. >> i want to bring in congresswoman marcy kaptur of ohio. good morning. >> good morning. >> aren't you popular in ohio? both candidates rb there today, mitt romney will be there five of the next days and here's what reince priebus told me yesterday. >> as far as if you can win without ohio, i think you can. obviously, we're doing well out west in colorado and nevada. >> fact of the matter is, you talk to almost any republican analyst and they say ohio is critical to their success, and they wouldn't be putting their candidate there four out of the next five days in this home stretch if they didn't think they had a chance. do you think the republicans smell blood in ohio, congresswoman? >> well, no republican has actually won the presidency in modern history without ohio, so it's natural that they would be here, but more importantly, they're here because barack obama is winning ohio and ohio intends to send him back to the white house. most importantly, here in cleveland and across northern ohio, because he saved the auto industry. and one of

. >> congresswoman marcy kaptur and catherine crier, i have to leave it there. thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> is paul ryan starting to feel the heed? just two days before his do-or-die showdown with joe biden. check this out. >> by kiting taxes, with the big tax cut? >> those are yours, not mine. >> thank you very much, sir. >> that was kind of strange. >> yeah, take off that microphone. good luck trying that with joe biden on thursday. >>> plus big bird is still flying high, and there are signs now that the great yellow friend is getting under mitt romney's skin. >>> and the inside story of the family intervention inside the romney campaign. it's a real shocker, and it really happened. you're watches "politics nation" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. you can mix and match all day! [ male announcer

representative marcy kaptur thank you so much for calling from the swingiest of swing states. >> thank real liberal, i have been watching you since you first came on current. am a biggal gore fan, but i have a big bone to pick with you guys from yesterday's show. i think you and chris owe all of the listeners, the president and michelle obama a big apology for what you mistakenly thought that stupid donald was going to come out and say, that was something personal, and you saw how little -- >> stephanie: ed everybody was talking about it -- >> yes, it was being reported it as a rumor everywhere -- >> caller: i'm a news junky i didn't here that -- >> stephanie: we were saying even if it were true, which it probably wasn't it is so irrelevant as to be laughable -- >> and it has been reported else where a couple of years ago. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: i just thought -- i mean it's just being played by that idiot you saw how little that information was, it was nothing -- >> stephanie: the best thing that can be said is if you were anywhere on social media yesterday, he got bipartisan