side to lift wisconsin. mitt romney b.o.p. here monday. president obama will be here to stay and -- mitt romney will be here monday and president obama will be here tuesday. it is an interesting debate over what the recall told us about the presidential election. you can overstate the results. it was pretty clear in the recall fight that some voters work voted against the recall process. they did not think it was appropriate. you had an exit poll from the recall in june and 15%-20% of the people voted for scott walker said they favored barack obama as president. it has been pretty consistent that 1/10 of the electorate, 9% or 10% say they approve of scott walker and barack obama. he becomes was the perfect barometer. republicans have had success winning elections in the last entry years in wisconsin. they have a motive database that will turn out. they also have paul ryan on the ticket. both sides have reasons and positive indicators to look at going into this election. most recently, the obama victory in 20

then a look at wisconsin. after that the funeral for former senator and presidential candidate george mcgovern. now republican presidential candidate mitt romney in ames iowa for a speech on the economy on his economic plan. according to the latest polling average, president obama holds a % lead in this state. this is about 35 minutes. ♪ >> hello everybody, how are you doing? you live in iowa and you live in a battleground state. let me say that again because i don't think i've said that in all the years i've been in politics. we're a battleground state this year and that makes it very important. and i'm glad i have the opportunity to welcome the next president of the united states. and i know it's cool and you feel the chill but also you feel the momentum of romney being the next president of the united states. [applause] now you folks all know people who voted four years ago for president obama. you know that he promised partisanship and to reduce the deficit by half, that he was going to give us accountab

in the state of wisconsin. 90% of the people in wisconsin know me just as tommy. i'm still fighting for wisconsin and always will. >> people say you a change politically. they will say you have been asked to define yourself and you said a couple times your a moderate conservative. at a tea party meeting in june, he said i am way over on the right. to tell you the truth, i am not going to compromise. how do people read that? why are you say different things to different people? >> i do not know where you pick that up. i've always been a moderate conservative. but odyssey i have been able to work with democrats, republicans, independents. -- but obviously i have been able to work with democrats, republicans, independents. it does have bipartisan i am -- it tells you how bipartisan i am. let's let me jump into the issues. i want to spend time on priorities. let's talk about this job one. what is job one for congresswoman tammy baldwin? what's a focus on jobs in the economy. no question about that. -- >> it's a focus on jobs and the economy. no question about that. th

and central wisconsin and western wisconsin. host: how does early voting factor into election day? guest: it is less than a factor in wisconsin that it is in the other states. it has been going, but not at the same level. it is technically known as absentee voting. the window for early voting is narrower now. it is also harder to track in wisconsin because we do not have registration by party. it is little more difficult. i did not think we can say with confidence to has the advantage in the early voting in wisconsin, but the early vote will be significant, but it will not be at the level of states like colorado. host: are voters required to show a photo i.d.? guest: a law was passed under republicans after they took power in 2010 to do that, but it has -- it is held up in court, said they will not be required to show photo id in the selection. host: what systems are in place within a state and what is used to make sure those systems are upheld? guest: optical scanners are the prevailing system in wisconsin. it has proven to be

the fact that the president is going to wisconsin. joe biden is going to wisconsin. the fact that they are going there and campaigning at this stage in the campaign when there is such other critical states shows you this is a danger area now for them. if you look at mitt romney's nonohio scenario and think what are the ways i would win if i don't win ohio wisconsin is key too that and looking better for him. >> greta: you are from wisconsin. >> exactly. they are going all in this wisconsin. even buying ad time in minneapolis which is an expensive tv market to get a few hundred thousand votes in western wisconsin. really is interesting this could be the first year where ohio would go for the democrat and wisconsin could go for the republican. first of all, this is the auto bailout. that plays well for are obama in ohio. where are it saved a lot of jobs but not in wisconsin where the auto bailout failed to keep open the gm plant in janesville. and scott walker's union reforms succeeded and then paul ryan the native son who could help out a lot. >> i also think there is

