stands right now we have romney in the lead. by just a few tenths of a point. that shows tnationally. 48 percent mitt romney president obama 47.1. that is definitely a barn burner as we heard someone say earlier. let s take a look at the key swing states. this is where the candidates are really focusing their time right now. for example today in campaigning in iowa, colorado and nevada is president obama. if you take a look at the map iowa you have president obama up by two, romney up by 2 and nevada, obama up by two there. mitt romney also focusing on the states in nevada and iowa today. what does this map tell you? it is interesting to look at where the candidates go. where they think they can either do well and where they really need to rev you it up and turnout voters. we will see the president travel
debate number two? it was not answered. did the president call it terror as he claims? karl rove is up on that. martha: a brand new poll shows a dead-heat between the two candidates. this could not be anymore interesting. why does one reputable poll have governor romney up by seven? we ll go inside the polls because everyone is wondering what is going on with them. the vp picks keep up the pressure on the campaign trail. we will not duck the tough issues. we re not going to kick the can down the road. we re going to lead. we re not going to spend the next four years blaming others and we ll take responsibility and fix. [applause] ing a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.
governor is clear. gregg: i am glad you brought up gallup and rasmussen. here is rasmussen, with romney up by to points and look at gallup tracking poll, pat, romney is up, as of 1:00 o clock this afternoon, romney is up plus seven points. is that gallup poll accurate? or an outliar? i think it is an outliar because i have a problem with the seven-day seven day rollings because you are putting in 350 interviews which is margin of error at 15 points and each day you take one out. however, obama is i take gallup and rasmussen and i divide by two and i might do more than that. rasmussen shows romney up in the swing states by four points. if you look at the race, it is what doug said, very close, but it is moving to romney.
three of them. ohio, north carolina, virginia. talk to us about it. ohio. his a key swing state. we have not shown him ahead in ohio there. with r ways that romney can win without taking this but it s a stretch. the next is north carolina. north carolina is a state leaning to romney all year. the lead is growing there enough that the team is taking some of the resources from north carolina. to deploy it elsewhere. president obama barely won north carolina four years ago. gregg: it wasn t that long ago in virginia that is a critical swing state. that the president had a lead. now look. that is right. romney up by three in virginia. one story involving control of the senate.
shepard: bret baier is hosting a special report, special investigation on the attack in benghazi tonight at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 in oxford right here on the fox business network. the latest poll numbers are telling a lot of different stories now. some have governor romney up. others give president obama the lead. and we have the breakdown by the swing states. what can we learn from the contradictions? chris wall has weighs in next. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there s a better way. v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could ve had a v8. or.try kids boxes!