LIVE IN GALESBURG TONIGHT,
DANI CARLSON, "24 HOUR NEWS
8".
THANK YOU, DANI.
TALKING YOU LIVE TO
DANVILLE, KENTUCKY WHERE THE
HOURS FROM NOW JOE BIDEN AND
PAUL RYAN WILL GO AHEAD IN
THE ONLY VICE PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATE.
THE DEBATE IS ATTRACTING
INTERESTS AS THE RACE GETS
TIGHTER.
TONIGHT NEW POLLS ARE
SHOWING A BIG CHANGE IN THE
FIGHT FOR MICHIGAN.
"24 HOUR NEWS 8'S" POLITICAL
REPORTER RICK ALBIN SH JOIN
US NOW TO SHOW US.
RICK.
SUSAN, I TACKED FOR
MONTHS ABOUT WHY THOSE RACES
ARE MORE ABOUT MOMENTUM THAN
DELEGATES.
SAME STORY WITH TONIGHT'S
DEBATE BOLSTERED BUY A GOOD
PERFORMANCE FOR MITT ROMNEY.
THIS MAP HAS CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY.
THE REAL CLEAR POLITICS POLL
SHOWS FIVE STATES HAVE
CHANGED.
THEY WERE ALL LEANING FOR
PRESIDENT OBAMA, NEW HAM
MIR, PENS VEIN ARE, OHIO,
WISCONSIN, JUST TODAY,
MICHIGAN.
THEY HAD ALL SWITCHED FROM
LEANING FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA
NOW TO TOSS-UP.
NOW WHEN WE STARTED THE
PROCESS BEFORE THE FIRST
DEBATE, IT WAS 269 ELECTORAL
VOTES LIKELY FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA.
181 FOR ROMNEY.
ROMNEY HAS NOT PICKED UP
ANY.
201 TO 181T. TONIGHT'S
DEBATE LIKELY TO SUEDE LARGE
NUMBERS OF VOTERS REALLY
DON'T HAVE TO.
SOME OF THE STATES ARE BY
LESS THAN ONE PERCENTAGE
POINT SO EITHER CANDIDATE
MAKING POINTS COULD IMPACT
THE ALL-IMPORTANT SWING
STATES.
THE 12 STATES WHERE THE
ELECTION IS GOING TO BE
WITHIN OR LOST.
THE WESTERN OF TONIGHT'S
DEBATE BOUNCE AND CHASE THE
NUMBERS ON THAT.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK A
VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS
GOING MAKE MAJOR DIFFERENCE
IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME
FIVE OF THOSE STATES WERE
GOING TO SWITCH ON THE WAY
TO PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE FROM
A WEEK AGO I WOULD HAVE BEEN
EQUALLY SKEPTICAL.
IF YOU MOVE JUST SMALL
PERCENTAGE POINT OR TWO IN
SOME OF THOSE STATES THAT
MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE ONLY
THREE AND A HALF WEEKS AWAY
FROM THE ELECTION.
IT IS TIGHT.
IT IS VOLATILE.
SO CLOSE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
YOU CAN WATCH THE VICE
PRESIDENT YL DEBATE LIVE AT
9:00 HERE ON WOOD TV 8.