those are the county's to what in northeastern wisconsin and central wisconsin and western wisconsin, election day. >> how does early voting factor into election day? >> we do not have the same tradition. it is in growing but not the same level. technically known as in person absentee voting or mail absentee voting. the wendy a speedy the window -- the window it is a little more difficult. i cannot think we can say with confidence to us the advantage in the early voting in wisconsin. but the early vote will be significant but not at the label -- level of a state like colorado. >> are voters required to show i.d.? >> a law was passed under republicans after they took power in 2010 to do that but it has been held up in court. so they will not be required to show photo i.d. in this election. >> what are the systems in place within the state and what is used at the state level to make sure the systems are pals? >> optical scanners are the prevailing system. it has been proven to be pretty reliableit has proven to be a reliable system. it has held up during three counts we have had. that i

safeway would have many jobs in wisconsin. she voted for epa against a paper company of wisconsin. i find that really hard to believe, that any congressperson from wisconsin would do that. >> with move to a different topic. let's keep the focus on this one question. we're in the heart of milwaukee and there are people 1 mile away struggling. and there are people on farms throughout the state in rural areas struggling, have not had a job in a long time. what the proper role of government in terms of trying to deal with this problem of? of? or is it not really government's role? history ofok at the this community. it used to be a big industrial manufacturing center of the state. we have seen so many of the company's clothes or overseas. so that's partly why a big focus on making things again in america and making things again in wisconsin is key and what i would champion. we also have a skills gap. we have heard this from countless folks, a former ceo from this area has offered recommendations. a lot of the technical colleges across the state are working hard with business. to addres

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. >>> wisconsin is open for business! >>> i've known scott walker, the governor of wisconsin for the better part of 20 years and scott is a classic career politician, and i don't say that in a negative way. >>> journalist and wisconsinite john nichols has tracked scott walker's career since the 90s, when walker was a state legislator and an alec member. >> and in 2010 he ran not presenting himself as an alec alumni or as an ally of big corporations or big business people outside the state. he ran a very down-home campaign. >> this is my lunch. i pack a brown bag each day so i can save some money to spend on the more important things in life like sending my kids to college. >> nichols says that despite the folksy image, in the years leading up to walker's 2010 campaign, he had become a master political fundraiser. >> and he began to forge incredibly close ties with a lot of corporate interests that he had first been introduced to in alec, individuals and groups like the koch brothers. >> david and charles koch, the billion

we'll get the latest on the wisconsin senate race. wisconsin senate race. stand by. crest. life opens up when you do. >>> let's head to the midwest right now and take a closer look at the lay of the political land in wisconsin, another key battleground state. it has ten electoral votes. it went for president obama in 2008. the latest polling shows the president with a six-point lead over romney in wisconsin. the president will be heading to wisconsin this week. it certainly remains a toss-up on the cnn electoral map. there's also a very heated u.s. senate race in wisconsin underway right now. here's cnn's ted rowlands. >> reporter: on the right, tommy thompson, on the left, tammy baldwin, now 70, he served four terms as wisconsin governor and was george w. bush's secretary of health and human services. she's 50, openly gay and a 14-year veteran of the house of representatives. up for grabs is the senate seat left open by retiring democrat herb cole which republicans desperately want to help them win a majority. >> i'm tommy thompson. >> reporter: both sides are pooring in c

here's how i look at wisconsin. it is a state that you can -- i think it says go about the struggle mitt romney faces. between ohio and wisconsin, he has to win one of them. he's not looking that great in ohio. i don't think he's looking much better in wisconsin, but i think wisconsin might be in some ways a riper target for him. yes, it hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in the landslide in 18944. however, it came close in 2000, a fraction of a point. when we say it's a blue state, we're not talking massachusetts and rhode island here. i think if you look at -- we talk about that slide from 14 points that the obama margin in '08 down to a two, three-point race right now. it's dramatic slide. there's a greater concentration in wisconsin than most states of the exact sort of voter demographically who is turning on obama, white working class and white male. we had an abc poll nationally it shows romney's share of the white male vote up to 65%. maybe there's a possibility there. the reason why wisconsin a littl

