about people like me. romney s numbers are still upside down. people say governor romney doesn t care about people like them. that is still the result of a summer of pummeling in ohio by the obama campaign and the democratic super pacs which worked ohio harder, knowing that the state could be a firewall, knowing that they could hold the electoral map and take ahold of ohio. they hit him harder there than anywhe anywhere. you still see that in the internals in terms of romney s image in that state. i said they have to run the table if they lose ohio or expand the map. one area where romney s people are talking aboutpanding the map, michigan. a new poll finds mitt romney is closing in on president obama s once-comfortable lead in that state. the detroit news /local 4 poll found among likely voters, the race has tightened to be within the margin of error.
washington. who could work across the aisle. who had done so with democrats in massachusetts. implication being the accusation being that the president didn t know how to do that. had failed in talking to republicans. could never be bipartisan. had no chance of breaking the gridlock in washington. that we see everywhere. the silent testimony and not so silent testimony of chris christie, a republican who after all was the keynote speaker at the republican convention right. is really pretty powerful. the president doesn t have to say nothing. none of the adviser haves to say anything. people around the country saw it. you know, guys, in terms of why christie s doing this. my story is my first job in journalism is covering politics in new jersey and he was a washed up former county official and a lot of people treated him as a has-been and to understand why he s reacting this way right now, i think the most useful
it makes a difference. if you can t win ohio, you have to win at great length. needs to win a number of stat states. iowa is another. iowa is important. eric: can we talk iowa? ohio. thank you. northern part of ohio is very democratic and obama. a lot of car companies, tire companies up there. southern part being republican. you want to go for the middle piece of ohio. if romney doesn t win ohio, gets iowa, wisconsin becomes the in play state. eric: wisconsin and you need to win two other states. bob: i m giving him right now florida, north carolina, and virginia. eric: because he s lea leading. kimberly: you think it s
the fact is, the bureau of labor statistics has said, when you take into account the companies and the suppliers, you re up about 400 jobs. we did not grow ohio s economy just by relying on one industry or just one sector. we ve done it by diversifying ohio and making it safe for people to come in here. and i got to tell you, i call ceos in other states and they re very interested in what we re doing here because there s no surprises coming. and when there are no surprises, then investors and business people, job creators say, well, maybe it s safe to go there. and, you know, the proof s in the pudding. let me ask you about unemployment because, as you know, whoever is responsible for the success in ohio, governor romney doesn t seem very impressed. this is what he said speaking earlier this month to the columbus dispatch review editorial board. i don t think 7.2% unemployment is something to write home about. and if you consider the 200,000-plus people who have dropped out of the
this. the fact is, the bureau of labor statistics has said, when you take into account the companies and the suppliers, you re up about 400 jobs. we did not grow ohio s economy just by relying on one industry or just one sector. we ve done it by diversifying ohio and making it safe for people to come in here. i call ceos in other states and they re very interested in what we re doing here. because there s no surprises coming. and when there are no surprises, then investors and business people, job creators say, well, maybe it s safe to go there. and you know the proof s in the pudding. let me ask you about unemployment. because as you know, whoever is responsible for the success in ohio, governor romney doesn t seem very impressed. this is what he said, speaking earlier this month to the columbus dispatch review editorial board. i don t think 7.2% unemployment is something to write home and celebrate. when you consider the 200,000-plus people 0 who have dropped out of the workforce