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Building on Momentum in the Election

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    FOX News contributor Juan Williams weighs in on election trends.

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Ten you to do so but we turn to the election right now week after the first.

-- presidential debate you've seen these numbers coming in day out today with Mitt Romney gaining momentum here's the latest this is a Rasmussen swing state poll.

Governor Romney with the lead over President Obama by two percentage points 4947.

This is an eleven key swing states.

Juan Williams Fox News contributor will now.

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You know rest -- -- -- generally speaking has been a more favorable poll to rob me.

-- -- in fact this is the first time his -- in their swing state poll about a month ourselves so that's fairly significant right.

Yeah I mean I don't think the methodology changes and I think it's reflective I think it's instructive to see these things in terms of trends panel and what you see here is that -- has definitely picked up after the debate.

I will caution you in this.

These terms though if you look at I think it was a CNN -- keep -- in my if they they have the president up plus -- in Ohio you look at survey USA.

He's up I think about a percentage point clear.

If you look at something like.

The real clear politics average again he's up about a percentage point in and in this is not just in Ohio you look across the swing states.

The only place that most polls have around the would be North Carolina and the president and yeah Romney tied in Florida other than that the president has leads in all the others went to -- To speak to trends or whether it's you know the Ohio Breyer writing these states that you -- -- the trend has been favoring Romney here the last few days do you think you underestimated the impact originally.

Of the debate the performance not necessarily only Romney but the poor performance of the president.

You know I I think you know we spoke about this later I cannot I tell you I don't think the president had -- -- -- performance but I think in terms of the presence in terms of bringing the fire bringing the fight to the present terms of leadership looking like a leader looking like he within come -- -- -- taking control of the state.

Romney -- And I think what you see in the polls when you dig a little deeper is people -- more positive image of Mitt Romney as a leader now.

-- they think that he did very well again I think it paid bills that you know in our media environment I think this thing becomes like a topsy suddenly gets much larger for that anything that actually happened on the stage that night but that's the reality perception is reality.

And that's what we're seeing here in these -- Well I'm always looking at 538 dot com and putting percentages at the -- times that Nate Silver opening percentages on chance of victory in Romney's -- up big time and was like 13%.

-- before the debate is 29% now I know that's it makes the president.

The favorite but still that's a big move so what does the president to do next week or even vice president -- Biden tomorrow night to get the momentum shifted back.

Well I think it's pretty obvious I mean for the president he's got to be more aggressive.

But it the -- is you can't be aggressive to the point of being rude Mitt Romney was in the war inbox before look like -- -- it.

You know yeah yeah you get what what you can't be -- you can't come across as abrasive because the president has an advantage in terms of favorability still.

You look down in the polls he's still seen as the one who's more empathetic.

More likely to care for the middle class and actually you know still better on the economy so in all those -- you've got to protect.

Those vital that's why still here.

Because if you just look at the economic record obviously that would be favorable to a -- like -- I want always get a CEO talked against -- -- bankrupt one -- -- -- conference.

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