in michigan, a new poll from michigan gives mitt romney a one-point lead over president obama. the polls have been very close and this has to worry the obama campaign. in missouri. rounded by nine in a new poll out there. 49-40. missouri has been trending red. finally, in new jersey, a new monmouth poll puts them in single digits. obama 50, romney up to 42. maybe a bit too close for comfort in a state that hasn t gone for a republican since 1988. we ll be right back.
new poll numbers out with some key states. let s check the hardball scoreboard. in michigan, a new poll from michigan gives mitt romney a one-point lead over president obama. the polls have been very close and this has to worry the obama campaign. in missouri. surrounded by nine in a new poll out there. 49-40. missouri has been trending red. finally, in new jersey, a new monmouth poll puts them in single digits. obama 50, romney up to 42. maybe a bit too close for comfort in a state that hasn t gone for a republican since 1988. we ll be right back. you know what i love about this country?
on policy and a very well respected governor within other governors respect him. i think he dolled well. i don t know that he brings a lot to the table, demographically or geographically. if you are not winning virginia without him, you have big problems. reporter: mcdonnell insists that virginia is trending red. we elected the highest number of the house of delegates in the history of the united states, 68. the year before, 3 new congressman, so 8 out of 11 congressmen are republicans. reporter: he is the only one on the short list who is a veteran, 21 years in the army, active and reserve, stationed at one time in germany, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1997. his resume has private-sector experience and he was a prosecutor, a state house member, attorney general and then governor. in his campaign against democrat deeds, he won nearly 59% of the
trending red. we just made the highest number of delegates in the hit of the state. we picked up three new congressmen. reporter: he is the only person on the list who is a veteran. he served 21 years in the army both active and reserve stationed one time in germany, retiring as lieutenant colonel in 1997. his resume as private sector experience, plus he was prosecutor, a state house member a attorney general and governor. in his campaign, mcdonald won 59% of the vote, most votes any gubernatorial candidate has received in the commonwealth history. that led to inauguration day what by law can only be one term by governor. you are socially conservative? absolutely. you ran a campaign that was focus on the economy? yes. you were credited by a lot of
of president obama, thanking union members for helping him get elected. republicans trying to drive that message because they know that if they can undercut those unions they can undercut a big source of turn out the vote power for democrats. democrats tell me they re very worried, they see unions waning and that continues to be a big part of the party s on the street election day muscle. we played a clip, joe manchin, the democrat of west virginia going after president obama for what he called a failure to lead in this budget fight. he s going out of his way, isn t he, to show he s not in the grips of the democratic party, snlt he? he was just elected. usually house members start running the day they re elected. joe manchin who knows that he has a very tough fight in his state, knows that he governed sort of moderate conservative and it s a state that is trending red, so he wants to show that he s not bolden to the