After my speech on saturday night there was a big turn for the better. now troy wins a great victory during a very tough time of the year for voting. he will win big in november. so scott, the president is painting this as a big victory, and he s trying to take credit for turning things around for balderson. is this a win for mr. trump? look, donald trump s the guy who always says if i crow it makes the sun shine. the fact of the matter is donald trump s tweet is incorrect. troy bauderson was not far behind in the campaign in ohio emphas. it was always a toss up race. it may have been his appearance in ohio that might have an effect. but i think trump saying this might have won everything, i think it shows you first of all the republicans barely hung on despite being the contest they had to win, and comes back to
Now, but this is a safe republican seat. we do not rate this as a toss-up race, and katie arrington as the republican candidate, certainly, the favorite to win depending, of course, how her recovery goes. we ll be following that and watching for updates. we wish her the very best in her recovery. rebecca, thank you. coming up in the newsroom, as children are being detained along the border, one man is earning a lot of money. why the ceo of a texas facility is one of the highest paid charity bosses in the country. next.
Them focused on the urgent task ahead of re-elected the president. is he right? do they balance each other out? well, it s sbresing to use that phrase. clearly, there s consternation on the democratic side after the debate performance. i have to say i don t expect him to perform like that at the next debate. that was an example of him being one question deep after four years of being in the white house. but look. the jobs numbers just good for the country. below 8%. but the question is, do people feel there s a real recovery on the way and with economic growth as pathetic as it s been people are assessing and you have had surveys since the numbers were released and seen the governor pull even with the president and right now it s a toss-up race. one of the things i saw like over the weekend if you re watching football, there were a lot at least here in new york, a lot of obama campaign ads. and the romney super-pacs have a
Nationally one in every 836. the price of gas pretty important, $3.79 a gallon. each candidate is taking it very seriously. president obama has made six visits there. governor romney six visits as well during this campaign season. take a look at the presidential race polls according to the real clear politics average 48.3% for the president, 46.3% for governor romney. 29 electoral votes are up for grabs. let s talk about it with the tallahassee bureau chief for the tampa bay times. the polls are close according to the real clear politics average, steve. what is the trend? the trend is it s a big toss up race, it s basically a tie, jon, but the polls do show the president with this narrow advantage in these last few weeks. what you re seeing there, i think, are a number of things, but florida has a large and
Senate. the republicans don t win the president republican need a net gain of four seats to do that. democrats have caught a lot of breaks. olympia snowe in maine. todd akin. so all of a sudden if you take a look at the map, the chances are 50-50 to who controls it next year and talking it all over with jennifer duffy. she knows all things about all senate races and an invaluable resource to me through the years. jennifer, thank you for joining us. i guess we just wanted to go through a few of the races that interested us must and massachusetts, that scott brown versus elizabeth warren and i can t figure this race out. a year ago, every big name democrat in the state was taking a pass on it. elizabeth warren is in and then a toss-up race and now democrats