one one of the most polarized states in america. former wisconsin senator russ feingold joins us on the badger state blues. plus, countdown to victory. the three, two, one strategy pushed by the romney campaign and karl rove may sound like a plan that doesn t fly. we ll break it down in our deep dive. good morning from washington. it is thursday, may 31st, 2012. this is the daily rundown. i m chuck todd. good stew for you today. my first reads of the morning for now the presidential campaign is being waged if you will on republican turf. six critical battleground states obama carried in 2008 but george w. bush won in 2004. five of the six actually are ones that bush won in 2000. last week we had polls showing the president with small leads in three of those states ohio, florida, and virginia. now a new nbc/marist poll showed the race even closer in states like iowa, colorado, nevada where it is a virtual tie. in nevada the president leads mitt romney among registered vo
like iowa, colorado, nevada where it is a virtual tie. in nevada the president leads mitt romney among registered voters, 48-46. colorado the obama lead is one. 46-45. in iowa it is tied at 44-44. i ll have more on that later. the last time we polled iowa in late november ahead of the republican caucuses, the president led by seven points. we just look at voters who tell us they have an excellent or good chance of voting, likely voters of sorts the contest moves slightly in romney s direction. he edges into a 47-47 tie with the president in nevada. he actually is up one in colorado and up one in iowa. one more thing. the most important takeaway from our poll, check it out again, the iowa number. 10% of voters undecided in the state. think about this state. they ve spent the most time getting to know obama and romney over the last five years. what is at stake that the state that has seen the most advertising where the candidates have stumped nonstop for five years is the state
future, 100 million, staggering and we have seen in the primary the influence these i don t know if you call them a handful of billionaires. how many does it take to fill a hand. nonetheless, some very powerful people, ann, who are in many ways right now directing the ads that those who are tuned in are seeing. well, that s right. this is why you see democrats in the white house so worried. not that they re going to have any shortage of donations but not in quite the same format, certainly not to super pac. it is really uncharted territory. this is the result of supreme court decision. no one quite knew where it would lead and here it is. every four years we seem to see things change a little bit and we sometimes see congress place regulations on it and for now it is the norm. i think you are seeing both parties really adjust to that. it is really democrats in particular. let me talk about this fundraiser tonight with governor romney mentioned the president rang him con
good morning, it s thursday, april 19th, 2012. mitt romney is spending his week on a tour of the battleground state that is will be crucial to this election. the message summed up. the fall election to be a referendum on what he calls the president s failing economic policy. hees the guy to right the ship. even if you like barack obama, we can t afford barack obama. it s time to get someone that will get the economy going and put the american people back to work. in north carolina, romney offered what the campaign said was a prebuttle that won t happen until september in charlotte. delivering a point-by-point rebuttal on promises obama made to revive the economy. what you won t hear at that convention is that for the last 38 months unemployment has been above 8%. there have been 50,000 more jobs lost this year in north carolina. more than twice that fit in that stadium. romney is trying to capitalize on polling. the cbs poll had a third of voters saying the economy is
even if you like barack obama, we can t afford barack obama. it s time to get someone that will get the economy going and put the american people back to work. in north carolina, romney offered what the campaign said was a prebuttle that won t happen until september in charlotte. delivering a point-by-point rebuttal on promises obama made to revive the economy. what you won t hear at that convention is that for the last 38 months unemployment has been above 8%. there have been 50,000 more jobs lost this year in north carolina. more than twice that fit in that stadium. romney is trying to capitalize on polling. the cbs poll had a third of voters saying the economy is improving. many are falling behind financially and concerned about paying their mortgages. half say the next generation will be worse off. our poll will be released tonight. we have detail ons a number of points. the republican talking point has been the white house failed to deliver on holding unemploymen