little bit closer to the eye. the reason why that s important is because these storms have a structure very similar to a wheel. you have the wheel, the center of the wheel and you ve got your spokes. well having the dry air coming in is almost like knocking out a few of the spokes. it actually breaks up some of the structure, the storm itself, thus it can help weaken the storm. that s exactly what the national hurricane center is forecasting is that the storm is expected to weaken. the latest forecast from the national hurricane center shows that it s going to, the storm is expected to veer north then to the northeast. dropping in intensity to a category three storm into early friday morning. by friday evening, a category two storm and veering right past boston, farther up off the coast of maine, as a category one, into saturday morning. the thing to remember is this is a very big storm, very wide, so if it were to pass on the outer banks, the way it s forecast now, the eye of this, th
but, you talk to a lot of folks across the country. is there one key issue that is going to drive the results in 99 days? it is all the spokes of the economy, bill, not just unemployment, the fact that disposable income is not growing and the fact the deficit is $1.47 trillion for just this year, the fact that people think taxes are going up. concern about spending, all the spokes of the economy is driving the election. bill: larry sabato, university of virginia, your web site again, larry, quickly? centerforpolitics.org. bill: thanks for coming on. we ll speak again, thanks for your time. thanks, bill. juliet: closing arguments have started in the chicago corruption trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich. the two year investigation that included an arrest, an impeach. celebrity apprentice, hours of expletive-filled wiretap recordings and it comes down to: