while the democrats try to keep the departed on o the roles they won t necessarily. michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin they didn t run the barrage of antiromney ads preconvention there and those were 16-14 and 10 point obama states. how to they he look close to being even or not polls you cited even states and that is places where romney could win even if he doesn t win, ohio. sean: who is winning this race? mitt romney. sean: michael barone. thanks for being with us. appreciate it. chris matthews is playing the race card and this time attacking governor palin. desperation in full force at nbc news. we ll play you the insane comments, next. mike rowe here at a ford dealer with a little q&a for fiona. tell me fiona, who s having a big tire event? your ford dealer. who has 11 major brands to choose from? your ford dealer. who s offering a rebate? your ford dealer. who has the low price tire guarantee. affording peace of mind to anyone who might be in the market for a new set of
the 2012 race for the white house. according to the latest polling data the romney surge is continuing nationally and in swing states across america. let s begin with the gallup survey showing that once again, governor romney is leading the president by a comfortable margin. 51 to 46%. that number is reflected in the daily ra rasmussen tracking po. also from rasmussen romney has a four-point advantage 50 to 46 in the key wing states. here with reaction author of the price of politics bob woodward is with us. before we get to the polls, bob, i wanted to ask you in light of reading your book cover to cover and he really enjoyed it. thank you. sean: and i have not enjoyed all your books by the way, some are pretty tough on people i like. in all seriousness in light of what you concluded with the president on economic issues and the grand bargain and opportunity missed. here we have this father at the
varying in between a tie and a five point obama swing. but you we are also seeing in the polls almost all of them the 11 in which the real clear politics .com average is based romney way ahead as much as is 20 points among independents and when you look at the party identification figure there, the average in those 11 polls is 39-32, a 7-point advantage. that is essentially equivalent to what the exit poll proclaimed although as josh jordan points out in national review the exit poll party i.d. doesn t seem to match with the actual results in the exit the poll or the actual results and he estimates that the democratic party i.d. advantage was about five points. the average poll here is showing it at 7 which is more even though everywhere are else in the country the democratic party i.d. advantage has gone away or disappeared. sean: can you glean anything from the air early voteing that we are seeing in ohio? you understand this state better than anybody county by
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sean: as both candidates head into the final stretch of the campaign there is one critical state that could hold the keys not white house for governor romney and that is the state of ohio. historically no republican candidate has won the election without taking this battleground state. the latest poll shows governor romney in a dead heat with the president both at 48% and as obama is relying mainly on the quote auto bailout for a victor arery in the state, voters are more concerned about the overall economy. romney is leading obama when it comes to the handling of the economy. joining us is michael barone. what do you think? what is happening in ohio? well, this was one of the three firewall states.