here's an exchange, eric for romney, tweeting david axelrod. he says, david axelrod says romney living in hash tag madman time warp, he writes back, no, when russia was our greatest foe and etch a sketch was a toy not a political strategy. this is political warfare on twitter. >> i love that. it's fun to see that play out in public in a way where we're seeing the same thing that readers are seeing and it's a fluid engagement. >> wt is the -- from different parts of view. there's a journalistic piece of this and political piece and a political polarization piece. what does it do to our politics and how -- and how polarized we've become as a country when we have this as a backdrop for conversation? >> one of the really strange things, i think you can blame it not only on twitter and cable news and partisan press was that people -- it wasn't just the people had their own opinions. they did develop their own sets of facts and they widely fell for the thirry that the polls were wrong and maybe it was an error. it was interesting to see reality inter

. >> i'll talk to david axelrod about the president's plans. and on the other side of the aisle, how will the gop handle the changing reality in washington. >>> meanwhile, breaking news tonight, the nor'easter bearing down on new york and new jersey tonight. just nine days after super storm sandy. new york city's death toll has risen today to 41 from sandy. and the airlines have been forced to cancel more than 1700 flights. we are live in one of the hardest hit areas. joining me now, top strategist, david axelrod. david, you must be feeling pretty chafed? >> yes, it was a great night, piers. to be in that room at mccormick place last night with that crowd and the sense of joy and idealism and patriotism, frankfully, that was evident in that room. and today the president came by the campaign headquarters and spoke to the young volunteers. not volunteers, but staff. and it was a very moving encounter. so this has been a tremendous 24 hours. >> when was the moment last night, if you're honest, that you thought, we got this, it's all going accordin

i am trying to advantage what david axelrod will look like next week without his mustache. it's fun to think of. >> chris: we will see. let me ask but david axelrod, he says you are desperate in pennsylvania and vulnerable in florida. your reaction? >> well, desperate four years ago, this weekend, president obamma was campaigning in indiana. today, governor romney is campaigning in pennsylvania. i don't think campaigning in states where we haven't won since 1988, 1984 and 1972 are exactly acts of desperation. it looks like the map is starting to expand drastically in our favor. it is nothing we are doing. it's governor romney's message. when you talk about florida. for them to spend more money there is a little bit like barack obama's government -- they want to throw money at a problem and hope it if i cans it. but at the end of the day, governor romney will carry florida by a significant margin. >> chris: let me ask you about the point he made. money is one thing, the candidate's time is the most precious commodity in the precious hours. and romney on monday is going to sp

we'll get insight on the pretty thinking from his top strategist, david axelrod. then we'll go to our all-star panel of analysts. peggy noonan of the ""wall street journal"." david gergen of harvard university. dee dee myers of "vanity fair." and our own john dickerson. election 2012 is in the bookes, but the story is just beginning. and this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again. on this veteran's day. and we begin with senator graham who is in clemson, south carolina. senator, thank you for coming. you are on the armed services committee, of course, so i want to start out with this out-of-the blue thunderbolt that hit washington friday concerning david petraeus the c.i.a. director. he resigned, saying he had exercised bad judgment and had an affair. cbs news and several other agencies have now confirmed that the f.b.i. got on to this after a third woman told them she had received threatening e-mails from the woman he has reported to have had the affair

definitely kudos to david axelrod, gym messina. but i think the economy was getting better and people ultimately said i want to give this guy another four years to finish the job. >> here's one thing that i don't think was a factor in the last week. the hurricane on the east coast. if there was a factor in the last week, i believe it was mitt romney going into ohio, lying to ohio about something ohio voters know the truth about on this sending jeep jobs to china and to lie straight to the voters who know it's not true, who are related to the workers, whose jobs were not going to china was a deadly move by romney. >> we know that three out of four ohio voters thought the economy was doing very poorly. they were not that excited about what's going on because it's tough out there. but when it comes to policy, six out of ten supported the bailout of the auto industry and to your point they knew on the ground, they knew in their bones what was going on and they knew that mitt romney was lying to them. so that goes to i think another rea

