karen kasler, bureau chief for ohio public radio in columbus. and jon ralston, the host of the nightly nevada television show "face to face." and we welcome all of you to the newshour. i'm going to quickly go around and ask each one of you what the race looks like where you are, and start with you, adam smith, where i guess everybody is hoping there won't be a hurricane for the republican convention. but what does it look like across the state of florida right now? >> well, i would bring-- your rain boots down here. it looks like a dead heat. it's been very stable for months. >> woodruff: at this point, are you sensing a reaction to romney's pick of paul ryan as his running mate? >> we haven't seen a big move in the polls. i know there are a lot of republicans here that are a little anxious about how that's going to play in florida. it's a-- it's definitely for florida where half our voters are at least 50 years old it's a risky pick. >> woodruff: karen kasler, let me turn to you. what's the statewide sense of the race right now? >> it appears o