jan crawford is at romney campaign headquarters kind of a solemn mood there this evening, jan? >> well, it is very silent here. we're still waiting on governor romney to give that consection speech. many people expected he would be here quite some time ago, there is no indication there's been any movement for governor romney to this call to address this crowd. i want to go back to something we were talking about. this campaign thought he was going to win. may be taking awhile to sink in. they did according to representatives lose this race they believed they were going to carry it off tonight. they thought it would be positive, told me last night that already put in place preparations for something tomorrow because -- the romney campaign would be looking forward maybe having some event tomorrow to talk about possible recount, they expected a challenge if this was close. all of this campaign, strain of this campaign going back to heart fought primary that romney endured several challenges, survived that, won florida of course to go on win the republican nomination. in that bruis

jan crawford has been with him at every stop and, jan, where are you now? >> reporter: well, scott we're here at columbus,, ohio. over the weekend i was talking with one of his senior advisors and i said "what do you have planned in these final days?" hd he had a one-word answer and e said "praying." he laughed and said it with a smile but it reflected the underlying tension and uncertain aiy a race that could not be any closer. >> if you believe we can do better and if you believe america should be on a better course and if you're tired of being tired then i ask you to vote and work for real change. h theporter: with the campaign in its final hours, romney's hitting four tossup states today fter a weekend of crisscrossing ountrountry as he tries to close t ththe race with the win. >> this is much more than our moment, it's america's moment of s momen and purpose and optimism and we've journeyed far and wide greats great campaign for ica'sca's future and now we're almost home. one final push is going to get us there. >> reporter: romney is still expressing

i was actually supportive of jan crawford. >> cbs correspondent jan crawford. >> absolutely. was it. >> well, it's much harder to coordinate a presidential press conference than it is a gagel of reporters on a campaign trail. >> they may be but i think he got a pretty easy press corps that week. >> this is his philosophy, i would judge from the statements. and, you know, many people put it down as sour grapes. >> and in that same conference call, terry, later came out he talked about the primary debates and he said, well, next time they shouldn't all be done by cnn and nbc, show casing liberals beating the heck out of it. first of all there were a number of debates hosted by fox news and second off all, it sounds like he's blames the media for those debates. >> anybody but himself. >> and the republican party is supposed to be a party of personal responsibility and it gives us inside how romney is a process person instead of looking at greater vision and what his campaign is about. and we saw this op piece from karl rove making similar points. >> newt gingrich got a lot of at

our correspondent in boston is jan crawford. jan?k at the independents and misjudged enthusiasm. why this is important is because this campaign and this candidate believes they were going to win this race. they thought going in, their numbers were better, their polling was better they believed that their enthusiasm was better they were using different models they did not think president obama would replicate the turn out that he got in that race in 2008. historic turn out they believed they had more enthusiasm on their side. so they rejected a lot of those state polls that showed the president with the solid lead. you saw of course governor romney saying that he believed we win, he had written a victory speech are he wasn't writing a concession speech. anyone who follows sports, if you don't follow politics, hardest losses are those that you believe that you're going to win. that's the way this campaign is going to be tonight. people outside the campaign they have thought that governor romney didn't have strong chance that the presid

jan crawford is in belmont, massachusetts, the republican candidate's hometown. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. governor romney and his wife ann will be here in this polling place behind me later this morning about 8:30 to vote. and romney is off to the campaign trail. he's got stops in cleveland and then in pittsburgh. ohio, of course, a state he really needs to win, and pennsylvania, that's one we thought was safe for the president, but now with these polls tightening, the campaign believes their message is resonating there and they're hoping it is in those other must-win states. >> thank you so very much. let's win this one tomorrow. >> reporter: bolstered monday at every campaign stop by crowds in the thousands, romney the day before the election hammered home his message of change. >> tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow. god bless each of you. god bless ohio. >> rorter: underscoring its importance, he stopped twice in two days to ohio. he'll return today in a state that romney has struggled to nail down and he'll head to a state once considered saf

