why i voted four yearsi have th. and i worry about the debt that they re saddled with already. $51,000 per kid. gretchen: it s so interesting, frank, because you seem to hear from more people who voted for obama in 2008 who now will vote for mitt romney, but it seems to be hard to find the person who voted for mccain who is now going to vote for observe. 1%. we find 7%, 8% of the obama vote in 2008 will vote for romney this time. only 1% of those who voted for john mccain will vote for barak obama this time. gretchen: why is it so close? because you ve got new voters, 18 to 21. they re still breaking for barak obama by two to one. so you have to take people and switch them if you want to balance that out. right now that s why the race is tied. gretchen: one of the things do you is your dial ads, set up this ad for us n this is a woman named velma, she was a government employee. the single most powerful ad of all the things we ve tested in
early voting generally favors the democrats in the past. i m sure you want as many people to go out and vote today and pull the lever for mitt romney as possible, right? no question. i m predicting a bigger mitt romney win here than what anybody is talking about because i do. i see the enthusiasm on the ground here. i ve been with mitt romney and paul ryan in the last week. the enthusiasm is strong here on our side. again, it goes back to your point. people want to see problems confronted and resolved and let s get on and get america back to work. steve: he s the house majority leader from virginia. thank you very much for joining us live. thanks. steve: now go vote. gretchen: i like the freudian slip, mitt ryan. let s see what the weather picture is going to be because weather is always a factor on election day. there are a few trouble spots. let s go to maria molina in the weather center. where are the trouble spots? good morning. it does look like areas that
brian: someone mentioned ohio being important? it s just getting underway. 45 minutes ago voting started. the electoral votes mean so much t may decide who the next president is. let s ask rob portman, sparring partner when it came to the debates for governor remain knee. senator, what is going to be the key for you taking your state for the governor for the governor taking your state, being in so many polls he seems to be trailing bay point or two? it s about energy and enthusiasm at this point, as you know. we ve got the momentum on our side. you ve seen our rallies. i ve seen it in the door knocks and knocks. we ve knocked on 20 times more doors than all of 2008. i think it will be a good day for us, but very close. brian: i understand, too, the president is trailing big time when it comes to blue collar white voters. but not in your state. the governor has the advantage,
is half of the battle. they have to convince 535 memberings of congress to take their side, too. who better to do the job. back to the political panel who experienced that for themselves x. first of all for the middle of gridlock, how do we break it can they do. if romney gets elected you start with a new day. the republicans would try to move something forward and if the president gets reelected you start where you are today with a lot of the grid lock. brian:ent senator baye. you said no one was doing anything. do you see it changing if president obama gets another four years. i think he will think about his legacy and there is a chance and he will probably move to the middle and embrace the simpson-bowles report and
brian: you know my schedule is different. gretchen: i thought you didn t have power. steve: that s the show you re watching, all right. today is election day. as we ve been showing you. brian: i m out of stuff to do. steve: polls are open right now. people are voting in dozens of states this morning. one of the key issues, finding a leader to reach across the aisle. at a recent campaign stop in virginia, mitt romney reminded voters that hasn t happened under our president. you want to see four more years with washington in gridlock? no! by the way, let me ask the leader over here, leader cantor, when was the last time you met with the president on the economy and jobs, and the budget he says almost a year. steve: is that right? leader cantor happens to be with us right now from richmond, virginia. good morning to you. good morning. steve: why has it been so long? listen, we went back and