You look at the comments and how generic from this secret encount ner florida how generic obama is willing to be. when he is that unpopular, it raises the question. he has to do something, i think at some point in this campaign to stand out in a way that makes a favorable, positive, unique impression on those that do not like him. the numbers are suggesting that if this is a toss up race, they re not good enough to guarantee reelection, or bad enough not to, he has problems. you said he has problems with independents and moderate voters, that the base is still not fired up. you covered him throughout this whole campaign, you know the base is not fired up, is that what you re saying? a lot of the base isn t fired up, and you see that in some of the things romney has to continue to do.
Election today. jon: maybe so. ohio always a politically significant state and races there could have a big impact on the balance of power. six house seats occupied by democrats are in danger of flipping. jenna: ted strickland is locked in a toss up race with john cesak. the big guns are now heading to the buckeye state. jon: that s where we ll find the president this weekend. today mr. obama is at the white house trying to rally union support and working to get out the african-american vote. let s get to mike emanuel at the white house. he has the latest for us. what is president obama s pitch to these key groups and how he is reach out today, mike. reporter: he s using the phone a lot, calling bloggers today, also calling into a radio show a little later this morning. as you mentioned, reaching out to the labor unions, saying thank you for the work you ve done so far. we ve got to do everything possible to bring turn out up to
Representative kirsten cinema. we are going to be in for what we now have described as the a toss-up race. this is an evenly matched race against two good candidates between mcsally and cinema. and it s going to be a doocy. president trump didn t endorse anyone in the arizona date. after mcsally s race she turned down endorsement from flake adding congratulations and then on to november. steve, brian, katie? steve: all right ellison, thank you very much. mcsally in 2015 kept her distance from donald trump. wouldn t say whether or not she voted for him. of course then when it was time to get an endorsement. i m not going to endorse anybody in this race including joe arpaio who he gave a pardon to. katie: did get on twitter and pointed out she rejected the endorsement of jeff flake and is he excited to see her win in november. this is going to be a fascinating race there are
President obama trying to make sure that doesn t happen. he s stumping hard for democratic candidates in key races out west. we ll talk about that in a moment. the president campaigning for california senator barbara boxer, the longtime senator now in a toss up race with republican carly fiorina. the president will also be attending a fund-raiser tonight for nevada senator reid r-r. he s facing a strong challenge from tea party-backed candidate sharron angle. bill: the president has made several campaign seats to ohio. with five seats held by democrats now in danger of going republican. not just the balance of power in washington at stake, tkodzs of governor seats are up for grabs across the country. john cssek holds a lead over john strickland.