between congressman paul ryan and homeless ohioans in a soup kitchen. they were aloud once he pitched in for dish duty after that exchange. he was not alone. he had his family in tow. this is my daughter liza and sam and i ve got other ones, charlie. like paul ryan, mitt romney also in ohio today. he is holding a pair of rallies, an indication of how critical the buckeye state and its 18 electoral votes are. president obama in virginia where he ll be preparing for the next campaign. the obama campaign has another tv ad out. it s narrated by none other than morgan freeman, the voice of vee a and the voice of god. every president inherits challenges. few have faced so many. four years later, our enemies
will be the ninth inning. as for us, we re going to take every thursday to assess the race, look at the campaign focus, the polls, and take a look at the week ahead. so on this thursday, the president began a two-day betting on america bus tour in rust belt states of pennsylvaniç and ohio. meanwhile mitt romney has big named surrogates making rounds in the same towns. i still believe in you. i m betting on you. and the country is betting on you, ohio. the choice in this election could not be clearer. and it could not be bigger. the stakes could not be bigger. i know. with you. betting on america tour. well, of course, we should all bet on america. but we shouldn t double down on barack obama. his presidency has been a losing hand for ohio and for america. i think we should dub his tour the broken promises tour for america s middle class. the president a few weeks ago came an gand a economic speech in ohio. four years ago it was about hope and change. a few weeks ag
the convention itself. what would you put ascii dates? the acceptance speeches are enormously important, the three debates are enormously important everything else, gosh, i think it s a lot ofç noise. by the 31st, people will be tuning out the ads. they ll be so sick and tired of them they ll be tuning them out. i hear you. we ve been talking a lot on the cycle as everyone has been about the critical blue collar voters in pennsylvania and ohio who have really always had a problem with this president but have really moved way from them as well. what advice would you give to the president about what thos voters in particular want to hear? well, i d go after them and i d go after them strong. i think the president has a great case in ohio. those blue collar voters mostly are in manufacturing, and in ohio, manufacturing is to a great extent component parks for the automobile industry. it s no secret that the ohio unemployment level is three full percentage points down