i'm going to leave the strategy to david axelrod and my father. but i will say there is an opportunity here. when you have tea party favorites like congressman aikin in missouri being beaten so soundly and when you have mr. murdock being beaten so soundy. i think the fever has a potential to break. the tea party has been repudiated and i think you will see a number of republicans at least i hope good one that is are going to have the courage to stand up to the tea party caucus and they know it is not in the nation's interest to built a principle compromise starting with the fiscal cliff which needs to be dealt with over the next few week. >> what is your father's plan now? >> his plan is to get to work. he will be back in dc tomorrow. he is home here in wilmington tonight. they is a number of issues to tackle. immigration reform, energy policy. education and a whole host of issues that he is focused on. i think he has been an unsung hero. he must be feeling pretty proud isn't he? >> well, i think he is. i am. he played think important role in this

david axelrod and the mustache bet, i'll play a little sound, david axelrod talking about his mustachehis morning on "morning joe." >> we have work to do today to get our vote out, but i believe we're going to get our vote out as we did in the early vote and have a very good day. joe, let me just say, i bought myself a new mustache comb because i'm going to be neegd it. >> david axelrod bought a mustache comb. >> i used to do sports in college and when i got into politics it's got the same feeling, the end point, the finish line, with the exception at some point you have to turn over the controls to voters and trust they're going to do versus at least i'm going to pull my guts out to the end and do what i'm going do. i don't know what those crazy people will do as chris mathews was talking about before. >> it's a head fake. maybe it is. if you build it they will come. the president playing his game of basketball today. the david axelrod shopping for mustache combs because he thinks the president will lock it up in pennsylvania and michigan. but that, you know, instilling confidence is

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we will talk about ground game tactics starting with david axelrod, senior strategists for the obama campaign who is in the washington studio. >> before we get to the campaign , here is what the president promised about libya and here is what he has done. >> every piece of information we get as we got it we laid it out for the american people. >>chris: that was the president not answering a question about benghazi. did the president make a calculated decision to run out the clock until the election and not answer questions about libya? >> no. >>chris: why hasn't he answered? >> from the beginning and we have talked about this before, the president has said we want to get to the bottom of it and share it with the american people including with the former joint chiefs of staff who are reviewing the whole matter to get to the bottom of it not just to find out where things have gone wrong but how to politic it. they are serving in dangerous places and you cannot eliminate risk and that is what the president's goal is. >>chris: i understand the different agencies and that issue but it tak

we feel very good about where we are. >> david axelrod joining us this morning. thanks for being with us. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> you want to be sure to watch the rest of our cnn election team tonight when the first polls close at 6:00 p.m. eastern. you can follow the exact countdown in the lower left-hand side of your screen and as the clock ticks for those closing. there are other stories making news this morning. zoraida's got that for you. >> good morning. another key race to watch today former presidential candidate michele bachmann in the toughest battle of her political life. minnesota congresswoman is in a tight race with democratic challenger jim graves. in their final debate, bachmann defended her claims that muslim brotherhood operatives have infiltrated the federal government. >>> and a sign today that the northeast is slowly recovering from superstorm sandy. the national september 11th memorial at the world trade center site in new york city reopened today. it was closed due to flooding from sandy. the storm forced thousands from th

we also have david axelrod are standing by. >> what's he got to say? 's a lame duck. >> that photo of him without the mustache. >> go to david right now. >> david, by the way -- >> david, you'd better win. >> we have a picture of you without your mustache. and an artist rendering of me as freddie fender. not good looking. >> exactly. david, how do you feel this morning? >> i'm feeling great. first of all, happy election day. it's an exciting day. so i always get jazzed up for this, but i really feel good about it. we have work to do today to get our vote out but i believe we're going to get our vote out as we did in the early vote and we're going to have a very good day and, joe, let me just say i bought myself a new mustache comb because i know i'm going to be needing it. and -- and, joe, i bought you one, too, because i know you're going to be needing one, too. so i'm all set. >> this ises really -- i don't know. >> it's disturbing. >> yeah, it is, actually. >> are you really going to do that? >> he has to. >> his wife, susan, is going to shave it on

