I think this is our sixth conversation since the weekend. and it s it s been a great working relationship. reporter: in such a tight race, romney couldn t afford to lose another day on the campaign trail. he was in florida, a state that is essentially a must win for him. romney set aside his usual attacks and struck a more subdued optimistic tone. this is a turning point in american history. reporter: his only fleeting reference to the president it is time to take a new path of bold, aggressive change. reporter: it s back to politics for president obama. he ll make stops in wisconsin, nevada and colorado. karen travers, abc news, washington. by all measures this is still a tied race, that is still going to come down to a few key swing states. most notably, ohio. according to a quinnipiac/ the new york times poll that we got yesterday, halloween, obama is up by five points, 50-45 over
In their campaign efforts. governor romney today in coral gables, florida where we are await his remarks. that s where we find carl cameron. reporter: hi, megyn. the university of miami for mitt romney. he has begun to jump-start the campaign after the lull that took place in the wake of sandy s devastation. mr. romney began the rhetoric and amping it up though he didn t mention president obama by name. he s making references to the disaster relief effort. you can see on the jumbo screen this started early yesterday morning. the red cross with a text to make donations. earlier today mr. romney started the campaign trail in tampa. he will have three events in florida today. on this first day back on the trail s a combination of messages. one, sympathy for those in the storm s path and two,
You graduate, you want to have a good job. [cheers and applause] and right now about half the kids coming out of college can t find work or college-level work despite the fact of having large student debts, and i want to change that. we also have other challenges. we have some 23 million americans that are struggling to get a good job. we also have one out of six americans living in poverty. we have 47 million americans on food stamps. that s what s happening here at home. then around the world we face challenges as well as iran speeds along its course to become nuclear, as we also face competition for jobs from china and other nations. we face some real challenges. and as a result of that, it is my view that we should not continue along the same path, but it is time to take a new path, a bold, aggressive change. [cheers and applause]
Philadelphia says it has resumed operations. so there you go. as we wait for the path s remarks, the new york times taking the opportunity in the wake of sandy to argue for bigger government. at the same time some democrats are criticizing governor romney s support for disaster relief after comments earlier this year about the way peopla i theway fema is run. and the democratic chair accuse the governor of taking advantage of the governor for the storm relief rally. michael, they are upset with governor romney in part because he was in dayton, ohio, he was campaigning in ohio but he decided instead of doing what they normally do to ask for support for the victims of sandy and that has some 0 folks upset. it has the left upset.