helpful but it should have been done long ago. not with five days to go. a new york times news poll said critical of the coalition in 2008, women, catholic, and african-american and independents are switching report to republicans. according to the poll, 46% of likely voters said they would vote republican, while 40% said they would support democrats. in a wednesday meeting with liberal bloggers, mr. obama said his view on gay marriage are evolving and he defended his performance in office pointing out the jobs limitation saying, i m president and not king. presidents need to run for re-election and winning will require support from independents in two years. reaching out to one s base in a difficult mid-term election is not surprising. it s just not clear how issues like gay marriage will may for mr. obama in 2012. bret: mike emanuel live from the north lawn. thank you. the first part of the series closing arguments is straight ahead. later, one politician accused of voter f