obama s sizable lead in ohio, florida, virginia. among likely voters, leads romney in ohio by 7, florida by 5, virginia by 5. when you go inside the numbers to the right direction wrong track question, it shows people are more optimistic, although more say the country is on the wrong track. the gap is narrowing, however. in florida, 42% of registered voters say the country is headed in the right direction. 52% saying the country in the wrong direction. ten point gap. the gap has been narrowed significantly since may. back then, 39% said right direction, 37% wrong direction. virginia, same. the gap here again, half what it was in may. in ohio, the state many say could decide this election, same trend applies. right direction, now 44%. 51% say wrong direction. but again, it is narrowed. half the gap that existed in may when 41% said right direction. this margin of improvement in
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running for a second term as president of the united states of america. that s why president obama s running. he s trying to restore an america built on fairness. the other side, they don t seem to have the same vision. joining me now is chaka fattah from pennsylvania and bob shrum who ran kennedy s campaign against romney in 94. thank you first of all for both of you being here. glad to be here. good to be with you. congressman, fattah, let me start with you. what does the choice of ryan say to you? it says somehow the right wing of the republican party were able to take over the mccain campaign for sarah palin
tv in four important swing states and as they raise holy heck complaining about other unrelated anti-romney ads. joining us now, the host of up with chris hayes and author of twilight of the elite. mr. hayes, good to see you. our friend chuck todd, our colleague here, had an interview with mr. romney in which he said he wanted his business record to be off limits in the campaign. how did this happen? wasn t that going to be businessman verses obama? the entire argument. primary debate after primary debate, in his comparative advantage over other republicans in the field, when he was trying to establish himself against lifelong politicians such as rick perry, newt gingrich, et cetera, that was the comparative advantage there, and then in the general election, this was this is someone the argument in
layoffs. assistant labor secretary jane oates posted this notification. as we first reported, 46 days ago, the law called the warn act, requires that mass layoffs be announced to employees 60 days beforehand. we re talking about mass layoffs threatening the defense industry. since tt sequester cuts take effect on january 2 snd. what that initially meant that announcement at the big defense contractors would go out november 3rd, as you can see that s three days before the presidential election. obviously those are not headlines that obama wants. so enter the labor department. here s the letter. oates writes, quote, the warn act notice to employees of federal contractors including in the defense industry is not required 60 days in advance of january 2, 2013 and would be inappropriate. yes. the administration is reinterpreting the law on the sly. because after all this was sent out and they declined to make anyone available to interview this tonight. of course this was a manna f