we'll talk last-minute strategy with david axelrod, senior advisor for the obama campaign.nd, rick beeson, political dra director for team romney and the electoral map, how does each side get the 270 votes they need to win? we'll ask our sunday panel to survey the battleground states and look for any surprises. and, from the storm of a lifetime to one of the tightest presidential races ever, we go "on the trail." all, right you now on fox news sunday. ♪ >> chris: and, hello, again. this time, from fox news election headquarters in new york. and, we are back on standard time, and we hope you set your clocks back, one hour. well, it is finally here. the lst 48 hours, of the seemingly endless campaign. and, for both sides it us all about getting supporters all to vote. we want to talk about ground game tactics with each camp, starting with david axelrod, senior strategist for the obama campaign, who is in our washington studio and, david, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thanks, chris, good to be with you. >> chris: before we get to the campn, i want to ask you about libya.

and david axelrod placed an interesting range isser on whether the participate would take minnesota,higan or pennsylvania. >> i will shave off my mustache if we lose any of those states. >> jennifer: that put david axelrod on the side of the american mustache lobby. and the american mustache institute put out a statement saying, quote . . . >> jennifer: all kidding aside, the -- honestly -- the very serious nate silver now predicts the president has a 78.4% chance of winning the election. nate silver looks at this huge mess of polls and pulls out which have historically been the most reliable and weighs them based on their representtive sample, and weighs them based upon their polling accuracy and polling method and the party dentation of that state's electorate, and the political contributions in each state, and the favorability of both candidates. early voting, that also seems to be bearing him out. across the swing states the president leads by between 2 and 26 points among early voters. okay. all of that great political euphoria aside, we can't get ahead of ourselves, because the

>> david axelrod that his mustache that you wall would win minnesota michigan, and pennsylvania. >> this comes down to those viewers who have not yet voted deciding to go to the polls. >> campaign sources says when it comes to virginia, they're encouraged by long lines in northern virginia and richmond. in a race so tight mistakes they hope are not too costly. >> would you do something differently? >> i should've probably had a few more cups of coffee before the first debate. >> i want to explain a little bit further. today, the president played basketball. 2008, he did not follow his election day tradition of playing basketball. in new hampshire, that day he loses to hillary clinton. the president does not want to take that chance again. >> as we have been told over and over again. one of the big states to be watched tonight is battleground virginia. >> lines of the polling places are very long, waiting times extended for a worse. polls are closing at 7:00 in virginia -- waiting times extended for hours. polling -- poles are closing at 7:00 in virginia. >> a lot people are coming in to

david axelrod is to keep as mustache. now he is clutching.a-team" is here to decide whether the country is in jeopardy. we are on our way to the fiscal cliff, but we do have a lot going for us, including lots of oil and gas. a new study shows american dominance is within reach. more fallout i the patraeus scandal. how long did the fbi know and did they sit on the information? why did this candle break just before the head of the cia was set to testify on benghazi. we are joined to sort through the answers. we use this board to compare car insurance rates side by side so you get the same coverage, often for less. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ ughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to sp aroundnd. now that's progressive. call or click today. [ grunting ] ♪ lou: biographer paula bridewell faces questio about whether she reveal classified an affirmation about the benghazi attack that she was privy to because, perhaps, for relati

think his message has been much more tailored to that even the talk you're hearing from his aides, david axelrod, his energy is coming from his loins which axelrod said which is the crudest thing i've ever heard anybody say about a sitting president. is this base motivation stuff. romney seems to be trying to make that end of campaign sale to the middle. >> let me just say do i not have a hard time seeing what obama meant right there. he was connecting romney to a republican party that for instance presented a jobs bill. refused to cooperate, refused to critic. republican party obstructed just about the entire obama agenda for the last four years. the republican party whose leader in the senate -- >> it's an inspiring message to get revenge on people you've never met. >> it is a response to a republican senate leader who said his first priority was defeating barack obama for re-election. his first priority as a leader in the legislative branch the office defeat barack obama. >> so get revenge for something he said four years ago. >> spent four years obstructing the agenda. i know what he said. >

