6-point lead under guam and now it s 7. he gave us some historical context for these numbers. this is the first time romney has hit 50% in the gallup likely voter poll. the president has never hit 50% in the likely voter poll. and no candidate who has led in mid-october with 50% or more in the likely voter poll has ever gone on to lose. megyn: chris style walt, this is a 7-day rolling average that gallup does is my information. it would include some polling in the wake of the debate this week, but the majority of it would have been prior to the debate. is it telling us anything given that? well, it s telling us a lot. it s telling us each day that goes forward you are adding another day beyond the debate and more importantly the vice presidential debate from last week. what we were wondering what was judged to be tied but where
respects all faiths. we reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. but there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence, none. the world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts. already many libyans have joined us in doing so, and this attack will not break the bonds between the united states and libya. libyan security personnel fought back against the attackers alongside americans. libyans helped some of our diplomats find safety, and they carried ambassador with stevens body to the hospital where we tragically learned that he had died. it s especially tragic that chris stevens died in benghazi because it is a city that he helped to save. at the height of the libyan revolution, chris led our diplomatic post in benghazi with characteristic skill, courage and resolve. he built partnerships with
libyan revolutionaries and helped them as they planned to build a few libya. a new libya. when the gadhafi regime came to an end, chris was there to serve as our ambassador to the new libya, and he worked tirelessly to support this young democracy, and i think both secretary clinton and i relied deeply on his knowledge of the situation on the ground there. he was a role model to all who worked with him, and to the young diplomats who a aspire to walk in his footsteps. along with his colleagues, chris died in a country that is industrial still striving to emerge from the recent experience of war. today the loss of these four americans is fresh, but our memories of them linger on. i have no doubt that their legacy will live on through the work that they did far from our shores and in the hearts of those who loved them back home.
will intensify his personal attacks and character attacks on mitt romney. megyn: karl rove said he pulled the negative advertising in many of these states. now he will be coming out as mr. nice guy. the anticipation was that pivot point would come where he would try and close on a positive note, on an up note. but with romney moving ahead in the polls he may not have any choice but to intensify the kill romney strategy in the closing weeks of the campaign. megyn: it was effective, the talk about bain capital. but i don t know, who knows, chris, who knows. we ll all know in just a few weeks. chris just talked about the polling. but there is new political callout all because of this move by moderator cnn s candy