the world is not safe anymore based on his handling of afghanistan with 13 new gold star families and more blood on his hands how he welcomed putin in an incursion in ukraine. issue after issue the american public cares about and his biggest problem he isn t listening. bill: the absence of stacey abrams may portend some of that. i talk to a lot of folks in washington about the number of seats you target. some as high as 70. others say 45. what is it more realistically? close to 45 or 70? targeting means what you will campaign in. after looking at new jersey and virginia. president biden won new jersey a year prior by 16 points. he won virginia by 10. so i would say any democrat who sits in a set where biden won by 16 or less is a competitive seat and we should challenge it.
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bring it to today. there s the fiscal cliff. got to be the most recent of the big points in politics for 2012. absolutely. that shows just how fleeting a victory is in this town. president obama won a stronger than predicted victory. he basically got every state that was seen as being open up for play, up for grabs. he won them all. he won ohio. he won virginia, he won fa fla. he campaigned largely on this issue of middle-class tax cuts, fairness for the middle class, give the middle class a chance. he saw his win as a validation of the strategy, this philosophy that he ran on, but now we ve country to a political reality in washington, total gridlock. the republicans do not agree his victory means the american people endorsed his vision for the wealthy paying more.
as divided as it was before the election, president obama and the country prepare for the next four years. thank you, america! god bless you! god bless these united states. announcer: from abc news, this is america this morning with rob nelson and paula faris. good wednesday morning, everybody. four years ago barack obama stood on the brink of history. the morning after his election. now four years later he stands on the brink of a second year. the president has won the election after a hard-fought campaign saying he s returned to the white house more determined than ever. and he claimed a decisive and sweeping victory over challenger mitt romney although the popular vote is a lot tighter. but in the end, almost all of the key battleground states including ohio and virginia,
before, newly 20,000, very excited supporters, he gets to deliver that victory speech. we are an american family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people. [ cheers and applause ] reporter: reporting from chicago, obama campaign headquarters, karen travers for abc news. i m brandi hitt in boston where the room fell silent the minute it was announced mitt romney lost the key battleground state of ohio and then the election. romney supporters were convinced he would win some of the key battleground states. he just fell short in states like pennsylvania, ohio and also virginia. here is what mitt romney told his supporters after he called president obama to congratulate him. this is a time of great challenges for america and pray the president will be successful in guiding our nation. i so wish i so wish that i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader and