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ted strickland joins me for the conversation. stay with us. >>> coming up, the romney campaign's strategy of lie and deny. can't stand up to the facts. former governor ted strickland joins me to discuss the lies and a whole lot more. >>> paul ryan is getting some heat for his ohio soup kitchen photo op. now the president of the charity said the candidate didn't have permission to be there in the first place. the candidates gear up for a second debate. can the president prove his credit on foreign policy in the wake of the benghazi attack? i'll visit with howard fineman and michelle goldberg on that. we are coming right back. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. the math still isn't adding up for mitt romney so the lies are just piling up. this is their campaign. here's romney adviser ed gillespie trying to defend romney's tax plan. >> very questionable. some of them are blogs, some from the aei. >> these are very credible sources. >> one of them is from a blogger to george w. bush. these are hardly nonp

and former ohio governor ted strickland on the new lie mitt romney is cooking up. >> unemployment is higher today than when president obama took office. we created zero jobs. >>> paul ryan meets the takers in a homeless clinic. he staged a photo op and it was a total bust. >>> and mitt romney's vision for america is playing out right now in illinois. >> the only motivation is they want more money. >> since auto workers are in new york protesting the republican nominee, tonight my interview with a worker. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. the uproar over president obama's debate performance has subsided. we are back to square one. tomorrow might be one of the most important dates on the calendar. the polls show the race is dead even once again. president obama has maintained his lead in several key swing states like ohio and nevada. the numbers have stabilized. but all the attention turns to the town hall-style debate tomorrow night. the obama campaign launched a new ad to define the president's message in the home stretch. >> every president inherits challenges. few

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jewel of battlegrounds with ohio state attorney general mike dewine and former ohio governor ted strickland. plus, the politics of numbers. explaining the jobs report and weighing its impact with moody's analytic chief econost mark zandi and douglas holtz-akin, and white house correspondent jackie kol linz, and cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> it was not unanimous, but there was overwhelming consensus among viewers and pundits that mitt romney shined in denver's debate season opener and the president did not. the new yorker magazine summed it up with a cover cartoon of romney debating an empty chair. the captain "mitt stands alone." campaigns are only as good as their last news cycle, so on to danville, kentucky, and thursday night's battle of the number twos. joining me now are philadelphia mayor michael nutter, a long-time friend of joe biden, and republican party chairman reince priebus. and mayor nutter, stand by with me, and i want to get to the party chairman, and we'll be back with you. mr. chairman, thank

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i have ted strickland, ron johnson, congressman from the same party who almost came to blows. that's going to be a little later in the show. let me get to our first reads before i get to the governor who is ready to go. vice president joe biden trying to calm down supporters, still upset over president obama's performance last week went with the kitchen sink approach. congressman paul ryan embraced the do no harm strategy. joe for better and worse being joe. >> our adversaries are much more willing tomorrow bra embrace us >> with all due respect, that is malarkey. >> under a romney administer, we will have credibility under this issue. >> vice president biden. >> that's incredible. >> thank goodness we have these sanctions in place. >> oh, god. >> over 100 can criminal investigations have been launched. >> go ahead. >> martha, look -- >> and at one point the vice president seemed to even hold himself back from actually cursing. >> this is a bunch of stuff. >> what does that mean, a bunch of stuff? >> it means it's simply inaccurate. >> it's irish. >> irish call it malarkey. >>

joining me now is former ohio governor ted strickland, national co-chairman for the obama campaign. ickland, thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> reverend al, what a despicable thing this romney campaign is doing. i think it says something about mitt romney's character. i think it says basically he's a dishonest person. he knows, his accusations regarding jeep leaving ohio and toledo are not right. and he's continuing to do it. and the people of ohio, i think, are going to punish this man by depriving him of ohio's electoral votes and thereby depriving him of the presidency. >> now, you know that state. you've been the governor there. >> i do. >> you're saying you don't think it will work, you do not think ohioans will be fooled by this? >> listen, ohioans know that president barack obama stood with us when this vital industry was on its knees. they know that president obama saved the american auto industry. they also know that when mitt romney went to defiance, ohio, and said what he said, his information came from a blog. do we want a man in the presidency who gets his informa

that is former governor ted strickland of ohio.nd also with us tonight is congressman tim ryan of ohio. gentlemen, great to have you with us. governor, you first. i can only think that this is a complete disservice to the people of ohio to go out in front of a crowd and erroneously put out information that cuts right to the fabric of what this election is all about and that's jobs. what's your reaction? >> my reaction is that mitt romney is a desperate man. he knows he's losing ohio. if he loses ohio, he's lose iin the election. for him to do what he did is despicable. think of the angst that those workers felt when they heard him say that. obviously, it showed a lack of judgment and a lack of truthfulness. this man is not ready to be the president of the united states of america. as jon huntsman said duri, you know where he's going to be on any given day. the latest example of his desperation in trying to reach the ohio voter but ohioans have figured this guy out, they know who's on their side and it's barack obama and joe biden.

