that s why they ve been preparing with their debate camps. they will be focusing broadly on all voters but in particular undecided voters who after hearing all the convention speeches and seeing the television ads are trying to make up their minds. for the president that means talking about the economy, how things are still difficult but the economy is in a much better place and heading in a much better direction. for romney it will be talking about the president s failed promises and perhaps a preview of that we saw yesterday with the help of vice president biden while he was out on the campaign trail. he was describing how middle class americans will be hurt under mitt romney. and then he sort of put framed their plight over the last four years this way. this is deadly earnest. how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class has been buried the last four years. how in lord s name can they justify raising taxes with these tax cuts? vice pre
that s why they ve been preparing with their debate camps. they will be focusing broadly on all voters but in particular undecided voters who after hearing all the convention speeches and seeing the television ads are trying to make up their minds. for the president that means talking about the economy, how things are still difficult but the economy is i a much better place and heading in a much better direction. for romney it will be talking about the president s failed promises and perhaps a preview of that we saw yesterday with the help of vice president biden while he was out on the campaign trail. he was describing how middle class americans will be hurt under mitt romney. and then he sort of put framed their plight over the last four years this way. this is deadly earnest. how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class has been buried the last four years. how in lord s name can they justify raising taxes with these tax cuts? vice pres
the presidency hanging in the balance. most americans head to the polls in five weeks. but by that time, an estimated 30% of the country will have already voted. early voting gets under way this morning in the battleground state of ohio, and the not so battleground state of nebraska. that means ballots are already being cast in ten states across the country. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is with us this morning. paul, more and more voters get a chance to go to the polls early. why is this so important? it is interesting, because what happens if a big development happens in this first debate or even some of the other debates and you ve already cast your ballot and you want to change your mind. too late. most of the people who are voting early in these states are die-hards. ohio starting today. they re the second battleground state to start early. iowa, christine you know something about that. so it is interesting about a third of the country voted in one way, sha
already voted. early voting gets under way this morning in the battleground state of ohio, and the not so battleground state of nebraska. that means ballots are already being cast in ten states across the country. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is with us this morning. paul, more and more voters get a chance to go to the polls early. why is this so important? it is interesting, because what happens if a big development happens in this first debate or even some of the other debates and you ve already cast your ballot and you want to change your mind. too late. most of the people who are voting early in these states are die-hards. ohio starting today. they re the second battleground state to start early. iowa, christine you know something about that. so it is interesting about a third of the country voted in one way, shape or form before election day four years ago. we ll see somewhere around that this time around. it is where you get to see the campaign flex their
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