Contradictory message from each of them. But theyre hoping that they reach their targets. Listen to some examples. Four more years like the last four years would continue to have a president playing hide and seek trying to find a plan to get the economy going. To create jobs. This is a president whos whose approach to croating jobs is another stimulus. 000 the first one work out . You can choose a Foreign Policy thats reckless and wrong, or you can choose one that is steady and strong. You can choose to turn back the clock 50 years for immigrants and gays and women, or in this election, you can decide we will remain an inclusive, generous country. Now there is a pretty big map of battleground states right now. And you have eight of them. Eight battleground states that are really too close to call, soledad. But it not just states like ohio and nevada and iowa and so on. Theres also one very interesting state in the northeast that is never a battleground because its always democratic and
Are literally counting down because in 16 hours barack obama and mitt romney battling in a Foreign Policy faceoff with the race for the white house about as close as it can get. Look at this new nbc wall street journal poll. Theyre locked in an absolute dead heat at 47 each. Editorial boards at newspapers across the country are coming out for their picks. Three endorsing mitt romney. The union leader calling the president president s policy a fantasy. Ago kron beacon journal and the plain dealer and the denver post calling the president the best pick under trying circumstances. Theres a lot to talk about and Paul Steinhauser with a preview of the showdown in the sunshine state. With the polls so close right now, theres even more at stake when president obama and mitt romney face off for the final time on the stage behind me at lynn university. Expect the two candidates to pick up where they left off last week in new york. When we have four americans killed there, when apparently we did
Tonight, if you didnt already know it, monday night football, bears and lions, game seven of the baseball playoffs, giants and cardinals. Look, weve seen the debates really do move the needle, but can a Foreign Policy debate compete against major sporting events . For the sports fans out there, we have some stats for you. How is this . Our new cnn poll of polls shows its a dead heat, 47 47. A let me bring in brianna keilar, live from boca raton, florida. The president admittedly took a bit of a foois in debapass in d one, really feisty in debate number two. Which one are we going to see tonight . Reporter i think what they would say were expecting to see is someone who is in command, and theyre going to obviously sort of position him and they have throughout debate prep, hes the person who has had four years of Foreign Policy handson experience, ashleigh, as you know, you really cant trade four years of handson experience. Thats something he has thats an advantage over governor romney.
Good morning. Welcome, everybody. Were coming to you from boca raton in florida. Our starting point this morning, a more forceful president obama, a more measured mitt romney. Last nights Foreign Policy debate here in florida, right here, in fact, is in the books now. And when it was over, a cnn orc poll of debate watchers favored the president over mr. Romney, 48 to 40 . Lets get right to senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash who was watching that debate. Good morning. Good morning. Look, we know this entire Election Year debates have really mattered. But this one was a little bit tricky because its about Foreign Policy. Thats not high on the priority list for voters. So each candidate really tried to make it a test of leadership. Especially the president. Reporter mitt romney came wanting voters to see him as commander in chief. The commander in chief came determined to make sure that didnt happen. I know you havent been in a position to actually execute Foreign Policy. But, e
Im john berman. 5 00 a. M. In the east. Well begin with the sprint to the finish line. Over the next 13 days president obama and mitt romney will crisscross the count industry and leapfrog the campaign. All the med fors you like as they try to lock down votes in states still considered tossups. This morning the president kicks off a twoday aroundtheclock blitz around six Battle Ground states with a raleigh in davenport, iowa. Then on to denver, colorado. Then to los angeles for a taping there. Then it is back to a latenight event in las vegas. For mitt romney he recollects has Campaign Events in reno, nevada, tonight, and then cedar rapids, iowa. It is a mouthful with dana bash following the fight to the finish. She is joining us live in the studio. Dana, what is the map . What are the travels these candidates are doing over the next two, three, four, five days of the race . It tells the number of battleground states is relatively big. If you look at the polls in the states where they