to victory, he had to win florida. president obama s campaign said all along we would like to win in florida but we don t have to win in florida to get beyond 270 and that s what the obama campaign proved last night. martha: you look at calculus and the exit polls and you try to pick through the tea leaves and determine what made the difference. and really when i think about it, the analysts had florida in mitt romney s column for quite some time. what do you think of why it went the other way? it was always going to be a close vote in the state of florida. but real clear politics had romney winning florida by 1.5%. republican strategists predicting a 3 percentage point win for romney yesterday. but there is a lot of dem graph can change in this i4 corridor.
another sreupbts storm is goin winter storm is going to come up the coast and hit them again. the recovery effort is on going as we speak. martha: there is the scene from last night in chicago. with the campaign over back to work time for president obama and for congress. but has anything changed to break the gridlock? we certainly hope so. we will debate next. we are not as divided as our politics suggest. we are not as cynical as the pundits believe. one. two. three. my credit card rewards are easy to remember. with the bankamericard cash wards credit card, i earn 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ both ] 2% back on groceries. [ all ] 3% on gas! no hoops to jump through. i earn more cash back on the things i buy most. [ woman in pet store ] it s as easy as. [ all ] one! -two. -[ all ] three! [ male announcer ] the bankamericard cash rewards credit card.
of democratic control of course. i m making an obvious point. the republican party is weak at this moment and it s possible that the president will be able to steam roll the congress in getting those things through. there are definite ideological fights ahead. if you re going to lighten up immigration polls you ll create a democratic base. there is another reason to do this to have fairness and equity for people who have been living in this country under the rey car that have nowhere to go. clearly there is a reason to do i it other than political consequences. martha: have to end it there. bill: there is marijuana and there is gay marriage. what passed and what did not. and for the second time in the east residents are told to pack up and head for higher ground. a major storm again taking dead
hispanics and women divided, the obama payable were able to create there nationwide helped them in colorado. bill: there are blue counties around denver, that is pretty significant when you re trying to win that state. second part of the country you re going to wisconsin, michigan and ohio. all three states are blue, what do you say? that was a big part of the blocking strategy, and i think part i mean with ryan being picked from wisconsin you had to pick up either wisconsin or ohio, and i think i think both of these are a little surprising that he didn t win one of them. bill: he loses by 7 in wisconsin. i don t know how many folks were predicting that in wisconsin. the fire wall was really ohio, wisconsin iowa in the event that mitt romney does very well on the east coast. i think the auto bailout divide there helped in ohio. le real surprise still may be florida. i had obama winning 303
it s interesting americans have voted for more of the same. and i think that what i hope we are not going to get is more of this gridlock, and joa is right. obama is not a deal maker. something has to give on that front, obama has to be able to deal with these people on the hill. they have to meet him halfway, too. bill: for the record, the last time these two men talked. on the telephone brief conversation mid-september. last time they talked in person. july. see you, jonah. see you, kirsten. martha: a nation divided in the popular vote. why someone who serves in the clinton white house says obama need to be humble in his opinion. we ll talk to lanny davis. bill: we have been watching the