News this morning on the polling front as Chuck Todd debuted fresh numbers from our NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll showing a dead heat between Mitt Romney and President Obama. They are currently tied at 47%, a number Chuck said should worry team Obama as election day gets closer.
Two top Romney campaign supporters this morning were also happy about those numbers. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) told David, "The trend is in our direction... The enthusiasm and energy are on our side." Similarly, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) said, he likes the way his home state is shifting towards Romney and added "I think [the polls are] only going to get better for the Republican side, both in Florida and nationally, as we move forward."
David Axelrod, chief re-election strategist to the president, responded to the latest poll numbers: "We feel good about where we are." He cited both strong numbers in specific battleground state polls as well as early voting numbers that he argued "have been very favorable" to the Obama campaign.
Also, just 36 hours before the third and final presidential debate, we had a robust conversation on foreign policy with the roundtable. David was joined by Democratic Strategist and Former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers; Republican strategist Mike Murphy; NY Times Columnist Tom Friedman; and NY Times White House Correspondent Helene Cooper, who along with colleague Mark Landler, broke a story in today's NY Times saying that Iran and the U.S. government have agreed in principle to one-on-one talks over Tehran's nuclear enrichment program.
You can watch the entire program on our website including our full conversations with Senators Rubio and Portman, as well as David Axelrod.
We'll be back next week. If it's Sunday, it's Meet the Press.
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Republicans are a bunch of cheaters and liars. I also can't stand David Gregory and I don't know who Chuck Todd thinks he's kidding.
I agree. I Think Gregory should be let go for not fitting in with the NBC Mission and Goals. He is working against America. every time, all the time. He is a ham & egger. Give me Ed Schultz!
Not too hard for me to figure out you are a misguided soul." Vote for the African American, because I am". What has he REALLY given you and your family? More Food Stamps, promises or just what excites you by the Dem ticket?
you are one sick bustard retarded redneck. and you should have much respect for the president of the United States of America. racist
Hey there toasale-1:
I vote on good middle-class issues, not any person's ethnicity.
I expect NBC to reflect the viewpoint of the middle-class, the workers, and also those in poverty needing the social safety-net.
This is where the best policies for the most citizens are effective, and as you allude to as also being thrilling.
IF ANYONE would take the time and watch the documentary 2016 you would never vote for OBAMA!
He is a peice of @!$%#!!!!! I dare anyone to watch the movie!!! I was a Dem and and now there is NO WAY i'd vote for Obama!!! It changed everything!!! Its on pay per view now too.
Watch it you'll be glad you did!!!
The Rove propaganda has the low information-voter voting against themselves and their oun nations interest.
The Republicans used to gin up this type of propaganda against the Soviet Union.
Open-minded critical thinking well-traveled and diverse citizens will not foolishly vote based on the fear mongering of wealthy republicans.
Please, listen to smart open-minded educated people to enlighten you to the nonsense the rich man is telling you. Today is the first day you decide to be intelligent and check out the good that government is doing that would not get done otherwise. Especially by republican government. Their motto, "Its all about bucks kid, everything else is just conversation."
I like Chuch todd, he is very good at what he does. I agree the Repubicans are pathic liars. Romney's illness is to me a multi personality disorder and I wonder if that is what his wife is refering to. For Ann Romney brought up the subject that she is worried about her husband's health. Ann Romney is another one who will say anything to America to get herhusband elected. What I wish for is romney and his pathic bully family style get on their speed boat and go live with his money in the Caman Islands for ever and denouse his citizenship, for he is un american.
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Looks like Gregory needs to apply at Fox.
I Stopped watching Meet the Press it's turning into Fox News
Seems to me that the Truth is starting to hurt. The sum total of Obama's efforts is a failure. If a Republican had been in office when the Bengazhia terror incident happened, every liberal would be screaming from the roof tops for his head. You're not fooling anyone. If he isn't doing the job then you have to let him go.
Are you insane? 911 happened with a Republican president and the country rallied together. The GOP is unamerican and deserves to be voted out. They let their racist hatred overcome their love for their country. For shame.
