particular in a bad spot because she has to defend herself against what? we don t know what she s defending herself against. she needs to. she is arguably inarguably ahead in this race. yes, maybe the polling has gotten tighter but she has been ahead in national polls and in all the battleground states now for weeks. it would take quite a lot for that ship to turn around and be against her. on the other hand, with ten days to go she s suddenly on the defensive about something. republicans have a tool that they can use against her. and the whole issue i think that he raised was of voter motivation. if you re somebody who is still trying to make up their mind or you were inclined to vote for clinton but weren t excited about it is this going to keep those voters home. if that s the case, what s not necessarily is that going to do to her but she s likely to win, it could drag down votes down ballot. hugh, when you have early voting well under way and you look at how that s been going
organization is raising and how. we have to dig deeper, work heard and move faster. it s going to take all of us working together. fox news learned that speaker gingrich s campaign, which is ongoing, has $4.3 million in debt. thank you very much. how important are the campaign war chest as soon as coming up, we ll talk to radio show host alan colmes and monica crawley and the other news making headlines. new fox news polls show mitt romney still has to overcome challenges to win the battle. in ohio registered voters gave president obama a 6-point lead over romney. the numbers are closer in the state of florida. the president leads romney by 2 points but that is within the polls margin of error. another interesting factor to consider in the matchup could be voter motivation. in ohio and florida, supporters
motivate voters. the voter motivation is coming from an anger at the federal government for overspending, overtaxing, and wasting a lot of money that we borrowed from china. eric: simon, how come there isn t that motivation among democrats? two things to keep in mind. one the democrats got more votes in the last two elections than the republicans. even if democrats have a lower turn-out they could do well in the election because more people voted democratic. substantially more people that voted democratic in the last two elections. not a lot of evidence despite the republican strength in the election, they surpass the 45-46% margin they got in the last two elections. a lot will depend if the democrats reclaim the votes lost in the last election. something i want to add quickly is something karen said. if the country was looking for the fiscally responsible party, they should vote for the democrats.