. >> and jan crawford is in belmont, massachusetts, the republican candidate's hometown. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, nora good morning, charlie. governor romney and his wife anne, voted here just over an hour ago. paul ryan has voted in his state of wisconsin. now both are going to do a little more campaigning. they are looking and working for every last vote especially in these must-win swing states. >> thank you very much. let's win this one tomorrow! >> reporter: bolstered monday at every campaign stops by crowds in the thousands romney the day before the election hammered home his message of change. >> tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow. god bless each of you, god bless ohio. >> reporter: underscoring its importance, he stopped twice in two days in ohio. he'll return today, a last-minute decision to shore up support in a state that romney has struggled to nail down and he'll head to a state once considered safe for the president, pennsylvania as he looks for a safeguard if he loses other battleground states. >> this is fabulous. >> reporter: romney also

jan crawford is there. >> reporter: good morning. we're with the campaign all weekend.t one of these stops i think it was iowa, it's running together at this point. i asked a senior adviser what did the campaign have plan leading up to tomorrow, what was the race looking like. he didn't hesitate. one word, we're praying, praying was the word he used. he laughed he said it with a smile but reflect an understandable inevitable tension this race could not be closer. >> thanks so much, you guys. virginia is the best. thank you so very much. >> reporter: trying to close the deal mitt romney is hitting six states in "48 hours." >> not only republicans he refused to listen to he refused to listen to invoices. >> reporter: refusing to let up on the president. >> let me tell you why he fell short of what he promised. he cared more about a liberal agenda than he did about repairing the economy. >> reporter: down the last day campaign advisers knows the race is largely out of their hands and it remains closer than they had hoped a week ago. romney acknowledged the chance he could

janua jan crawford is there covering the campaign. >> reporter: we were with the campaign all weekendsaturday night a huge rally before nearly 20,000 people at one of these stops. i don't even remember what state. they're all kind of running together. i talked to a senior adviser. i said what are you doing in the last few days leading up until tomorrow? he said one word. praying. he laughed. he said it with a smile. but it reflected this race could not be any closer. >> thanks so much, you guys! virginia is the best! thank you so much very much! >> reporter: trying to close the deal, mitt romney is hitting six states in 48 hours. >> it's not only republicans that he refused to listen to, he also refused to listen to independent voices. >> reporter: refusing to let up on the president. >> let me tell you why he fell so short of what he promised. it's because he cared more about a liberal agenda than he did about repairing the economy. >> reporter: down to the last day, campaign advisers know the race now is largely out of their hands. and it remains closer than they had hoped a week ag

jan crawford now is with governor romney in pennsylvania. >> two more days! two more days and we can get to work rebuilding our country! >> two more days! >> reporter: in the crucial state of ohio, romney talked today in sweeping language about a brighter future. >> two more days we start rebuilding our country and restoring our confidence and renewing our conviction. confidence that we're in a solid path to steady improvement. americans don't settle, we build, we aspire, we dream, we achieve. >> reporter: this morning in iowa romney promised change. >> i'm not just going to take office on january 20th, i'm going to take responsible for the office as well. (cheers and applause) >> reporter: with national polls showing the race tied up, romney also is drawing crowds in the tens of thousands. in wisconsin running mate paul ryan campaigned with green bay packers fans as he in his home state another battleground. romney also follows ryan in a last minute push through pennsylvania, the state leans democratic but polls show the race has tightened and the romney cam

first we'll go to jan crawford in boston with the romney campaign. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, after 17 months of campaigning, that hard fought primary, and then, of course, the bruising general election battle, governor romney and his wife ann cast their votes this morning here in massachusetts. then governor romney was off for a little more campaigning trying to get every possible vote. he went to ohio and pennsylvania. here's what he said when he met with some campaign workers in that must-win state of ohio. >> we f we get folks out to vote we'll have the real change we need in this country and i'm so excited about the prospects. i've got to tell you, i'm buoyed by the spirit of the people across the nation. the enthusiasm, the support, the energy. >> we love you, man! >> thank you. (cheers and applause). >> reporter: that, of course, is the key if they can get their supporters out to vote. campaign sources i'm talking to say they're encouraged by what they're seeing. they have big turnout, their numbers will outperform what john mccain did in 2008

