An Election Year in the state of florida, its worth taking a close look. Voters at some locations today waiting as long as 2 1 2 hours to cast their ballots. I went to two early voting stations in pembroke pines. I talked to people about why they wanted to cast their ballot before november 6th. I dont want to lose an opportunity. You never know what can happen. I want to be here and vote. Voting is important to me. You should not wait. Its something that you should do. Im scared of the outcome of this election. I dont like the politics, the campaigning and i want to make sure my vote is counted as early as possible. She had lots of company in florida early voting today. How this has become such a gamechanger. First to the campaign trail where president obama is in New Hampshire. He is scheduled to speak within the next few minutes. Paul ryan about to make the third stop of the day in ohio. He is going to take the stage in circleville any time now. We will go live to both those events coming up. First though, some breaking news from florida. The Romney Campaign announcing just moments ago that they are rescheduling all of mitt romneys virginia events for tomorrow. The gop nominee will instead travel to ohio. All this because of the impending impact of Hurricane Sandy. We of course are tracking sandy. Progress up the east coast. Nbcs meteorologist dylan drier in the msnbc studios in new york. Ton trung in delaware. We just got the latest advisory from the hurricane center. What can you tell us. Nothing has changed. This still indicates the storm is a category 1 hurricane and very far out to sea, but still just as huge as it has been. Thats why we are still dealing with some potential for stronger wind gusts and decent rain along the coast of South Carolina and North Carolina. North eastern North Carolina and south eastern South Carolina will be almost a pivot point for this storm to rotate on. Thats going to produce heavy torrential rain in that area. It is moving northeast right now. Still sounds weird that this storm is ever going to take this turn to the northwest, but it is going to happen. Its going to happen especially early monday. Sunday night into monday morning is when it takes that turn. Look at the size of this storm. We are seeing clouds all the way from florida, stretching up into new jersey at this time. Eventually the rain with this storm will make its way up the eastern seaboard. Right now the heaviest of the rain, dark shades of green, yellows here, thats where we have your torrential downpours. Notice how its just offshore. The majority of the lighter rain is whats affecting the coastline of South Carolina and North Carolina and eventually will move up into virginia. These are current wind gusts, gusting up to around 30, 35 Miles Per Hour. Think how far away the storm is and winds are still that strong. As this moves onshore from east to west, believe it or not, thats when well see our strongest winds. Weve got a stalled front to our west, a huge area of High Pressure to our northeast. This storm has nowhere to go but west. It sounds so bizarre. Thats what makes this storm so unusual. The way its moving in to the delmarva area and into the midatlantic. We are going to see this storm affect somewhere in new jersey down through delaware into maryland. Well end up with about eight to ten or more inches of rain. We are not just looking at inland flooding, but coastal flooding because of a four to five foot storm surge. Power outages will be the Biggest Issue with wind gusts up to 80 Miles Per Hour with the leaves on the trees. Those will come down on power lines. We could be talking about Power Outages through the weekend and beyond. Thank you so much. We will be checking in with you periodically over the course of the next few hours. Right now, lets go to nashua, New Hampshire. President obama has just taken the stage there. The Campaign Rally is going on. Lets listen in. That was his philosophy as ceo, his philosophy as governor. As president clinton said he does have a lot of brass. Hes not talking about big change, but all hes talking about is a big rerun of the same policies that created so much hardship for so many americans. And yall, governor romney has been out here making lastminute promises lately. Said hes all about fighting for the middle class. Says he cut taxes for everybody. And ask something from nobody, but the problem is we heard those promises before. Keep in mind, governor romney lives a few miles south of here in the state of massachusetts. Love massachusetts. [ cheers ] but during governor romneys campaign for governor down there, he promised the same thing hes promising now. Said hed fight for jobs and middle class families, but once he took office, he pushed through a tax cut that overwhelmingly benefited 278 of the wealthiest families in the state and raised taxes and fees to middle class families to the tune of 750 million. Does that sound familiar to you . When asked about this, he says these werent taxes, these were fees, but keep in mind, there were higher fees to be a barber, higher fees to become a nurse. There were higher fees for gas. There were higher fees for milk. There were higher fees for