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Romney, Obama making pitches in Ohio as polls tighten

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    Former Democratic pollster Pat Caddell weighs in

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What the -- -- may be -- is it in Ohio after all too soon to tell because.

After being given up for dead there -- new polls -- the presidential race is now basically dead even there.

Impacted Allen says forget whether the numbers might be -- As a friend this -- says it's not so you say that it did these inroads that Mitt Romney appears to have been -- Our real -- the big unit real and they're everywhere in this is -- proving once again this is a national election.

You -- last two days in pence in Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Two states everyone -- over.

In Durban two poles in each state showing race three points or two points for Obama from 1012 brand.

Everything's happening across -- because this is a national election.

Debate was a national real movie and Romney who would -- and just just demonized by the Obama attack machine.

-- -- -- -- Didn't he gets up there is able to dispel the one thing that that debate did for him and he was good -- needs sold two things he was in the he wasn't an older in the second -- once he gets ideas and and things of -- and I like that better.

But there was only one Carter Reagan right right so there wasn't a chance for -- comeback -- -- up their two more opportunities for the president.

Right but but here's the other -- there are two.

Debates are always people.

Challengers they're two more debates for Romney do further when he did in the first debate or not or not.

But there's a good chance of presence on the warns of the dilemma and this debate.

Coming up in on the town meeting.

You know they're trying to go back to being an attack you know and -- -- -- -- -- the Romney campaign is not taken excerpts from that debate.

Run them on television.

To reinforce their victory that he did great his campaign has sold bad as ever but the but but you know he's got the opportunities other to -- to track the president is gonna make a decision this is the president of I'm going to bring the country together you know hope and change and now he's going to be an attack dog in front of real people.

Not so fast what about the argument of the president's support might not be what we thought in other words that it's -- Not entirely but at least.

A good chunk of it partially on sand that there was his orders in its -- easily shift is given an appeal he has been unappealing alternative remember.

Do you deduce what -- -- the disappointed Obama voters the people whom all year long been saying the undecideds assault -- Don't like what he's done for four years I hope we would do better I wanna see the Republican now they've seen an alternative.

And that's what's moving.

A moderate pace something the ball is in Romney's court -- with.

The presence under pressure.

But the Romney can winner loses.

But the place you better win or lose to goes Ohio want to worries -- -- announcing -- -- is that Republicans have Ramon is also there aren't accurately reflects.

Are the same -- seizing on these polls are more favorable to me but you know what I said last night about the pew poll I didn't like to pew poll numbers before.

So I can turn around look at -- But I'm looking at Gallup home looking at ranchers don't know if you look at it it's that flat a look at goes wrong in the -- to president to now.

You're not and it is not -- -- present and by the way the president got a little bump out of those harder than to believe numbers that came out on unemployment away not much of -- -- and other polls reflecting.

That or is that going to be as a -- and it's having a little bit of -- fact.

Very little bit -- come down but it doesn't matter is I told you before the debate the debate is not about who wins.

The -- they're more people moved on boat in this debate than normally around.

Remember I said well it's how you affect the structure of the race.

And that's what happened Bob Collins and dates get as much of a ratings -- almost seven million -- this.

As as is it all uphill for for the president because people.

The -- -- the marks the first that is an excellent question and we will see whether or not the second debate people tune in to see now.

-- see whether or not Romney does it began -- or not that may be remember in 1984.

There was a huge debate audience for the second debate because people wanted to see whether Reagan and really lost it or just had a bad night.

In the first debate but Monday and this is -- I think he'll be a big audience because you Obama people wanna see and other -- wanna see if it's for real.

That's -- good -- thank you very much -- -- not big bird.