national three polls in the last two weeks are revealing a swing in favor of mitt romney. a columbus dispatch poll just released today shows a dead heat in the buckeye state with both governor romney and the president split at 45% among some 1700 registered voters. a so-called purple pool conducted days before that was nearly the same with team obama pulling 44% among 600 state voters, team romney ahead by 2 at 46%. if we look back even further he ll see the president is down from 49% in april, while romney support is actually up from 44 during that same period. just how significant is this? chris stirewalt is our fox news digital politics editor and host of power play on foxnews.com. he s just across the road from me now. chris, good to see you here in tampa. let s talk about this. no republican has ever won the white house without winning ohio. the importance of that state cannot be overstated. and for so much time now we have seen president obama with a considerable adva
national three polls in the last two weeks are revealing a swing in favor of mitt romney. a columbus dispatch poll just released today shows a dead heat in the buckeye state with both governor romney and the president split at 45% among some 1700 registered voters. a so-called purple pool conducted days before that was nearly the same with team obama pulling 44% among 600 state voters, team romney ahead by 2 at 46%. if we look back even further he ll see the president is down from 49% in april, while romney support is actually up from 44 during that same period. just how significant is this? chris stirewalt is our fox news digital politics editor and host of power play on foxnews.com. he s just across the road from me now. chris, good to see you here in tampa. let s talk about this. no republican has ever won the white house without winning ohio. the importance of that state cannot be overstated. and for so much time now we have seen president obama with a considerable adva
good evening. and we have that big news tonight from new hampshire, where we have a winner in the republican primary, taking us one step closer to the presidential election in november. governor mitt romney has won. and he has won decisively. abc news can also project congressman ron paul in second. and governor jon huntsman in third. and since governor mitt romney has done no other republican challenger to a president has ever done, swept iowa and new hampshire. it s your voice, your vote. and david muir is at romney headquarters for the rousing response there tonight. david? reporter: they are alternating mitt and their applause here. a huge win for mitt romney here in new hampshire. making history after winning iowa by just eight votes. now, new hampshire after, the first nonincumbent to do that. his son, and his tagg, matt, and craig up there behind him. tonight, he has made history. here s what the governor said just moments ago. this state has always been a very s