david axelrod will probably always have a mustache. and voting in florida will always be a mess. apparently. this year it's already to a degree. that's just ahead. >>> since there's five minutes between now and election day on tuesday, and since we're already not sleeping, we figured why not. let's do a brand new live show on sunday night. join us for a special preelection "the rachel maddow show" at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. sunday night. we'll reinvent weekends for next year. too much going on for that now. sunday night, we'll be here live. thank you. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. if you're eligible for medicare, you might know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help pay some of the difference. and could save you in out-of-pocket medical

will david axelrod shave after election day? it may help us learn whether or not mr.y will win or the president will win. >> dana: thank you. good thing when i was press secretary i didn't have such a rule. charming. >> reporter: that is a good thing. >> dana: thanks, ed. god, that is weird. bob, fox news poll came out dead heat, 46-vi. what do you think? >> bob: nationally, most of the polls are starting to converge in a dead heat. below 50%. yesterday, wednesday, 11 swing state polls and obama led in all 11 by an average of 3.9. i think obama swing state strategy will work and it will give him the electoral votes he needs. whether it gives him the majority of the votes. >> dana: we talk about the pew poll that carl cameron talked about, intensity and the turn-out. the last 72 hours is one of the things that the rnc did well. in 2000 or 2004. they started the 72-hour program, which meant that all the work that you have done up to now, you have to double it and just as much in the last 72 hours. >> eric: yeah, are we boeing to get to karl rove's announcement? >> dana:

look what david axelrod had to do this morning. >> i will come on morning jo and shave off my mustacher if we lose any of the three states. with we lose michigan, minnesota, pennsylvania you shave it off? >> on the show? >> yes. >> eric: just to point out, those states narrowed dramatically. some were double digit leads for obama. now within 3 to 4% for obama. what states just come through. i beg you. >> dana: it's amazing thing to think somebody had a mustache for 40 years. that is a long time. his wife might not have met him. >> greg: you know what is thereunder? >> dana: i don't want to know. >> greg: tattoo. >> andrea: also had mustache for a long time. >> dana: joe trippi said he would shave his head for the same reason. >> bob: thigh are not losing those three states. if they do it's a landslide. you talk about the gallup number, today the cbs/"new york times" numbers came out. three swing states, obama leads by one. in ohio, he leads by five. in virginia, he leads by two. this momentum by romney is all concocted and the press fell for it. dais i didn't call on you but you -- >>

president obama's main man, david axelrod and what america needs now. >> i hope coming out of this election people will come with a renued sense of cooperation. >> and what he thinks is wrong with the gop. >> the center of gravity has shifted so far to the right they're way out of the mainstream. >> and tyler perry, extraordinary writer, director, act herb, successful. >> absolutely. told me up were the best interviewer in the world. very, very worried. >> his on movie studio. films grossed over $600 million. >> to make that title money mean ps i get to reinvest in what i do and able to hire a lot more people. >> and wear a dress. >> did you think you'd be world famous for crossdressing? >> no. never in a million years. the first time i did it i nerve are thought it would last as long as it did. >> tyler perry, all-american it success story. >> the greatest gift in my life is what my audience has given me. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening, an extraordinary week for america. a hard fought election won and the president beginning the work of a second term. this is barack ob