blind people who needed to get a certificate that they were blind. He raised fees to get a birth certificate which would have been expensive for me. [ applause ] he raised fees, he raised fees for marriage certificates and fees for funeral homes, so there were literally cradle to grave tax hikes and fees. And when he left office, there were only three states in the country that created fewer jobs than massachusetts. By the way, one of them was louisiana that had been hit by hurricane katrina. He talked a lot about Small Businesses, still talks about it. Says im a business guy, i know about Small Businesses. Massachusetts when he was governor ranked 48th in Small Business creation. One of the two states that ranked lower was louisiana that had gotten hit by hurricane katrina. So this is a guy who has a track record of saying one thing and doing something else. On the other hand, when i ran four years ago, i made promises, too. I promised to cut taxes for middle class families and i did by 3,600. I promised to cut taxes for Small Business owners and i did 18 times. I promised to end taxpayer funded wall street bailouts and we have. By the way, we got every dime worth of money we used for the bank rescue and got interest with it, too. I promise to take on those Financial Institutions charging too much for student loans. We were able to make college more affordable for millions of americans. I promised i would never walk away from the millions of jobs that were in jeopardy when the Auto Industry was on the brink of collapse. We decided to ignore governor romneys Business Advice when he said detroit should go bankrupt. Now america, we are building the best cars on earth. Four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq and we did. I promised that we would begin the transition in afghanistan, and we are. I said we would go after the terrorists who attacked us on 9 11, and thanks to the brave men and women in uniform, the courage of our navy seals, al qaeda is on the path to defeat and Osama Bin Laden is dead. President obama at a middle school in nashua, New Hampshire there. Spending a fair amount of time talking about governor romneys record. Also spent time basically laying out why he doesnt think governor romney would be a friend of middle class in this country, and got quite the applause with his birther joke there in front of the crowd. Kristen walker has been traveling with the president. Lets talk about the energy there and the size of that crowd. Can you give us an idea about both of those things . Well, we havent gotten an official crowd count yet, craig. I can tell you that the crowd here is certainly energized. A couple thousand people. James taylor started things off, warmed up the crowd before president obama took the stage, so he got things going. President obama getting a lot of cheers. The president has made this his closing arguments really about trust. You heard him say that essentially mitt romney does not do what he says hes going to do. He talked about his record as governor in massachusetts. Of course, that is a neighboring state to New Hampshire. This crowd quite familiar with mitt romneys record. One of the things president obama focusing on today and really throughout his Campaign Speeches recently is the fact that mitt romney says he is not going to increase taxes for middle class families and that he did that while he was governor of massachusetts. The Romney Campaign pushing back saying president obama is in attack mode because he doesnt have his own record to run on. Both candidates really going after independent voters here in New Hampshire. This race is essentially tied up. President obama has a narrow lead here, but certainly not a significant one. Four electoral votes here. In a race this tight, every single electoral vote is key. President obama carried this state in 2008. Unemployment rate far below the national average, but mitt romney has a strong presence here. Not only was he governor of neighboring massachusetts, but he owns a house here in New Hampshire. Kristen welker, thank you for that report. From New Hampshire to the Sunshine State. Many residents down here in florida not waiting until election day to cast their ballots. Just this morning, hundreds, thousands lining up at polling places to lock in their support for their candidate of choice. Will this early electoral activity impact what we see on november 6th . Joining me to talk about it, a. B. Stoddard associate editor on the hill and jeff greenberg. A. B. , let me start with you. Both candidates want to bank votes, but this has been a major push for the president , in particular. He made it his Public Service announcement on the trail. Can democrats make enough strides with inperson early voting to prevent sweating out Election Night . Well, thats what they hope. If you talk to them in these last two weeks, the goal has been all along they said they were well aware of it early enough in the cycle to really hone other energy and resources to make sure they turned out early vote among their supporters. Their argument is at this point they are going to win even if they dont get any persuadable voters these last days. If they just turn out their