For Ken-3873018:
Your assertion that liberals would "be screaming from the roof tops for his head." is not true. History shows it to be false. To the transcripts my friend.
Its August 19, 1974, Gerald R. Ford is Republican President of the United States. The United States Ambassador to Cyprus, Roger P. Davies was killed by Greek Cypriot gunmen, during a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia. Davies and Antoinette Varnavas, an embassy secretary and a Greek Cypriot national, were killed by a burst of machine-gun fire through a shuttered window, coming from a nearby building. US Marines fired tear gas into the demonstrators. The UN Peace Keeping Force fled the scene. The Ambassador's limo was set on fire. The reaction in the US was one of shock by President Ford. No incident was shilled up by liberals for political gain.
Check it out. Use your search engine to verify these actual facts. Wikipedia?
Republicans are deceitful!
Don't shoot the messenger...vote. The registered voter numbers favor Obama. The likely voter numbers show a tie. What does that tell you you need to do? Vote...don't grumble...don't blame David Gregory...don't blame the polls...VOTE!
Republican are trying to distract from the fact :
Ryan budget for foreign aid.... need to come up. Republicans want to distract from this fact.
Sen, Marco Rubio, you should know better than others that Romney does not care about the poor and I guess you feel the same way since you belong to his group of people. that's really sad.
sen. rubio, you should know better than others that romeny does not care about poor people and that's really sad. So how do you sleep at night knowing you are trying to get people to vote for him?
Ya and under Obama there are more and more "poor". Like BHO you have very poor logic and use hatred as your main reason for not voting for Romney. Thank god Americans, for the most party, can see the truth from lies the Liberals put out. The reason Romney is leading is because Obama has done a terrible job leading this country, had he been that good, this election wouldn't even be close.
Romney isn't "leading". He's tied in most national polls and within the margin of error where they're not. In fact he's behind in major swing states like Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa. Romney would literally have to win every available swing state AND pick off one of the two states mentioned above. Frankly, I don't see it happening. National polls are meaningless in elections where traditionally red or blue states aren't shifting. The electoral college decides who wins which means if the swing state polls don't reflect what's going on in the national polls, the swing states are the indicator of who's likely to win. Everyone knows this (or should).
IF ANYONE would take the time and watch the documentary 2016 you would never vote for OBAMA!
He is a peice of @!$%#!!!!! I dare anyone to watch the movie!!! I was a Dem and and now there is NO WAY i'd vote for Obama!!! It changed everything!!! Its on pay per view now too.
Watch it you'll be glad you did!!!
So where is the Obama plan? Please provide me with some details that everyone now demands of Romney. Is it the continuation of the dismal economic performance I'm seeing with businesses closing and more people out of work. The Democratic response is let's start another war on Women. How about a War on people in this country illegally? That's what the Obama strategy is. I'll start is for you War on [insert name here].
The american people have figured out this scam.
Please take your meds before commenting on this forum.
I am tired of mainstream media putting on these interview shows that invite people from both sides of the campaigns and allow talking-point answers, that clearly dodge the questions to go unchallenged. They simply move on to the next question that is also responded to with an unrelated talking-point until the show is over. It is so scripted and predictable that it is barely worth a look. Unfortunately I see no solution to this but to tune out. Let's face it nation the purpose of the show is to sell the viewer presidents and cars. Meet the Press; I've met the press and they are not impressive at all.
Brian
It should be interesting to see how, if elected, Romney and his neo-con friends handle this situation. How about using Bush's method. "Bring em' on" or "Shock and Awe". You know, the tremendous success story of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. It's the same bunch so I guess we can expect the same foreign policy..Bomb's Away
IF ANYONE would take the time and watch the documentary 2016 you would never vote for OBAMA!
He is a peice of @!$%#!!!!! I dare anyone to watch the movie!!! I was a Dem and and now there is NO WAY i'd vote for Obama!!! It changed everything!!! Its on pay per view now too.
Watch it you'll be glad you did!!!