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ted strickland.r, it's a pleasure having you on here. >> it's great to be here. >> our new polls show romney gaining. president obama is leading. six point lead versus an eight point lead after the debate. you see the numbers, 51/45. >> yes, but i'll take it. 51, that's over 50%. if you get over 50%, you're going to win. so i'll take 51/45 any time. >> so you're predicting a win in ohio for president obama? >> ohio's going to be strong for the president. i think other battleground states are going to be strong as well. >> particularly in ohio, no other republican candidate has won the white house without the state. it was just last week where they were trying to come up with a strategy for winning the white house without ohio. they've hunkered down and added more staff. it seems to be an interesting argument at this point or what argument is governor romney going to make when you look at the economic recovery, when you look at the wings, if you will, or the spider web benefits of the auto bailout. >>

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joining me now is former ohio governor ted strickland and david corn, washington bureau chief for mother political analyst. he's the author of a new book, "4 "47%," thank you both for joining me. >> thank you. >> governor, why are the republicans ignorant about the economy getting better? >> well, the president is getting credit from it from the american people and that alarms them just a few days, before the election. ohio and other states are seeing improvement in their economies. this is good for america. whatever is good for america should please parties and ail candidates. >> now, david, when you look at the fact that there's clear evidence of the economy getting better when we look at the fact that in -- if we go to better jobs help be the middle class, virginia, wisconsin, colorado, where the president is up, people are beginning to see the improvement. >> they certainly are. and particularly in the battleground states, including governor strickland in ohio and such. people are feeling that -- i also think that there comes a point in time that people start feeling bad about feelin

we had on former ohio governor ted strickland on yesterday. why he believes the president is still ahead, even though he's seen the race close a bit. he still has a comfortable lead, at least it surprised governor strickland that it was still at the six point difference as opposed to the eight point. he does believe it's one of the topics that came up last night, domenico, the auto bailout. >> the obama campaign likes to say one in eight job are somehow tied to the auto industry. i checked that fact just in case it came up and talked to the center for automotive research and they said, yes, one in eight jobs are either directly related to the auto industry, meaning factory workers or auto dealers. a percentage of that is included in the cash who works in the town in a grocery store where there are a lot of auto workers. the auto bailout and the fact that president obama was for the bailout, mitt romney was against the bailout, really is a clear divide, a clear distinction. the romney campaign had no answer for that for months when the obama pe

ted strickland and robert reich, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up,nbc news is now officially narrowing the battle ground states to seven. we'll take a look at those states next. and in the rewrite, we will unmask the comedy writer who come up with the horses and bayonets line, the line of the night in last night's debate. and later d.l. hughley will tell us exactly what romney was thinking when the president was lecturing him about horses and bayonets. i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough colle

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ted strickland today is a former governor. this is what happens. the party i.d.ber reflects changing views and values. two things probably moved the polls. one was the judgment of voters that frankly the republican television show wasn't up to the democratic television show at the conventions. they liked the democratic show better and liked president obama's remarks better than mr. romney. over the previous week we had tremendous media coverage of romney's 47% figure. that is something that was in the news, got tremendous coverage at the time that quinnipiac was in the field and a lot of other polls were in the field. >> both sides will tell you they don't pay attention to the polls, but sure enough when one side is down, they'll be fast to poo-poo them. >>> we have a new nbc/"wall street journal" poll out tonight with fascinating insights ahead of tomorrow night's debates. >>> up next, i'll talk to philadelphia mayor michael nutter about the breaking news on p.a.'s voter i.d. law being blocked. >>> governor romney is a self-proclaimed red sox fan. why did he mak

also former governors ted strickland and george pataki, as well. first, though want to get right to john berman for a look at the stories making news this morning. >> good morning. we start with some good news. she was shot in the head by the taliban because she fought for women's rights. this morning there is brand-new information on the condition of 14-year-old malala yousafzai. it is promising news. doctors in the uk say the pakistani teen has been able to stand up and is communicating freely. she's writing, not talking yet, but she has -- because she has a tracheotomy tube inserted. doctors say the bullet grazed her brain, and there is some physical damage. she's also being treated for an infection. >>> a libyan militia leader who is the suspected ring leader behind the deadly attack in benghazi is basically thumbing his nose at american and libyan investigator. ahmed abu khattala and despite reports he is in hiding he socialized with journalists last night at a hotel in benghazi. he told writers he was present during the consulate incident out

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governor ted strickland and richard wolffe. thank you for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, mitt romney's etch a sketch on abortion. and on the rewrite, a politician actually does this. he uses the bible to justify slavery. and we are still patiently waiting for mitt romney to denounce that republican politician the way he denounced todd "legitimate rape" akin. that's coming up. egree from capa university, you'll have the knowledge to make an impact in your company and take your career to an even greater place. let's get started at capella.edu. [ male announcer ] start with nothing, build a ground-breaking car. good. now build a time machine. go here, find someone who can build a futuristic dash board display. bring future guy back. watch him build a tft display like nothing you've ever seen. get him to explain exactly what that is. the thin film transistor display... [ male announcer ] mmm, maybe not. just show it. customize the dash, give it park assist. the fuel efficiency flower thing. send future guy home, h

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former governor and national co-chair of the obama campaign, ted strickland. ning, governor strickland. >> good morning. >> thanks for being with us. i know you must be tired. senator rob portman got a huge round of applause when he returned to the hotel last night. john kerry was president obama's sparring partner. do you think he got the same welcome? >> i don't know. i think what we saw last night was mitt romney do very well in terms of form and style, but i think president obama was the clear winner when it comes to substance and truthfulness. mitt romney presented us with the ultimate etch-a-sketch behavior last night as he switched from who he has been throughout most of his life and during this campaign and he said things that were just not accurate. and i think that will catch up with him eventual ly. >> many people are wondering, especially democrats, why president obama didn't attack mitt romney more. why didn't he press him and make that clear to the people who were watching the debate? >> well, you know, i don't know exactly what the president's st