seen the same thing which the numbers have moved in wisconsin. wisconsin has moved from a five to ten-point lead for the president down to anywhere from two to four points. it s very much in play. in fact, i ve even had some republicans intimate to me, if ohio is going south on them, they hope to replace ohio with wisconsin. now, later tonight we re going to go to the map. we re going to the battle ground map and show how possible that is. it s possible for romney to get to 270 without ohio and replacing it with wisconsin, but it s still difficult. but one thing i d caution a lot of people on with wisconsin is the president and the democrats have yet to run any advertising there. we actually haven t seen much from mitt romney either. we ve seen some super pac money. let s see where the state is on september 15. the first round of polling we see in mid-september, after the ryan pick is settled in. that s when we re going to know how seriously it is in play. now, i think it s going to st
now, as governor romney and his running mate when they re here in new hampshire on monday, they will come here monday, ask him if that s fair. that s the president in new hampshire talking about the tax debate. talking about battle ground states being in new hampshire. chuck todd is over the at big screen with his device he keeps by his bed each night. as we look ahead, chuck, through the prism of the battle ground map and that road to the 207 electoral votes that you need to be president. let me just let you in on how to follow this. here are the electoral numberes. what these numbers stand for. 237 are r votes are in states that we think lead in the obama column. 191 electoral votes that we believe lean in the romney column. i want to show you the power of florida in this battle ground. if the president is able to ride
the very top. it s not a balanced approach. it s a totally lopsided approach and what we really need is an approach that makes tough cuts. as you know, the republican control act, we cut more than a trillion dollars over ten years. that was 100% cuts. but we need some balance. if we re going to responsibly address this issue, we ve got to ask the folks at the very top to go back to contributing a little more to reduce the deficit because otherwise, as i said, the math is pretty clear. otherwise you re going to hit seniors on medicare. you re going to hit them hard. you re going to hit education. you re going to hit these other important investments essential to make our economy grow. congressman chris van hollen, ranking member in the house, from maryland, thank you for joining me this morning. thanks. breaking down the battle ground map, how two states could sway president obama s way because of romney s pick for vice president. we ll see the impact of all of this.
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hear that phrase as the next president of the united states. it s like rote. there is no famous phrase in america that includes the phrase vice president of the united states. he puts his arm around him and said, made a mistake. this is not the mistake. i want to talk more about pure politics. look at the battle ground map, one of the things before this pick was made that you i know were talking about, chuck, romney has not expanded that battleground now. and now we re going to add in where some of the older pop tigss. walk us through this. it is. first of all you have extended the map. wisconsin has been teetering back and forth. i think now you definitely take it out of the sort of light blue category and put it squarely for the ryan does help particularly in the milwaukee area which is a little more of a democratic area. he will help there. his own district is one that obama carried and all that. but three of the oldest state populations in the country are florida, iowa and