of the romney lead is a i won t say a fabrication, but how much of this is self-fulfilling prophecy. the more you talk about the lead the more he will actually can i interrupt he s not leading, actually. the president is still leading and he s got he s been gaining but that he s not leading. it s so funny because i think we as, you know, progressives you know, we tend to think because he s got momentum and he shouldn t. gallup polls say romney is leading. that s just one poll. the averages of a lot of poll. it wasn t an outliar. look deniability, you can live in that world all you want. two weeks out from a presidential election in which two things you need to consider. one, either one of these men should be running away with this thing and they re not and there s a reason for that. the country is largely still making up its mind in one sense. i think they re going to come down in the voting booth. that s why you ve seen 47, 48, 49. but this is the reality.
showing dead even. slight romney lead. 15 out of the 1560 some-odd survey recipients 15 more people for romney than obama. wees have the cbo, new york times, quinnipiac point six weeks ago that showed 6-point lead. but the poll is 8% more democrat than republican for a state for example in 2010 was one point more republican. and the columbus dispatch is dead especially republican and democrat. bret: that is the three and the two and the one? one is any other state. if romney wins three and two, he needs new hampshire or pennsylvania or michigan or wisconsin, or iowa, or colorado or new mexico or nevada and he wins the white house. bret: the question is if he doesn t win ohio is there a path feasible for romney to win? doable but it s tough. obama is 247 electoral votes. ohio is 265. at which point iowa alone, six
showing dead even. slight romney lead. 15 out of the 1560 some-odd survey recipients 15 more people for romney than obama. wees have the cbo, new york times, quinnipiac point six weeks ago that showed 6-point lead. but the poll is 8% more democrat than republican for a state for example in 2010 was one point more republican. and the columbus dispatch is dead especially republican and democrat. bret: that is the three and the two and the one? one is any other state. if romney wins three and two, he needs new hampshire or pennsylvania or michigan or wisconsin, or iowa, or colorado or new mexico or nevada and he wins the white house. bret: the question is if he doesn t win ohio is there a path feasible for romney to win? doable but it s tough. obama is 247 electoral votes. ohio is 265. at which point iowa alone, six
are not yet able to make a projection, piers. let s give it a little time for some more official numbers to come in. once they come in based on those numbers and these exit poll numbers, we ll be in a better position to make a projection. wolf acti, you re making thi sound as exciting as you always do but you are a master of this process. are we at the end game? if mitt romney was to win all three tonight, this is pretty much game over, isn t it? not necessarily. it s almost game over. pennsylvania april 23rd, if santorum loses his home state, then it s game over. if he wins in pennsylvania, you know, mitt romney still won t be at that 1,144 delegate number that he needs to officially sew up the nomination. and in may there are some states like texas, for example, kentucky, arkansas, where santorum presumably has an advantage, so he ll continue. a lot of the establishment republicans, a lot of the pundits think it s game over. let s see what the voters have to say. i don
romney lead. real clear politics gives him a larger margin in as. arizonians complain they re not getting enough attention from the candidates. the primary is the same day as michigan with arizona being a winner take all state for the 29 delegates. it s thought second place would be a losing proposition. thank you. we re learning more about why the president reversed himself on supporting you don t see super pacs. the pro-obama action u.s. super pac raised $59,000 in january and almost all from one person. they spent more more than a quar million dollars last month. money isn t the only deciding factor. ed henry reports the president is trying to get a handle on the controversy over his contraception mandate and how it affects issues of faith. president obama tried to remain