and jan crawford is covering his campaign. >> we really can't have four more years like the last four years. i know the-- the obama folks are chanting four more years, four more years. but our chant is this-- five more days. >> reporter: at a hal nevirginia, a campaign cheer was also a reminder of how little time is left. >> five more days! five more days! >> reporter: before the hurricane, romney had momentum. the race was in a dead heat, and he was tied or within striking distance in battleground states. but the storm knocked him off the front pages at a crucial time in the race. on monday and tuesday, he canceled reallies, and back on the trail yesterday in florida, he toned down his criticism of the president. today in virginia, romney was back on his economic message with sharp attacks on president obama. >> his campaign and address is all about attacking. we actually have a plan to get this economy going. we're going to put it in place to help the american people. >> reporter: now, before the storm, rom niece actually leading the president on the questions of which candidate wou

jan crawford is covering the romney campaign in jacksonville. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, norah, good morning, charlie. to say that the hurricane threw a wrench in the presidential campaign is an understatement. both sides suspending campaigning. mitt romney muting his attacks on the president. the president yesterday getting to do something romney could not. act as comforter in chief. >> i'm going to help you get it all together. i promise. i promise. >> reporter: as the president tour storm-ravaged areas of new jersey he met with victims and officials, reassuring them the government would be there to help. >> everybody safe? that's the most important thing then we'll get this whole thing set up. >> reporter: apartment his side was new jersey republican governor chris christie, a mitt romney supporter. recognizing christie for his leadership the president sought to show he was moving beyond partisan politics. >> he's been aggressive in making sure that the state got out in front of this incredible storm. >> reporter: back on th

>> jan crawford, thank you. anthony mason, tell us some of the data inside. >> let's start out with women, a group president obama won handily four years ago and won them strongly last night. mitt romney made a play for the female vote but president obama's margin held up the same as four years ago, he won 55% of women voters. he also took hispanic voters and what's interesting is his margin increased from four years ago. he took 71% of the hispanic vote, up about four points from 2008 and what's even more important here is that the hispanic vote is actually growing. it was 10% of the electorate this time versus 9% four years ago. now mitt romney did win white voters by 20 poin but in the end that didn't seem to matter too much, neither did the economy. now let's take a look at ohio because the economy actually played to the president's advantage in ohio, that is the state that put them over the top. the auto bailout a big issue here and ohio which has the second most auto related employees after the state of mi

charlie and norah, they could be decisive. >> jan crawford, thank you so much. national journal white house correspondent major garret is here. let's talk about what jan was just reporting on. why has the fight on the auto bailout gotten so nasty here in the end? >> the obama campaign -- from the romney/ryan ticket that the bailout is sending jobs to china. production may eventually be in china on jeeps. as chrysler and gm have pointed out, jeep, which is a chrysler brand, and gm, also producing autos in northern ohio, aren't shrinking their production. they're expanding it. the obama campaign believes they have the facts and narrative on their side. talking to senior romney advisers last night, they don't regret making the charge but they did not anticipate the intensity of the obama reaction and the echo chamber it's created and believe it's been a net negative. >> that's interesting. let's talk about these state poll polls. we have new information that show obama with the lead in wisconsin, new hampshire and iowa. he has a five-point lead in ohio. you've been

jan crawford is in boston, where the republican nominee spoke to his supporters. jan, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, charlie. good morning, norah. romney actually waited about an hour to concede after ohio was projected to go for the president. that, of course, being the must-win state. everyone knew at that point the race was basically over, but the campaign wanted to see some of those actual votes come in, just to make sure. and then of course, advisers tell me once they saw colorado go for the president, they knew that was it, so governor romney picked up the phone and called the president. >> this election is over, but our principles endure. i believe that the principles upon which this nation was founded are the only sure guide to a resurgent economy and to renewed greatness. >> reporter: a defeated mitt romney was gracious. >> i believe in america. i believe in the people of america. >> reporter: after running for president for 17 months, his campaign came up empty. >> like so many of you, paul and i have left everything on the field. we have

this is a tweet from cbs reporter norah o'donnell quoting her colleague jan crawford greened berg as-- crawford, who has been covering the romney campaign. she's reporting that a senior romney adviser says that romney is not ready to concede and the associated press, i'm told, has just called virginia for president obama. 4r that's one more state in the count >> can the president go first, judy. >> are they waiting for dick morris to call it? >> he's got a big crowd there. does he just go down and say-- >> ifill: i imagine that's the conversation that's happening right now but none of us has a clue about what that conversation is. i do want to turn the corner. let's assume for a moment what we know holds and what we know is pretty overwhelming, especially with the call of virginia. what does the president do, first. he said immigration is at the top of his list. david, take the fiscal cliff and set it aside and think big picture. what does the president do in the second term? >> let's start with staff. tim geithner is leaving so what kind of treasury secretary do you pick? do you pick

