tight. just 100 miles separate the president and governor romney on the ground in ohio. the governor is expected to address supporters this hour. garrett headacake is traveling governor romney. we know the importance of the auto bailout in ohio. chris was on with with andrea mitchell. he said if romney doesn t win ohio, he doesn t win the white house here. what is the romney campaign saying that you have top officials from gm and chrysler all asserting that the attack add, the notion of jobs going to china is faps. what are they saying at in the point about the auto bailout for those who will vote in ohio. it s fascinating. on the campaign trail this is not an issue governor romney mentioned to advisers. they re standing by the ad. they say over time there will be effects from the auto bailout on this. this is not something he talks about with reporters.
had some connection with al-qaeda. this group did see the video. did get upset about it. you can say the new york times and cite what they say and the other things. eric: back to the video. next on the rundown, romney doesn t normally sit down with gossip magazines but the president pops up in them day after day. which strategy is more becoming of the oval office? that debate directly ahead. [ male announcer ] wouldn t it be cool if you could combine
putting that together, pick off ohio or some combination of wisconsin and plus new hampshire, iowa, nevada. a combination there and the polls out of ohio and wisconsin, not looking good for romney. to me the issue is this. there are states on the map that could have been competitive. oregon, michigan, minnesota, pennsylvania and even maybe where obama had big margins in 2008 like 15, 16-point margins but you have to go back to 2004 to see, you know, a three-point race in minnesota. a three-point race in michigan. these are states, there s a lot of flexibility in these states. if romney with all the money he had and republicans had, outside money, if they had targeted the states early with advertising and then with field work, too, i think it would be a position now where minnesota could be in play or oregon. we see polls with the races in mid single digits in the states and minnesota right now and finally talking about it a little bit. romney doesn t have a single
by the candidate who wins independents. and romney s winning independents. according to most polls including this latest one. a quick look at the enthusiasm gap could be a problem for the president. 68% of romney supporters indicating they re very enthusiastic about voting versus 59% of obama voters saying the same thing. so willie, again, we show an ohio poll that shows the president solidly ahead. and then we show polls that show independents breaking strongly for romney, and romney voters being a lot more a lot more enthusiastic about the candidate. and one other note in the state of ohio, only 4% undecided. only 4% undecided voters and 3% in virginia and florida. i don t know how much movement there s going to be late. if there s only 4% of the people who have said i don t know yet. if the president has a four-point lead, a five-point lead, whatever the latest poll is telling you, romney doesn t have a lot of room to move
and you know what? i wouldn t accuse him of politics right now. i don t know. look, i like mayor bloomberg a lot. wait, wait, wait, stop. you wouldn t accuse who? i would not you just said that the mayor doesn t want the place being used for political i m speculating. you re speculating. and i m saying perhaps i wouldn t speculate right now. that people probably could use so you don t think the president of the united states political advisers are thinking that having him with the statue of liberty behind him is not a political backdrop with five or six days to go? does this shock anybody? seriously? does it shock you? i ll take it back to the initial question we were talking about, and is that what you think bloomberg s motivation is, to deny him political opportunity? what do you think he s doing? why is he denying the president? i ve already answered the question. what is that? he thinks the president has been a bitter disappointment over the past four years