didn t win. suggesting they vote republican all the way down the ballot and on a teleconference in june mitt romney himself told business owners they should be telling their employees how to vote. i hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and, therefore, their job and their future in the upcoming elections. and whether you agree with me or you agree with president obama or whatever your political view, i hope you passed those along to your employees. nothing illegal about you talking to your employees what you believe is best for the proceeds. that will figure into their voting decision. and will post all of those e-mails and their statements.
the country threatened to shut down his business. he sent ntszs to his employees suggesting they boat republican. mitt romney told business owners they should be telling their employees how to vote. i hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and, therefore, their job and their future in the upcoming elections. and whether you agree with me or you agree with president obama or whatever your political view, i hope you pass those along to your employees. nothing illegal about you talking to your employees about what you believe is best for the business because i think that will figure in to their election decision, their voting decision. we will, of course, post all of those asg e-mails and their statement on our website at up with chris on msnbc.com. jo workers that work for a company owned by bain capital
can radically shake up the race for president. a federal appeals court has struck down a photo i.d. law that required voters to show i.d. at the polls a. u.s. judge in ohio rejected a republican backed will ylaw that cut three of early voting. joining me now from the site of the dnc in charlotte, dave weigel and editor of the cq roll call daily briefing dave hawkins. we have dave and david. are we clear on this? here we go. good to see you both. dave, i ll begin with you. the voting decision in ohio. how much could this decision, if it stands, affect the voting? well, democrats think this is worth up to maybe 80,000 votes. they mention during the arguments in this process that about 80,000 people end ed up voting in those final three days before the elected.
there. joining us now is scott rasmussen. scott, great to see you. what does this say when the president is basically neck in neck with mr. romney in florida? there is two things here. first, since rick santorum and newt gingrich have effectively conceded the race, a lot of their supporters who said they would never vote for mitt romney are saying something to the effect of, well, i m not happy about it, but i still want to vote against president obama. so they re beginning to give a little bit of their support to governor romney. the other story in florida is there is a question of how much the president s health care law is going to hurt there. this is a state the president won by three points the last time around. seniors are more unhappy with the health care law than any other demographic. they re also obviously very influenced by the health care situation. it s a big part of their voting decision. this is a state that right now is it too close it call and as the health care issu
the prism of halloween. with ellen davis of the national retail federation. when the economy is suffering, halloween spending soars. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. an economic trifecta thursday boosted the administration and maybe the president s re-election chances, too. new figures show the economy grew by 2.5% in the third quarter, almost double the growth in the previous quarter. and european leaders struck a deal to settle greek debt and bolster the euro. then world markets surged in response. wall street ending thursday up over 300 points. meanwhile, out on the campaign trail, the president tried to reconnect with voters where they are hurting. he launched a spate of initiatives he can execute without congressional approval helping homeowners with underwater mortgages, lowering student loan payments, training for veterans to work in the health care industry, and informational tools for small businesses. joining me now, senior campaign str