democrats leapt at a controversy about abortion where romney says only in case of rape, incest and life of the mother. republican candidate in indiana took a different view. this fall, i m supporting richard murdoch for senate. even when life begins in the instance of rape it s something that god intended to happen. murdoch tried to clarify that. where others insisted romney take the ad down. romney campaign said the for disagreed on abortion but refused to pull the ad. for their part, republicans are now emphasizing positions the president once championed that have now shifted. on job creation, cutting the deficit in half and capping carbon emissions which mr. obama once said would force the energy prices to skyrocket among others. they did move to the center in 2008, to be elected. the problem is that he has a
i want to say something about the politics of this, romney has one of the biggest megaphones of anybody, any human being can have. he the republican nominee for president. he had a chance, you know, charles said too much focus put on him. he has a chance to say that the administration left the embassy unprotected, they bumbled the arab spring but he focused on an attack that white house sympathized with attackers. he had a choice and he made a choice. he had a choice in florida. he didn t bring this up. this would have been a huge every one of us was prepared to write a lot about libya before the debate in florida. he chose not to bring it up. mal practice. to blame it on the candidate with other ideas of the strategic reasons to say because he didn t ask for looking in to this, we re not going to do it. i m talking about in the context of the story on the campaign. story of the scandal, the media ought to be on it. romney or not. not an excuse. bret: stick around to the onli
election? really? what if there is a tie in the electoral college? what happens then in chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the answers. in a close presidential race, one possible scenario is electoral tie. the battle over the 11 in yellow could go either way and that could be up to florida and western battleground go romney. remaining northern battleground go for the president. so i ask a couple of the electoral map expert about the possibility of 269-269 finish in which case the house would choose the next president. the senate decides who the vice president is. it would probably be in democratic hands still and would pick joe biden. so you would have a romney-biden ticket, president and vice president of the united states. it would be one crazy finish to one crazy election year.
in the last few years america has been knocked down. candidates hit the trail for the final push, look who is back in the sadle in clint eastwood famously talked to an empty chair at the republican convention is featured in the new american crossroad ad with the same tone as the halftime in america super bowl appearance. not much time left for the future of our country. romney will double downen the on the push of the bread and butter issues planning a foreign speech on the economy, deficit and the federal spending in ames, iowa on friday. bret? john roberts live in reno tonight. thanks. coming up on special report, has mitt romney officially shifted away from the right heading to the center? that brings us tonight s text to vote question. if romney wins how will he govern in text sr1 to 36288 for from the right. sr2 for from the center. sr3, for from the left. results later. next up, state that could decide the election. [ female announcer ] beef, meet flavor boost.
hitting another late night comedy show. we have come up with a name for the condition, romneysia. he s perfecting the presidential put-down ridiculing romney about the shift to the middle, derideed romney policy proposals as smoke and mirrors or out of date. we joke about romneysia but it speaks to something that is important. the issue of trust. but the president is taking fire of his own. for an off-the-record interview with the des moines register two weeks before election day. under pressure, the campaign allowed the publication, revealing that the president has no regrets for elbowing aside the economy to doggedly pursue healthcare in his first year. by the way, there is early voting now. on the trail, both candidates are urging people to lock in their votes now. in ohio, 30% of voters have already cast ballots. the obama campaign claiming a 10-point advantage in ohio. republicans say obama is underperforming. both claims are based on polls with tiny samples. no one