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eastern, coming together, a benefit telethon to aid victims of hurricane sandy featuring the great bruce springsteen and jon bon jovi. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." the fight for the u.s. senate can be as significant as the fight for president. right now looks advantage democrats. the latest analysis is it appears more likely than not democrats will hold the majority, perhaps by only the slimmest of margins. there you have it. and the catch up is the massachusetts senate race between republican scott brown and democratic challenger elizabeth warren, and right now the clear politics poll average has warren up by 4.5. politico is up there in boston covering the race. dave, thanks for joining us from politico. >> absolutely. >> let me ask you about that race. it seems like something happened a couple weeks ago. was it the mayor's endorsement and putting all the troops? but that's only 8% of the electorate. what got her on top of the race? >> i think it's women voters that were in brown's camp, still sort of flirting w

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by the way, bruce springsteen, the boss, joined the president in wisconsin and ohio today. he's one person who can tease the president on this final day of the presidential campaign. it's about those late night phone calls and the president's performance in the debates. >> every once in awhile i get a call like after the first debate. the phone rings. i can't get no satisfaction. all right. then after the second debate i got a nice version of i'm sexy and i know it. i stood with president obama four years ago and i'm proud to be standing with him here today. because he promised me a ride on air force one. >> anyway, he wasn't kidding. he hitched a ride on air force one to the next campaign event which was in ohio. update, he said the ride was pretty cool. >>> up next, mitt romney has been called the post-truth candidate. the guy saying whatever he thinks could help him win whether it's true or not. that's ahead. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> part of a presidential race is about policy. and part of it's about trust. you may be frustrated sometimes b

it's no secret he's a fan of bruce springsteen. over the years springsteen has not returned the love until last night. he reached out to the victims of hurricane sandy and then some. listen to this. we're a band that can't separate from the jersey shore. we'll send this out to all the people working down there, the police officers, the firemen, and also to the governor who has done such a hard job this past week. well, there you have it. the romance, the bromance, isn't as one-sided anymore. >>> also, what part of the presidential election got this 4-year-old colorado resident all choked up? spoiler alert here. all of it. abigail, that's her name, was riding along with her mom to buy groceries with npr playing on the radio. here is her answer for why the tears are flowing. >> because of barack obama and mitt romney. >> that's why you're crying? it will be over soon, abby. the election will be over soon, okay? >> okay. >> oh. >> well, anyway, npr caught wind of her breakdown of mitt romney and barack obama and issued a statement rea

this, i'm still struck by those pictures, and, look, i was -- i'm not name dropping here but we had bruce springsteen obviously with us yesterday and, you know, talking to him about what the jersey shore and those places meant to him as a kid and middle class families who had a shot at having, you know, a cottage at the beach, this isn't just all, you know, 12-room mansions. >> i know, i grew up at the shore in a row house in ocean city. i know all about it. >> those pictures continue to grab you by the heart and, you know, our thoughts and prayers go out to them. first thing the president did this morning was get on a call with fema at 7:30 in the morning. it's near and dear to him and, look, i think it's going to be a good night for us. >> okay. thanks for coming on, robert gibbs. great to have you on. thanks both to chuck and howard. coming up, what do you know about tonight? how is it going to end? keep an eye on florida and ohio. two states we're going to take a look at next. we'll talk about them and if there's going to be a clear result. chuck just warned us of the worst possible c

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