now, as governor romney and his running mate when they re here in new hampshire on monday, they will come here monday, ask him if that s fair. that s the president in new hampshire talking about the tax debate. talking about battle ground states being in new hampshire. chuck todd is over the at big screen with his device he keeps by his bed each night. as we look ahead, chuck, through the prism of the battle ground map and that road to the 207 electoral votes that you need to be president. let me just let you in on how to follow this. here are the electoral numberes. what these numbers stand for. 237 are r votes are in states that we think lead in the obama column. 191 electoral votes that we believe lean in the romney column. i want to show you the power of florida in this battle ground. if the president is able to ride
colorado had old polling that showed it as a lean romney. now it s solid romney. interestingly, a new poll in connecticut, showing the state has drifted from solid obama to leaning obama and colorado with 9 votes had gone from lean obama to tass tossup. two things are not reflected in that map that are reality. look, south carolina, which, you know, the last poll we have there is from december. joe trippi and howard dean s former manager and bret baier and i discussed, we are going to put it in the romney column, raising his total by 9. i think we are likely toy see a change in the next week in ohio with 18 electoral votes and wisconsin with 10. ohio is a tossup state. it has been moved into the lean obama column by the presence of one poll, overly large democratic sample. the next poll or two will put
immediate impact. besides wisconsin i would say the industrial midwest, ohio, pennsylvania, michigan and i also think, for example, iowa and colorado. iowa because, for example, there are large number of catholics, this is only the second catholic on republic presidential ticket in history and there are a bunch of catholics in the swing part of the state. iowa as you can see in the map is a toss-up. does in places like north carolina and colorado where, you know, a younger and northern virginia, where there is a younger electorate. young, fit family man, outdoor guy. appeal to independents help in those places. watch how he handles the issues of medicare and social security in florida just like marco rubio turned this into a positive. real quick quibble. north carolina and south carolina as toss-up states. no way romney doesn t carry that state. unilaterally moving south carolina into the romney column today. trip pay and i agreed we are sick and tired of south
immediate impact. besides wisconsin i would say the industrial midwest, ohio, pennsylvania, michigan and i also think, for example, iowa and colorado. iowa because, for example, there are large number of catholics, this is only the second catholic on republic presidential ticket in history and there are a bunch of catholics in the swing part of the state. iowa as you can see in the map is a toss-up. does in places like north carolina and colorado where, you know, a younger and northern virginia, where there is a younger electorate. young, fit family man, outdoor guy. appeal to independents help in those places. watch how he handles the issues of medicare and social security in florida just like marco rubio turned this into a positive. real quick quibble. north carolina and south carolina as toss-up states. no way romney doesn t carry that state. unilaterally moving south carolina into the romney column today. trip pay and i agreed we are sick and tired of south
immediate impact. besides wisconsin i would say the industrial midwest, ohio, pennsylvania, michigan and i also think, for example, iowa and colorado. iowa because, for example, there are large number of catholics, this is only the second catholic on republic presidential ticket in history and there are a bunch of catholics in the swing part of the state. iowa as you can see in the map is a toss-up. does in places like north carolina and colorado where, you know, a younger and northern virginia, where there is a younger electorate. young, fit family man, outdoor guy. appeal to independents help in those places. watch how he handles the issues of medicare and social security in florida just like marco rubio turned this into a positive. real quick quibble. north carolina and south carolina as toss-up states. no way romney doesn t carry that state. unilaterally moving south carolina into the romney column today. trip pay and i agreed we are sick and tired of south