last time. one of the problems when you look at those energy engagement issues, the voters who are least energized are minorities and young people. those are key obama voter groups. the ones most energized are key obama supporters. men, middle-aged people, they are the base of the republican party. but, of course, as you said, there s a lot of time between now and the election. people will certainly get all fired up, at least we hope. but knowing all this, what do you think the president s re-election strategy should be going foortd? you know, i went to a briefing this week with the president s re-election campaign where they laid out five paths to get to 270 electoral votes and one thing that they say they are very determined to do is have more than one way to get there. you know where we see where ohio goes, they are trying to avoid that situation where they could
daughter of a factory worker, union organizer, himself. i have never seen this level of participation on the part of volunteers. i was at the cleveland teachers union call center last night. their goal for the whole campaign was 200,000 calls. they had already made more than 509,000 calls as of last night. wow. you have written recently all eyes are on ohio this week. that what happens in ohio tomorrow is going to tell us a lot about the 2012 election, not just in ohio but about the 2012 election. why do you expect the results to resonate on a national scale? first of all, everyone is watching ohio. as ohio goes, so goes the nation. i don t think anyone outside ohio fully understood the ground swell here in ohio. john kasich has been the best community organizer in the state for democrats, but it s not just democrats who have decided they re voting no. i mean, we ve seen so many republicans come out against this. we re seeing a lot of
there s always that concern because we can t take anything for granted. i have never seen this level i m born and raised in ohio and i m 54 years old. daughter of a factory worker, union organizer, himself. i have never seen this level of participation on the part of volunteers. i was at the cleveland teachers union call center last night. their goal for the whole campaign was 200,000 calls. they had already made more than 509,000 calls as of last night. wow. you have written recently all eyes are on ohio this week. that what happens in ohio tomorrow is going to tell us a lot about the 2012 election, not just in ohio but about the 2012 election. why do you expect the results to resonate on a national scale? first of all, everyone is watching ohio. as ohio goes, so goes the nation. i don t think anyone outside ohio fully understood the ground swell here in ohio. john kasich has been the best community organizer in the state
for the next debate, does cain have what takes to go the distance? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. . president obama says that iran must be held accountable for an alleged plot to kill a saudi ambassador to the united states. he is ramping up efforts to punish and isolate iran as he puts pressure on republicans in congress for blocking his jobs bill. jess yak jessica yellin is standing by much he was asked about the alleged assassination plots, the links to the iranian government. give us the headlines. well, the president repeatedly declined to say that nation s supreme leader and president were aware of the alleged plot. but he insisted that knowledge of it reached high into the iranian government. here s the president. we believe that if even if at the highest levels there was not detailed operational knowledge, there has to be accountability with respect to anybody in
ohio goes, so goes the presidency. in fact, ohio voters have picked a president in every election. so how will the union bill affect the 2012 race? we re back with our political panel. all right, jerry, let me let you take a stab at this one first. how will this whole controversial thing about the unions affect who ohioans are going to vote for in two years? he think the unions see this as an opportunity to sort of re-establish themselves. they ve been in decline a long time and i think that this is an opportunity for them to sort of gather around one particular issue, get a few of their hollywood buddies together, get michael moore excited and tweeting and other people and hope to be able to sort of revitalize the unions and give them an issue. whether or not they re able to pull that off, that remains to be seen. i doubt it. but doug, our isn t the other side of the fence being revitalized? absolutely. this is a fight for the soul of america. the fiscal problems of ohio, wisc