we went to elizabethtown, signed the papers and we were sitting -- the only thing in the way now was my father's signature. so we were sitting in my living room were actually my kitchen table and my dad walks in. i'm sitting there and he goes what have you done now? i said dad, i want to go to the marine corps. he said you're going to play football yesterday. i said i'm ready to go. he said have you really thought about this? i said yeah, the hour drive up there and back. i'm ready to go. some enlisted in the marine corps. on june 18th, 2006, which i want to let you know is a date that i will never forget, i shipped off to paris island and this is where i would spend my 18th birthday. happy birthday, right? but it's not really as bad as the next three birthdays because my 19th birthday i was in sniper school hell week. my 20th birthday i was in hell week of sniper school mountain training in bridgeport, california. so i had a lot of good birthdays piffling parris island, i was shipped off to north carolina where it completed the infantry training. after that, i went off to hawaii whe

we went up to elizabethtown, signed the papers, we came back, and the only thing standing in my way nows my father's signature. so we're sitting in my living room, actually, at my kitchen table, and my dad walks in, and i'm sitting there, and he goes, what have you done now? [laughter] i said, dad, i'm going to marine corps, i've decided. he said, you were going to play football yesterday. i said, i'm ready to go. he said, have you really thought about that? i said, yeah, the hour drive up there, the hour drive back, i'm ready to go. so now i enlist inside the marine corps on june 18, 2006, which is a day i will never forget. i shipped off to paris island, and this is where i would spend my 18th birthday. happy birthday, right? but it's not really as bad as the next three because my 19th birthday i was in sniper school hell week, my 20th birthday i was in hell week of sniper school mountain training in bridgeport, california. so i had a lot of good birthdays. but following paris island, i shipped off to camp geiger, north carolina, where i completed infantry training, and after that i w

and so -- >> there she is, ann romney speaking in elizabethtown, pennsylvania, one of the crucial statesn on november 6th. we saw first lady speaking in another incredibly important state earlier today, that being ohio there out and about on the trail today as their other halves are taking some time, both of them, to prep for the big debate. quick reminder, that debate tomorrow night hosted by our own candy crowley, tomorrow night, 9:00 eastern at hofstra university in new york. >>> meantime, let's continue talking politics and selling the message. my next guest says in order to make an impact on voters, political players need to mold their messages just like marketing ads. you'll see where romney and where obama have made or missed the marks. [ male announcer ] now you can swipe... scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs ] the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. charlene is how go daddy attracts domain name custom

. >> sylvester williams from elizabethtown college. i'm just curious about the impact that minority voters are going to play in the swing states, florida, virginia, north carolina, ohio with hispanics and african-americans, compared to 2008. >> you've got african-americans are going to vote heavily for obama everywhere. the obama campaign as henry indicated has been concentrated in mean ways of turning a low propensity voters, which include many african-americans. we talk about the nonwhite vote. it's not uniform. obama is doing very well, probably perhaps even better with hispanics in 2012 than he did 2008, but hispanics in florida, and surveys i've looked at all about evenly divided, as they were in the 20002010 governor race, for example, republican governor rick scott carried hispanics. not a warm and fuzzy liberal republican, but nonetheless did so. a lot of the hispanics there cubans. you have puerto ricans in orange and osceola counties who are not as heavily democratic as puerto ricans in new york and new jersey. the other grou