Good morning. Welcome, everybody. Were coming to you from boca raton in florida. Our starting point this morning, a more forceful president obama, a more measured mitt romney. Last nights Foreign Policy debate here in florida, right here, in fact, is in the books now. And when it was over, a cnn orc poll of debate watchers favored the president over mr. Romney, 48 to 40 . Lets get right to senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash who was watching that debate. Good morning. Good morning. Look, we know this entire Election Year debates have really mattered. But this one was a little bit tricky because its about Foreign Policy. Thats not high on the priority list for voters. So each candidate really tried to make it a test of leadership. Especially the president. Reporter mitt romney came wanting voters to see him as commander in chief. The commander in chief came determined to make sure that didnt happen. I know you havent been in a position to actually execute Foreign Policy. But, e
Hi, good morning to you, soledad. Thats right. When you look at that poll, 4747. Neck and neck, thats what this is telling us. Still a neck and neck race. Margin of error there about 3 1 2 points, and also continuing kind of the trend that weve seen in recent weeks which is a shift towards mitt romney. A couple of important things to point out that were learning from this poll. One, when you look at women, president obama still has a sizable lead, 5143 . You say, oh, thats obviously eight points. Thats pretty sizable. But actually this might be kind of alarming for the president. Because this is the smallest lead that hes had, and the other thing were seeing is that in battleground states, mitt romney actually having a little bit of a lead there. For their parts, the Obama Campaign kind of downplaying these new poll numbers. And the Romney Campaign looking at them more favorably. Lets also talk a little bit about some of the endorsements that the candidates picked up over the weekend.
Lives for florida, tonight round three. Big question who will win . And ive been saying up until a couple of weeks ago probably obama by a few points. Now i have absolutely no idea. 40 is not a great number for a president a couple weeks before election day. In the last few months theres a lacking narrative, absence after clear vision where we go. Lets get straight to it. Joining me is sean spicer. Sean, good to have you here. Tonights debate will be broken into six separate sections, moderated by Bob Schieffer. Each focusing on a Foreign Policy hot spot. We want to drill down on some of these. The contrast between the governor and president. First we want to start with libya because theres a new report out today from the wall street journal that supports what the white house said about the intelligence briefing. Heres what Stephanie Cutter from the Obama Campaign said about libya today on morning joe. Mitt romney on the day of that tragedy when he came out and shot from this and befor
so much of the criticism focused on china s currency, which it good morning. welcome, everybody. we re coming to you from boca raton in florida. keeps artificially low to keep our starting point this their products cheaper than morning, a more forceful american goods. there has been some progress on the currency. president obama, a more measured mitt romney. china has let its currency last night s foreign policy appreciate a little bit but debate here in florida, right here, in fact, is in the books still is held within a ban set now. and when it was over, a cnn/orc within the government. there are other things the poll of debate watchers favored chinese government does the president over mr. romney, routinely to give its industries 48% to 40%. an edge over u.s. goods. so a lot still to be brynn writ let s get right to senior congressional correspondent dana bash who was watching that this story. i will point out, too, soledad, debate. good morning. good morning. look,
before election day? well it s very tough. if he s going to do it tonight s debate is his last best shot. we ll never see these two guys on the stage together again during the course of this campaign and i think the campaign now shifts out of the debate mode into the heavy advertising mode. so this is really an excellent shot for either of these two men to close that deal and maybe the final shot really. it will be found get some popcorn, make some drinks with you guys and watch with the 2005 you. you have very i..ing perspectives as we watch. carol simpsonson and dr. lane schroeder from northeastern university. give a shout out to my grandfather, that s his alma mater. take care, guys. here s some of the other stories topping the news now. authorities say all seven of the victims in yesterday s spa shooting in wisconsin were women. three were killed four others shot including the suspected shooter s estranged wife. that suspect radcliff haughton died of a self-inflibted gunshot