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brian monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com, and he is in washington right now and joining us. n, start with a new national poll, the nbc news "wall street journal" poll shows president obama at 47% compared to 43% for mitt romney. given the margin of error, that's basically a tie, but with a slight edge maybe, and is that surprising to you? >> that has him tied on the national level, but also as we look at the individual states, it is a close race and will be for the next four or five months and even in the cnn poll of polls, we have the president up really almost tied at 48 to 44. even there, that has really played or stayed the same over the past few weeks. >> talk about the battleground states and it is interest, because one of them, florida, a conservative state, and polls showing that president obama, the president is leading in key battleground states, pennsylvania, and florida and ohio. is this significant to predict that this is where the race will be won or last? >> well, florida is going to be a tight state. i has traditionally leaned a little bit more conservative, b

yeses, says brian monroe. >> it's a well-to-do sport.eople should be focused on the issued that matter here, the economy, jobs, taxes. that's what ultimately they're going to vote on. >> both mitt romney and president obama are in the millionaires club. mr. obama made millions with his best selling books. even before he entered the white house. and romney is so wealthy he wanted to have elevators in a garage for his car. we're talking in terms of presidential politics, you can look back in recent history. a lot of people are having problems saying the name of it. it will shine the spotlight. the fact that ann romney has the horse in the olympics will shine a spotlight on the sport. >> hope it wins the gold for the united states of america. thanks very much, lisa. >>> he's been awol for almost 30 years. now he has resurfaced alive and well. he's revealing why he finally decided to come out publicly. and a bird caller crashes the united states open. we're calling it the u.s. open. you won't want to miss the video that's going viral. jeanne