she is joining us from madison, wisconsin. kristin welcome back inside "the war room." >> thank you so much for having me, governor. >> jennifer: you bet. when we last talked to you, you were in the throws of battling this scott brown recall stuff. how is early voting doing? and do we have any idea who has the edge of that in wisconsin? >> we have been very pleased with the way that early vote is shaping up. we have had lines every day in our democratic base areas across the state, we have had rallies and events and we feel like we have the edge in early vote it started a week ago and we have seen lines ever since. so we're very excited. >> jennifer: wisconsin's early voting ends the friday before the election instead through the weekend, how does that affect your efforts to get out the vote? >> we know on saturday mornings we'll have thousands of volunteers out pounding the pavement and communicating with voters to get that vote out on tuesday. there is a final push at the end of the week to get every early vote cast come fri

in wisconsin is enthusiasm and voter intensity. in 2010, when republicans had historic electoral gains through the state, the story of the day was not that the democrats stayed at home. rather, the story was that the republicans turnout. >> reporter: indeed republicans are counting on gains they made two years ago when scott walker became governor and both chambers of the state legislature flipped from democrat to republican. that was followed by a recall campaign started by public- sector labor unions aided by democratic state legislators and voters. all in all, it led to the chief fact of political life in wisconsin: bitterly divided, almost permanent political warfare for almost three years now. this is state that is both energized and exhausted. >> i can't wait for it to be done. i'm just tired of all the negative things. one person trashes the other one. >> the ads all seem to be negative. you kind of tune them out when it's negative. >> it is annoying with all the calls and the ads and all that kind of stuff. most people know

if he wins wisconsin, i think he's more likely than not to win wisconsin. a if he wins ohio, the race is over. mitt romney has to win one of those three states, ohio, wisconsin, or iowa to be the next president of the united states. if he loses all three, this race is over. >> well, with so much riding on ohio, yesterday former president bi bill clinton and bruce springsteen teamed up in the buckeye state and also in iowa to rally voters for president obama. >> mr. romney says i'm going to do all this. i'm going to just cut taxes for the middle class. i'm not interested in rich people. they'll pay the same percentage of tax they pay now. what does that do? he thinks we're dumb. we keep saying, show us your budget. where are your numbers? the president has given you a budget. you won't like all of it. it adds $2.50 in spending cuts for every $1 in revenue. we have to do something about the debt and it will take it down. here are my numbers. where are your numbers? is this guy ran bain capital and is a business guy and he's hiding his budget? that ought to te

ohio, iowa, wisconsin. why for the president if they're not his election day firewall he's in big trouble. >>> in today's "deep dive" a deeper look at the battleground map. focusing on the obama campaign's midwest firewall, if you will. iowa, wisconsin, ohio. the campaign is bringing out big names to shore up the states not only dispatching former president clinton but the boss m man, bruce springsteen. events in ohio and iowa tied to early voting. clinton campaigns in wisconsin today. there is no question both campaigns know the importance of the midwest and they are flooding the field. take a look at this week's top ten ad markets. the most saturated tv markets, two in wisconsin. one that straddles the iowa/wisconsin border and four in ohio. tells you everything you need to know. the president still holding leads in iowa and in wisconsin. so what does that mean on the maps? this is the new cool stuff. you've seep n it this way. let me show it to you another way. my kids' favorite app is stack the states.

straight to brookfield, wisconsin. police chief daniel tosshouse in a press briefing. >> we do have police on scene, yeah. >> have you found anymore there? is there anyone in the home? >> i can't comment on that. i don't know. >> have you made any arrests? >> i'm not aware, no. no arrests have been made. >> is there information about a vehicle? >> no. >> do you know the vehicle he was in? >> no. >> any concerns about explosives at the scene? >> we do have milwaukee bomb squad on scene to take care of any devices. >> is that routine? >> no, it's not routine. >> you're concerned there might be explosives. >> exactly. >> in the spa? >> i can't comment on anything else because i don't have knowledge of what devices -- >> do you have the description of him, how tall he is? >> let me see here. i don't have that. i'm sorry. >> lieutenant, what can you tell us about the status of the victims? >> i can't. >> can you talk about the mall being open still? >> i don't have any knowledge of that either. >> what can you say to the pe

