we ve already had one pollster call florida for mitt romney. the obama campaign is by no means conceding florida. they have a huge operation there that really is a turnkey that like ohio never really went away. so the florida organization just turned back on and they re really pushing early vote. one of the things that you re seeing in florida that s different in 08, in 2008 and before, republicans tend to do really well in absentee ballot. democrats do really well in in-person early vote. this year testimonies are pushing hard for absentee and they ve closed the gap in absentee ballot requests with republicans to less than 12 percent which actually sounds bhad, but it s actually really good compared to where they were before. it s at about 6% or 7% they re down. so there s still a gap, but not the size not the gap in the 08. and you re seeing a surge in early vote. it s like that all over the state. churches are looking at the fact
turner and i a chance to prove we are two different people. it s about time. no, it is all about ground game. at this stage of a campaign, it is all about gotv. get out the vote. it was sort of turnkey, they could turn the operation back on and the romney campaign had to ramp up which they haven t done yet. so today in ohio what you see is people literally putting people into vans and getting them to the polls. i actually saw a lot of young people at the polls, more than i would have expected and they re actually self motivated to get here and vote because they re very motivated to get it done early so they don t have to wait in line on election day. there was a drop in turnout for the 2010 midterm campaign. has the obama campaign been able