fox news alert. latest daily tracking poll from rasmussen reports, governor romney has a slight lead over the president, ahead two points, 49-47 over likely voters n a few minutes scott rasmussen joins us live to talk about these numbers. we have brand new swing state polling numbers. there are substantial changes in there too for scott coming up. you see the debate only, well right here on the fox news channel. we wish it were only, right? megyn and bret start our coverage at 8:55 p.m. eastern time. for full analysis keep it here on the fox news channel. this is number four between the presidents and vice presidents. it will be a big moment. it will be must-see tv. you will have 60 million plus watching. can t make mistakes. got to be smart. martha: big night indeed. republican congressman darrell issa is firing back at the white house for criticizing the release of state department documents that were related to the deadly attack in libya that
andrea: that is very cool. you would never do that? greg: that is it for us. on the five. thank you for watching. the debate is three hours away. fox news brings it to you live. we ll break it down. bret: welcome to the campus of lynn university in boca raton, florida. this is final debate. in the run up for the presidential election. the men will be seated on the stage behind me, three hours from now. good evening. i m bret baier. this is special report. tonight s topic, foreign policy. in a race that is as tight as it can get. the newest daily tracking poll has romney up 51-45 over president obama. a bigger spread than the real clear politic average of recent national polls that has romney up less than one point.
gallup s daily tracking poll puts mitt romney leading president obama 2% right now. gallup is one of dozens of polls published every week. the polls at a dizzying speed are enough to drive a person insane. no one, including myself can seem to look away. republicans question or rather freaked out over several polls released prior to the presidential debate with a sizable lead of president obama over mitt romney. that begs the question, are these polls dishonest? no. look, we endow them with a false scientific precision. these polls, i don t pay attention to them schblgt polling is good at saying how
gallup s daily tracking poll has president obama up by 3 points among registered voters. among the smaller group of people who are likely voters, not just registered but likely to vote, president obama is not leading. it s romney leading by 2 points. the pew research center has a similar poll. romney up by 4 points in the pew poll. in the swing states, mr. romney leading in colorado by 4. mr. obama leading in pennsylvania by 2, the right poll showing a tie in nevada. the president up in new hampshire by 6 points. and really the one poll we waited on all day, the one poll that might matter more than any other single piece of data, the one piece we got today, president obama holding on to a 4-point lead in ohio. let s poll this one out. this is a cnn number from this afternoon. barack obama with an edge of 4 points in ohio, which is just
ultimately, how things stand right now, four weeks exactly before election night, is this. gallup s daily tracking poll has president obama up by 3 points among registered voters. among the smaller group of people who are likely voters, not just registered but likely to vote, president obama is not leading. it s romney leading by 2 points. the pew research center has a similar result, mr. romney up by likely voters by four points in the pew poll. in the swing states, mr. romney leading in colorado by 4. mr. obama leading in pennsylvania by 2, the right poll showing a tie in nevada. the president up in new hampshire by 6 points. and really the one poll we waited on all day, the one poll that might matter more than any other single piece of data, the one piece we got today, president obama holding on to a 4-point lead in ohio. let s poll this one out.