units is in foreclosure, that puts colorado quite high up there against the rest of the nation. in terms of the history of visits of these candidates president obama has been to colorado eight times, mitt romney there seven times. they are fighting very hard for this state. let s talk about it with allison sheri a washington correspondent for the denver post and rejoins us. looks like you re in denver today, am i right about that? i am in denver. i m very lucky, it s beautiful. jon: i am so jealous. colorado voted for president obama. last time around that broke something of a pattern for colorado, can you explain that? yes. i mean colorado had been sort of a red state, i mean it did go for clinton once actually in the 90s. it has been kind of a red state, and obama won by nine points. two years later another democrat won a state-wide race, senator michael bennett but he only won
some voters. i mean, what i ve heard from pollsters nationally and in colorado is that there is a group of soft committed voters, people who may lean one way or the other. they are not really undecided, they are soft committed, and that s who both sides are trying to get to change their mind. the number of undecided, truly undecided voters is probably so small at this point. but they are looking at soft commits and that s people who watch a debate or see a rally, or see a speech and say, um, i might change my mind, or i m still thinking about it. jon: allison sheri is the washington correspondent for the denver post. since you re in denver get out there and enjoy the beautiful day. three more weeks and i have to go back to d.c. thank you. jon: go and enjoy colorado. i will thanks. jenna: not true undecided but softly committed we ll see if there is that discrepancy. jon: everybody says both sides
boiling mad. that story and breaking news happening now. good morning to you on this thursday. i m jon scott. jenna: it would nice to have cheetos on set so we could investigate properly. jon: you re making me hungry. jenna: there are a lot of topics to bet to today. we are glad you are with us. i m jenna lee. 19 days until election day. and now a new presidential poll revealing something rehave not yet seen in the race for the white house, governor romney s lead over president obama among likely voters is outside the margin of error for the very first time. it s a new gallop daily tracking poll and it s showing the governor with his biggest lead to date 51-45%. up 6 points over the president. this is an important reminder, this latest survey was taken before tuesday s second presidential debate. we ll see if that has any affect at all. following the first presidential debate we saw how any performance on the national stage can really influence polls. tonight the president
before tuesday s second presidential debate. we ll see if that has any affect at all. following the first presidential debate we saw how any performance on the national stage can really influence polls. tonight the president and governor will be on the same stage again, or be on or share a stage together again, it s not the same stage but in a much different setting. i hope maybe john roberts can explain that better. the same stage as the debate but they are sharing a stage in a different way, john you want to help me out here. reporter: they are cokeynote speakers. both of them in new york. governor romney is in already, the president will be here soon for the annual al smith dinner raising money for catholic charities. time to put aside their political differences and raise money for a different cause. on the campaign trail mitt romney high light the differences between himself and president obama yesterday for lacking a clear agenda for a second term other than to incr
week to boulder where the university of colorado is. you can see where obama is trying to leverage his voters and romney has gone to some rural areas where he s trying to leverage his. jon: everywhere you see president obama trying to appeal to young voters you see the romney campaign coming right in with full-page ads talking about the unemployment rate among young people and how its even higher than it is for the nation s workforce as a whole. that s right. i think on college campuses that could resonate, right? because these are students who need to get out. they are going to have student loans and debts. they care about jobs as well. i m not saying anything brilliant, but i m saying it is the economy, it is jobs, that s what everybody cares about from the college students all the way up to the suburban moms. jon: so allison you work for the denver post, you re the d.c. correspondent. i imagine you re living in foggy bottom, right. i live in washington. i miss colorado every day