Cavuto: President may be benefiting from policies he opposed

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Does Mitt Romney risks losing because Republican governors are winning you do have to wonder.

Because the wondrous thing about these swing state polls or maybe not so wonders if your Mitt Romney.

Is there will run by Republican governors it's true in Ohio.

In Florida in Wisconsin.

In Virginia.

-- Michigan.

All the states where the president's been gaining Republican governors have been performing they're getting double digit unemployment rates down and -- business folks in.

Each of them is seen improvements that are just reports -- it to those across the country much better.

Then other states across the country which could explain.

What Romney is tied with the president most national polls but traveling in these crucial swing state laws.

Republican governors have heard digs around the -- I can tell the -- polled appear to be giving Barack Obama the credit.

I'm not here to say that the president doesn't deserve some credit or that Mitt Romney deserves all the benefit I am saying a political truism still stance.

The incumbent benefits when times are good and takes a hit when times are bad.

Not the incumbent governor.

-- which may be comes into play when he or she is running but not this year but when they're not know the president is running right now and running ironically.

On the performance of bullies Republican governors right now the beneficiary have the very policies he's been guests -- -- -- -- But lower taxes fewer regulations.

And about as anti federal health care as you -- yet.

Those policies that these states -- and Mitt Romney must be shaking is -- this president.

Just -- -- -- -- -- That in the most electoral vote rich states this is the state of things.

Back in business expanding business to find almost everything the president reaches you have to do to improve business.

And it's -- Romney getting to business.

And if these polls hold up Mitt Romney potentially getting this.

I don't think things are that simple or -- they ultimately work out that way.

But I ask yourself this when you look at that electoral map.

How wizard that -- that -- across the country.

Is -- something very different across these Republican run states states that are beating the that's an elaborate in jobs -- Businesses charts and voters jets.

Republicans like to say it's a testament to what happens when you put a Republican -- charge of -- Wouldn't that be a -- if it means that Democrats staying in charge.

Of the country.

Meanwhile emails are --

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