absentee program which we are doing fantastic at. we are focused at getting the vote out toehe early vote. it s one of the most important things you can do. you shouldn t say we should make it more than less. voting is an absolute right. people in this state died and lynched for the right to vote. early voting is good. absentee voting is good. they are not absolute rights, they are privileges. jewish voters, hispanic voters. the only ones doing this as a pandering to the black voters by the democratic party, as usual to get reverend sharpton. hang on, whoa, clarence, clarence, how is it pandering? we are running out of time, but how is it pandering? shgs no sh, no, no.
president and former president in florida making the case, but clearly, considerations for the lives of folks in the sunshine state comes first and we are going to make sure that s first and foremost. i should say that the situation with the storm highlights exactly why democrats are so supportive of early vote. you just don t know what unquantifiable things will happen. how real is the worry that the storm could impact early voting in some of these key states especially north carolina and virginia, as well? i think folks in that belt are accustomed to this kind of weather at this time of year. and they are making allowances. clearly, it s a situation we are all monitoring closely. judging by the lines that we just saw in your interviews in miami, there is a tremendous amount of energy on the ground and folks understand what the
a.b. stoddard associate editor on the hill and jeff greenberg. a.b., let me start with you. both candidates want to bank votes, but this has been a major push for the president, in particular. he made it his public service announcement on the trail. can democrats make enough strides with in-person early voting to prevent sweating out election night? well, that s what they hope. if you talk to them in these last two weeks, the goal has been all along they said they were well aware of it early enough in the cycle to really hone other energy and resources to make sure they turned out early vote among their supporters. their argument is at this point they are going to win even if they don t get any persuadable voters these last days. if they just turn out their supporters, they are going to win. the concern is all along that their supporters are
first of all, the way they try to energize talk about the white folks, the republicans are trying to cut off the black vote. we have reverend sharpton going all over the state to energize it. the base for the first black president of the united states. that s what this is all about. this is ridiculous. we ve got to go after this. i m offended by way is saying here. this is about middle income voters, about somebody who wants to cut taxes for small businesses and middle income voters and not raise taxes on middle income families in order to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. i encourage everybody to get out and vote and never diminish anybody else s right to vote. that s critical. we have to leave it there. i encourage you guys to continue your conversation via twitter perhaps. jobs and jobs and jobs. we ll leave it here.
single electoral vote is key. president obama carried this state in 2008. unemployment rate far below the national average, but mitt romney has a strong presence here. not only was he governor of neighboring massachusetts, but he owns a house here in new hampshire. kristen welker, thank you for that report. from new hampshire to the sunshine state. many residents down here in florida not waiting until election day to cast their ballots. just this morning, hundreds, thousands lining up at polling places to lock in their support for their candidate of choice. will this early electoral activity impact what we see on november 6th? joining me to talk about it,