and ron johnson of wisconsin. democrats mark virginia and mark udall of colorado and how does the electoral map look going in to the last week of the campaign, we'll ask the sunday panel where the race will be won and lost and from fine debate to around the clock rallies, we're on the stretch, on the trail. all, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ >> chris: and, hello, again, from fox news in washington. we'll get to our coverage of the presidential race, in a moment. but, first, that huge storm that is bearing down on the east coast, threatening millions, as well as disrupting campaign schedules. here's the latest on the storm from the fox news extreme weather center, in new york. >> chris, yes, the storm likely we've never seen before, anywhere in the u.s. and you can see, already, cloud cover into canada, and, still down to south carolina. and the center of the storm, still strengthening. pressure continues to drop, the impacts from the storm will be significant. major coastal flooding, from new jersey to maine,

republicans rob portman of ohio and ron johnson of wisconsin. democrats mark warner of virginia and mark udall of colorado. then, how does the electoral map look going into the last full week of the campaign? we will ask our sunday panel to handicap where this race will be won and lost. and from the final debate to around the clock rallies we are in the home stretch on the trail. all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and h hello again from fox news in washington. we'll get to our coverage of the presidential race in a moment. but first that huge storm that is bearing down on the east coast threatening millions as well as disrupting campaign schedules. here is the latest on the storm from the fox news extreme weather center in new york. >>> chris, we are looking at a storm likely that most of us on the east coast have never lived through. still a hurricane right here across area of the atlantic that is going to interact with a storm pulling offshore and going to cause an intense storm the largest probably ever to impact area of the mid at

after the wisconsin debate, wisconsin saw governor romney is a man of integrity and intelligence, a man with a plan, unlike president obama who has no proposals to save social security or medicare or unlike the democrats in the senate who have not pass add budget in three years. people want real leadership. that is what they see in governor romney and paul ryan, someone with the courage to put forward real proposals. >>chris: now, the economic recovery, even though unemployment is down to 7.8 percent, no president has been re-elected with unemployment this high since fdr back in 1940, no president has been re-elected with growth this low since they began tracking g.d.p. in 1930. those are strong headwinds. >>guest: yes, but we need to also look at where we were and where we have come. we all remember how bad things were four years ago, losing 800,000 jobs a month and we are at five million plus jobs, steady job growth, increases and the g.d.p. numbers, i would like to see them higher but compare america to the rest of the world we are the shining shot in the whole world. china or india,

after the wisconsin debate, wisconsin saw governor romney is a man of integrity and intelligence, a man with a plan, unlike president obama who has no proposals to save social security or medicare or unlike the democrats in the senate who have not pass add budget in three years. people want real leadership. that is what they see in governor romney and paul ryan, someone with the courage to put forward real proposals. >>chris: now, the economic recovery, even though unemployment is down to 7.8 percent, no president has been re-elected with unemployment this high since fdr back in 1940, no president has been re-elected with growth this low since they began tracking g.d.p. in 1930. those are strong headwinds. >>guest: yes, but we need to also look at where we were and where we have come. we all remember how bad things were four years ago, losing 800,000 jobs a month and we are at five million plus jobs, steady job growth, increases and the g.d.p. numbers, i would like to see them higher but compare america to the rest of the world we are the shining shot in the whole world. china or india,

let's take wisconsin. there still is collective bargaining in wisconsin over wages and benefits, right? or maybe just wages? >> [inaudible] >> just wages. >> but most of the districts in the state bargained their contract knowing this was coming anyway, so they're going to expire in a couple years. >> all right. so let's say when the milwaukee contract comes up, what's keeping the milwaukee teachers from bargaining over other stuff anyway and saying if you don't give us what you want, we'll still give you a hard time? are these state laws enforceable? >> that's a really important point because, um, look at the states, you know, like texas where collective bargaining is prohibited. all right. so it turns out 65% of the teachers in texas belong to unions, and if you look at the cities that are big -- dallas, you know, fort worth, houston, austin, san antonio -- they have big, powerful unions, and what the unions do there is they just act like regular interest groups. there's no collective bargaining, so they

