ohio is also been correct 27 of the last 29 elections. they picked the president.
tee all that pouring of money into the economy leads to higher prices. one of the reasons these high gas gas prices are a potential program for barack obama is they are an indicator for higher prices across the board. the last woeupbt i would make, bill is the point that mitt romney made in that clip you played. this has been a president that s been pretty hostile to fossil fuels. there hasn t been a lot of drilling on federal lands. there s been a lot of moratoriums in fact. we have an editorial in our paper today, about 11 million acres in alaska that was taken off line from drilling. this is a problem i think for barack obama, and those high gas prices are problems for the mid class. bill: you re saying the dollar is cheaper so the money is cheaper to get. that s right. bill: the energy policy has not been suitable, has not length itself toward finding more, let s say, oil reserves. that s right. you look in fracking in places like eastern ohio, that industry is booming.
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tomorrow. remember, everybody, to tune into our special coverage of the second to last presidential debate tomorrow. it starts at 8:55 eastern time. bill and i will be previewing it in the morning and post analysis the day after. bill: a big week. martha: yeah. bill: we get another one the week after. martha: we sure do. bill: 22 days now high gas prices shaping up to be a pivotal campaign issue. today s average for a gallon is $3.79. that is more the double the price. when president obama was sworn into office governor romney hitting president obama over the pain at the pump this weekend. why was it with gasoline at about twice the price as when he came in that he cut in half the number of permits for drilling on public lands? why he said no to the keystone pipeline. i asked more questions just like, why was it with a trillion dollar deficit he found it in his heart to put $90 billion into green energy companies, that in many cases were
bill: it is close. what if scenario, professor. indulge me if you will. on our map here if we go full, if you look at the 11 battleground states that are in gray. this is the states where the polling show frankly it is too close to call. in our what if scenario, for governor romney we ll give him the sake for this discussion, 29 electoral votes in florida. remember you need 270 to win the white house. now he is 220 down below. say he wins 15 electoral votes in carl klein and 15 in virginia. for the president, president obama, give him the state of pennsylvania, its 20 electoral votes and state of ohio, 18. you see where he is 239. now the fundamental question, professor is this. how do you win the white house if you do not win ohio, if you re mitt romney? back to governor romney here on the map. you have michigan and wisconsin up here. say you run the table, you take iowa, you take colorado,