and -- [ applause ] >> jan crawford who covered mitt romney's campaign said emotions are running just as high for the republicans. jan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. you know president obama's campaign has been predicting the victory and he did he won this race decisively. but the romney campaign and romney himself they never saw it coming. they had faced this expectations on different assessments on turnout and in the end they were just flat out wrong and you know what? those are the kind of losses that hurt the most. with romney, paul ryan and their families on stage election night to concede what was evident was the emotion. >> like so many of you, paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to this campaign. >> reporter: when the votes were counted what also was evident they were playing on a different field. the loss caught the romney campaign by surprise. but the most emotional difficult was thinking until the last minute they were going to win. >> the romney people looked at a model for turnout that was less accurate than the model for

think that's going to be a very difficult number, scott, for republicans to overcome. >> pelley: jan crawfordwith the romney campaign in boston and, jan, mr. romney has about nine combinations of states that he can still rely on to win the election tonight but his options are getting narrower? >> well, certainly with the addition of new hampshire and wisconsin now projected for the president, that will make it more difficult for romney and those were two states that he really made a play for. remember, he announced his campaign in new hampshire and held his very last rally of this campaign in new hampshire hoping he could turn that campaign to his map and then, of course, wisconsin, that was not a state that was considered optimistic shot for republicans. until he nominated paul ryan, the wisconsin boy from jaynesville. they thought they got a lot of momentum in wisconsin after that, they thought they put that state back in play and that he could have a shot to win wisconsin as well so now of course it's looking like we've said for months. it's all about ohio and the numbers there, the turnou

jan crawford is with the romney campaign in new hampshire. >> reporter: good morning.e saw governor romney yesterday start making his closing arguments and rallies in wisconsin and iowa. he talked in this sweeping language about america's future what he would deliver if he were elected and he called out the president for what he said were four years of empty promises including at the biggest jeftgest rally last night before 20,000 supporters. >> we're four days away from a fresh start. four days away from the first day avenue beginning. rove before tens of thousands outside of cincinnati mitt romney took aim at the president's record and his rhetoric. we heard the comments mr. obama made at a rally in ohio earlier in the day when he said -- >> no no no. don't boo, vote. vote. voting is the best revenge. >> reporter: romney hit hard. >> he asked his supporters to vote for revenge. for revenge. instead i ask the american people to vote for love of country. >> reporter: earlier in wisconsin romney offered up a sharp contrast with the president and looked forward. >> he's

jan crawford has been -- steve crawford has been following this. pleased to have you with us this morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> where do you think the compromise with the president stands today? >> i think it's going to happen. substantial compromise maybe not work out all the problems but i think they have to make some real progress between now and the first of the year. >> on the house side that's clear that boehner is send inging a message to fellow republicans on the house, we've got to make extra steps that we didn't before? >> i think that's true and i think the president has responded by saying i'm not wedded to the idea of tax rate increases. i'll settle for more revenue, if that's the -- if that's what i can get. >> yuf got senyou've got senators reid and mcconnell. >> it was like arranging the peace talk ss. it wasn't easy. >> were they as uncomfortable as they look sitting next to each other? >> yes. >> yeah? >> yes. >> what did you learn from that? >> what can you say? they don't strike me as two guys that are going to sit down

jan crawford is in boston tonight. jan. >> well scott, as you heard in those excerpts we just aired, the sadness in his voice obviously a brutal campaign for him starting back last june and in that primary that very hard primary he survived that only to step into this general election where he was hit with an assault of negative ads. you all have been talking. he really didn't respond to that but still believes, still believed he was going to win this righted up until the end. there's another moment in the speech tonight that was i thought particularly pig noinlt- poignant when he looked over at his wife ann she's been on the campaign trail from the beginning and campaigning on her own as well where he says he would like to thank the love of his life an. he was almost sad for her, she would have been such a great first lady so obviously here in the crowd everyone very deflated tonight. but it was interesting too scott when he talked about the president and gave those strong words he was praying for the president and th