but a lot of wisconsin, upstate wisconsin, really does swing. there are counties in northeastern wisconsin, kind of around green bay and central and western wisconsin, that swung huge for obama in 2008, then swung violently back for the republicans in the gubernatorial races in 2010 and a recall fight of 2012. there were counties that barack obama as a democrat won for president by 10 points and scott walker as governor in june 1 by 20 or 38 points. these more rural counties, in some cases suburban, very competitive ticket splitters, and those will be counties to watch, northeastern wisconsin, central wisconsin, and western wisconsin, come election day. host: how does early voting factor into election day? guest: it is a lesser effect in wisconsin than other states. we don't have the same traditions. it has been growing, but not at the same level. it is technically known as in person absentee voting or mail absentee voting. the window is narrower now as the result of some changes in state law. it is also harder to attract because we do not have

wisconsin was wisconsin was boston by four points. the milwaukee suburbs, they went very strong for scott walker in that recall election this past summer. if that republican ground game is pretty good in wisconsin, for romney, just as for was for walker, he has a shot. >> jonathan, the big banana here is ohio. so people are spinning yarn. maybe these yarns are going to come true. mitt romney can win without winning ohio. how do you see the ohio race, jonathan, and are your -- is your super pack putting dough, big dough into ohio? >> oh, absolutely. and the race is deadlocked there. the voters in the southeastern part of the state are completely hardened against obama because of the war on coal. we'll be waiting up for that one. but there are other paths here, including wisconsin, and including iowa and colorado there. are a lot of different paths for romney. people aren't giving him credit. you should go to one of those website and play around with the math because romney has a lot of different paths right now. >> let me just introduc

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thanks so much. >>> the wisconsin senate race. folks, it gets ugly. with former governor tommy thompson releasing an attack ad so despicable you won't see it on our air. stay with us. >>> up next, you won't believe tommy thompson's latest attack. >>> and in the big finish, bradley whitford will join me to discuss his support for president obama and much more. stay with us. >>> just how desperate can candidates get? well, the wisconsin senate race took a turn for the ugly today when former governor tommy thompson releasing an attack ad so despicable we're not going to show it on this program. it accuses tammie baldwin of voting against honoring the victims of 9/11. military victims speak over images of waving flags and the ruins of the world trade center. then comes this headline from the capital times. baldwin rejects 9/11 tribute. as factcheck.org points out, it fails to include the sub header. she's cast one of 22 "no" votes. republicans crafted a memorial resolution that also paid tribute to controversial republican legislation like the patriot act

measure of how important wisconsin is. vice-president joe biden making his fifth trip. >> the president is characterized of being right out of the '20s. it is different. it is fundamentally different than ours. it is based on a profoundly different set of values. >> joe biden trying to use score points. you will be here later today. governor romney working furiously to steal wisconsin. it has been since 1984 that a republican presidential candidate managed to capture the badger state. both republican and democratic strategist bombarding wisconsin with television ads. >> he went to the middle east and flew to egypt in you skip israel. our closest friend. >> florida is too close to call. the difference between what was and what could have been. >> the obama campaign is on a mission to win again in wisconsin. he captured the state back in 2008. clearly a lot of enthusiasm here. a strong incentive to vote for both parties. the race here in wisconsin going down to the water. wire. >> i cannot wait until it is over. you do not k

this is the second mass shooting in wisconsin this year. august5th at a sikh temple a mass shooting. and a man opened fire in 2005 killing seven and then himself at a church service at a hotel. >>> news alert out of montgomery county now, where police are investigating an assault that happened around 7:00 tonight. police say a woman was jogging on the trail, stopped for a group of deer to pass, and was struck from behind. when she came to, the woman realized she had been dragged off the trail. police say the incident seems to be an attempted sexual assault. >> detectives are at the hospital now interviewing the victim. we're trying to confirm exactly what happened after she was hit on the head and also clarify any suspect description. >> people are urging -- police are urging people to be cautious if you are out in the evening hours, saying it's the time of year when we're losing daylight and it is still pleasant to be outdoors. >>> we have another news alert out of prince george's county where police say speed racing is the cause of anothe