joining us live is former maryland governor bob urlich. >> evening, derek, how are you doing, my friend? >> fine. the latest poll shows the race is a dead heat. considering the state of our economy, shouldn't your guy be way out ahead on this? does the fact that he's not suggest that mitt romney has yet to make the sale? >> it's mixed news. you can look at it half full, half empty. i guess the democrats are looking at it the other way. when a president is in the mid- 40s this deep in the campaign so many days out and it's this close obviously with a competitor, with an opponent still to be defined to some extent with regards to the american public, it's also bad news for democrats. it's mixed. the bottom line here is this is going down to the wire. a very close race. for some it reminds you of 2,000 where it could come down to a couple thousand votes in a couple of swing states. we know the identity of those states. so i think at this point, the romney folks, us, my group, are pretty happy with the polling, particularly in wisconsin. ahead in wisconsin. >> how do you make the sale, gove