supporters, they are going to win. The concern is all along that their supporters are disappointed, maybe theyve become apathetic. Maybe they support obama, but thats not getting in the car. These rallies where they take you right to a voting place is going to make a difference for president obama. It wont if romney has more votes and wins. Its important to remind the supporters whats at stake and to get them to bank those votes in advance. Jeff, we are expecting sandy to throw quite the wrench into some campaigning. Governor romney shifting his stops tomorrow from virginia to ohio. Power outages after the storm could really shift priorities for a lot of swing state voters. How big could the political impact of sandy be . S. Well, the first thing to think about, since you know i like to do the counterfactual history. What if sandy hit on tuesday november 6th . That would be something that has never happened before, as far as i can tell in american politics. The broader point, if i may, is that the Obama Campaign, its one advantage even in the midst of the last couple of weeks since the first debate of declining leads is that its had four years, five, if you count the 2008 campaign, to build a turnout machine. The sophistication of how you locate your voters and how you persuade them to vote has changed by a factor of a million, he said slightly exaggerated, in the last couple of decades. The Bush Campaign did this in 2004 in what was called bankrupt targeting. The Obama Campaign has gone to school on it and brought it to a whole new level. The sophistication of locating voters and the kinds of persuasion tools you use, things like when you call a perspective voter and say do you plan to vote, how are you going to do it, what time . The whole point is psychological to get people in the frame of mind to vote. My guess is whether its go ahead, im sorry. I was about to say. Its something i have seen up close and personal in North Carolina and ohio and now florida, as well. I want to get back to that later. The ground game is what youre talking about, jeff greenfield. You and a. B. Stoddard are going to come back and join me. Do stand by. Up next, if you think there is only one path to victory, youre wrong. We are going to give you a peek at what the candidates have up their sleeve next because theres more than one way to skin a cat, as they say. Where others fail, droid powers through. Introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by motorola. Now more than ever droid does. At legalzoom, weve created a better place to turn for your legal matters. Maybe you want to incorporate a business youd like to start. Or protect your family with a will or living trust. 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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 well have the 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 thats first and foremost. I should say that the situation with the storm highlights exactly why democrats are so supportive of early vote. You just dont 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, its 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 consequences are in this election and they are coming out and participating. I had Staff Members in florida sending me pictures early this morning. I saw folks who had been waiting online since 6 00 a. M. In the morning. Lines that were wrapping two blocks long because they understand this is a make or break point for the middle class. I know our supporters are energetic and enthused about the president s plans and positions and understand mitt romney would take that back with social security, medicare and womens health. Our latest nbc news wall street journal marist poll showing a dead heat in colorado. Governor romney cutting the deficit with women in half in that state. His favorability in colorado has apparently flipped. If this whole thing comes down to colorado, will you guys have the turnout necessary to hold off a romney surge . Yeah. You know, i dont believe this is going to come down to any one state. There are seven to nine states that are critical that are imbalanced, truly up for grabs. Those poll numbers in the headtohead contest dont surprise us. We said this would be a razorthin, close election. I can tell you when we were on the ground and speak to women who understand what mitt romney has proposed in terms of politicians getting between their doctors and their tough decisions, we talk to young folks in that state. They are for president obama because they know hes got a vision for the future. Both colorado and florida we are doing incredibly well getting out our vote early. Patrick, thank you so much. We should note we will hear from your republican counterpart next hour. Thank you, sir. Thank you, craig. We are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Sandy as that storm gets ever closer to the east coast. More on the storm and a live report. Thats straight ahead. Plus later, president obama goes on mtv. Well tell you what he said about Climate Change and samesex marriage. Also, the president spent time talking about his daughters future dating life. And why young voters this time around may very well make all the di