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state of ohio, obama at 281. if you gave that to romney, look at that, 275-263. that s why it is so key. what is the one state that could keep us up at night? let s look out west. we ve been giving it to mitt romney colorado. watch what happens if we give romney florida, virginia, ohio. he s at 266. president obama, what does he need? new hampshire, wisconsin, iowa, all places he s favored and look at the one place that s keeping us up at night, western state, mountain time zone, late closing time, 266, 263, nine electoral votes there could swing it one way or the other. let s look at one last scenario where we could have ourselves a tie. president obama out west is favored in nevada. let s say we give it to mitt romney. it s only a three-point lead in our poll, 50-47.
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
let s talk more about some of these key battleground states from the president s perspective. patrick gaspart joins me live. let s start with the storm here. president has big events over the next few days. he s supposed to appear with president clinton on monday in prince william county, virginia. what s the likelihood of that event happening? second of all, how is he going to balance the realities of governing in a crisis with the perceptions? well, craig, first, it s great to be on. obviously, the president has been making that balance for the last several months, almost a year since mitt romney has been out on the trail. the president knows how to make that balance. on the situation in florida and the pending storm, clearly, the safety and security of floridians comes first and foremost. we hope that we ll have the