david axelrod is to keep as mustache. now he is clutching.a-team" is here to decide whether the country is in jeopardy. we are on our way to the fiscal cliff, but we do have a lot going for us, including lots of oil and gas. a new study shows american dominance is within reach. more fallout in the patraeus scandal. how long did the fbi know and did they sit on the information? why did this candle break just before the head of the cia was set to testify on benghazi. we are joined to sort through the answers. ♪ lou: biographer paula bridewell faces questions about whether she reveal classified an affirmation about the benghazi attack that she was privy to because, perhaps, for relationship with then cia director david patraeus. to assess all of this and that second day of shelling by the israelis into syria, we are joined by a senior editor for the washington free begin, fox news middle east expert. good to have you both year. let me begin with you. what we are now watching, i series of time lines. the cia timeline on benghazi. we have them mil

for the record, david axelrod said nothing like that.or their part republicans seemed very mad on his way out the door mr. romney has left them with this mess to clean up. iowa's republican governor, terry branstad, said this. quote, i don't think it's helpful. florida senator marco rubio said, quote, well, senator marco rubio according to journalists, quote, distanced himself. kelly ayotte weighed in on "andrea mitchell reports" today. >> i listened to the comments. i don't know what the context fully was. i don't agree with the comments. we have big challenges that need to be resolved as you know. >> so you're not comfortable with what you heard him say. >> no, i don't know the full context of them, but i don't agree with the comments. >> you know, nobody sounded quite as annoyed with mitt romney in these comments as louisiana governor bobby jindal asked about the romney comments yesterday at the republican governors association conference. >> no, look, i think that's absolutely wrong. two points on that. one, we have got to stop divid

ads, radio spots, internet banners, robocalls and, for some lucky ohio voters, an amorous david axelrod with a rose in his teeth. (laughter) but a few and the liesing facts about these mysterious creatures have emerged. >> undecided voter they say typically a single white female between 18 and 29 years old, she has a job with a low income, she did not graduate from college. according to this poll she skipped watching the debate. >> stephen: fascinating. the person who will decide this race is a likely voter who is a young woman with low income and low education who is also isolated from any news. (laughter) well, ladies and gentlemen, tonight i have found one such voter. from the swing state of north carolina, undecided voter nell. thank you for joining me, nell. (laughter and applause) thank you so much. now, nell, nell, you are a feral back-woods woman who knows nothing of either of these candidates or, for that matter, human society. (laughter) which way are you leaning now? >> rom-a-nay. mitt rom-a-nay! >> stephen: okay, so you're leaning romney at this point. what it is about romne

obama campaign senior adviser david axelrod. virginia governor bob mcdonnell. governor ted strickland. texas congressman jeb hensarling and bob sh rum, a democratic consultant who worked on the kerry and gore campaign. special election coverage here on cnn begins right now. maybe it felt like five years to you but it's been 17 months of campaigning and campaign promises, and today the american people get their say. good morning, welcome to a special edition of "early start." and our live coverage of election day 2012. now the polls are opening right now in eight states, in connecticut, in indiana, kentucky, maine, in new hampshire, in new jersey, new york and in the state of virginia. folks, about a year and a half we've watched the two candidates spend $3 billion and duel it out in three dramatic debates, all for a chance for your vote. mitt romney has added two final campaign stops, one in cleveland, ohio. the other in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. president obama is in chicago today, and aides say he is likely to continue his election-day tradition of playing ba

but this president, if i am david axelrod -- he just won an election, stephanie cutter, jay carney, president obama, if i am them, i am embarrassed. i will tell you why, they knew no boundaries when it came to lying and demonizing, slandering, smearing, besmirching, attacking and a nice guy. whether you agree with him or not, and that tells me he has set the bar so low that people are going to try to out-do him. this is only going to get worse. you killed somebody! that to me, if i am those guys, i am embarrassed about how they had to win. it is not ugly, it's dirty, ugly and mean. >> that's one thing that is going in our favor. the media has not covered itself with joy and honor throughout, throughout obama's term. i think the alternative media is getting bigger. it's something we have to think about for the future, not only with our big comeback in 2014-- >>> you don't give up, do you? >> it's a ray of hope. but in 2016, i mean, i do think the primaries went on too long. romney could not start campaigning until june. obama was running ads against romney in ojai no february. and those ads wo

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