I believe you could ascertain that Obama's "Mission Accomplished" is the "Osama Bin Laden is Dead" campaign mantra. For a president who started out by wanting to reach out to the Muslim world, gloating about it surely does not sit well with those in the middle east that think otherwise. So, IMHO, I have to wonder if the Lybia attacks could have resulted in part by some of this boasting?
To see VP Biden smiling away and proclaiming it almost daily, of all times around the very anniversary of September 11th made me uneasy. I'm happy that Bin Laden is no more, however, did we kill the queen bee only to have the remaining inhabitants of the nest go forth to fertilize a new queen and continue to grow new colonies. One has to admit that after 9/11, even with Osama Bin Laden still alive, we did not experience another attack under GWB. So, though getting Bin Laden was a feather in this administration's cap, it wasn't the climax that one would have hoped it to be. Our guard needs to remain on even higher alert due to the fact that we DID get him. Indications would seem that it was not so with the Lybia crisis and we suffered the terrible consequences.
I am not naive to realize that these terrorists will stop at nothing to promote their cause, but if the administration is to have us believe that a YouTube video is the reason for demonstrations like the one in Cairo, why would one not think that the of Bin Laden would not do likewise, especially marking the anniversary of 9/11? We know from experience that the slightest insult interpreted by these extremists give them even more reason to hate us.
Congratulations to the administration for taking down this horrible man. Sadly, I think they also pulled a GWB in touting their accomplishment using it for political gain. Did they not learn the lesson? The war with Al Qaeda is not like any other war in which we were able to have some type of closure and/or victory. This will be an eternal fight for the US to keep abreast of so that our country remains safe. Whether it be Obama or Romney, both will have to deal with it accordingly each and every day of their term. As will those who succeed them. Anyone who thinks otherwise has their heads in the sand.
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IF ANYONE would take the time and watch the documentary 2016 you would never vote for OBAMA!
He is a peice of @!$%#!!!!! I dare anyone to watch the movie!!! I was a Dem and and now there is NO WAY i'd vote for Obama!!! It changed everything!!! Its on pay per view now too.
Watch it you'll be glad you did!!!
David Gregory has become a pompous ass. I remember when he first came on the scene- he was funny, irreverant, and honest. He has changed- a stark and suspicious change. At first I thought his success was going to his head. Clearly something is dramatically different. The more I hear him it has become obvious that he has an agenda, one I recognize whenever I force myself to watch 'Fox- Fear and Imbalanced- Republican Talking Point News/Entertainment. Like an 'agent of change' mole, embedded in the enemy camp to stir up confusion, he presents himself as a Journalist. He is not. Somebody investigate him, please.
And you would be so sorry if Myth Robme was the prez, 'you aren't rich enough to be included, so you can think you will be, because he was a businessman, ha, a used car salesman has more morals. We will be at odds with the free world and at war with the rest. zzzzzzthere is no plan that anyone would agree with like the missing tax retirns whats to hide?
Chris you are so easily swayed by a hit piece, and the plan Myth has is???? still waiting.
Gregory is incompetent period should be tossed.
Perhaps if ALL news media would report the news accurately, without favoring either side, we could make more intelligent decisions on who to vote for. Attacking Gregory is a little unfair unless you attact all the other bias reporting. Listening to political adds of each political party making false claims against the other does NOTHING for the voters. We should demand more from the media and certainly both political parties.
Allah Akbar!!
It is very apparent and tragic that our nation's political status quo does not allow or promote a collective conversation regarding the most important issues that face us.
These maybe the most serious political and economic times we have faced in nearly a century. And as such, the controlled media discussion does not allow any room for the public debate of the important issues.
The best intellectual spirit and conversation is not allowed into the conversation. The highest dimensions of American thinking are turned away by political bullies whose attacks are toxic, angry, mean spirited, and simplistic.
Right now this minute we have a 25% child poverty rate, of the 35 developed nations we rank 2nd behind Romania! We have highest incarceration rate in the world and of any nation in world history. Citizens United is turning our democracy into an auction for power by financial special interests. There are 17,000 starving children who die in the world everyday.We spend more on the military than the next 14 countries combined.
The nation does not want to hear how we wage war anymore, we want to discuss how we create peace.
No true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings.