The Brody File heads to the key swing state of Florida as the presidential election heads into its final days. We take an in-depth look at the swing states in play plus we enjoy a good game of Florida BINGO between Romney and Obama.
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David: THIS WEEK ON
"THE BRODY FILE," LESS THAN
TWO WEEKS TO GO BEFORE
ELECTION DAY.
WE BREAK DOWN WHO WON THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
MR. PRESIDENT, AMERICA
HAS NOT DICTATED TO OTHER
NATIONS.
WE HAVE FREED OTHER NATIONS
FROM DICTATORS.
David: ALSO, WE GO
AROUND TO THE SWING STATES
OF AMERICA TO GET THE PULSE
OF THE COUNTRY.
PLUS, THE HEAD OF PLANNED
PARENTHOOD GOES AFTER MITT
ROMNEY.
LISTEN, THIS IS A TOUGH
THING, WHEN MITT ROMNEY
CHANGES HIS POSITION EVERY
OTHER DAY.
David: ALSO, HOW A
FRIENDLY GAME OF ROMNEY-
ROMNEY-OBAMA BINGO COULD
PREDICT THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE.
47%.
I GOT THAT.
ANOTHER ROMNEY.
David: AND 10-YEAR-OLD
REPORTER ARIELLE GOES
ONE-ON-ONE WITH NEWT
GINGRICH, TALKING ABOUT
CHINA AND WHY THE YOUNGER,
NEXT GENERATION SHOULD
CARE.
SO, CHINA, I KNOW IT IS A
BIG PART OF OUR DEBT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS,
SPEAKER GINGRICH?
David: WE ARE IN SUNNY
SUNNY FLORIDA,
SWING STATE FOR THIS
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
"THE BRODY FILE" IS NEXT.
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David: AND WELCOME TO
BEAUTIFUL AND SUNNY
FLORIDA.
WE'RE ON LOCATION, DON'T
WORRY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
SEE "THE BRODY FILE"
FROLICKING THROUGH THE OCEAN
WAVES IN A BATHING SUIT,
BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, THIS IS
A FAMILY SHOW.
"THE BRODY FILE" ON LOCATION
IN FLORIDA BECAUSE THIS
STATE IS CRUCIAL TO THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MAP.
29 ELECTORAL VOTES UP FOR
GRABS.
THE MOST OF ANY SWING STATE
OUT THERE.
IF MITT ROMNEY IS GOING TO
WIN THE PRESIDENCY, HE
PRETTY MUCH NEEDS TO WIN
HERE IN FLORIDA.
OTHERWISE IT MAY BE NEAR
IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO PULL
IT OFF.
YOU KNOW, "THE BRODY FILE"
HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE SWING
STATES ACROSS AMERICA, AND
SO HERE IS A BROADER LOOK AT
THE ELECTORAL MAP.
THIS ELECTION IS AS CLOSE AS
THEY COME, AND THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE WILL BOIL
DOWN TO NINE KEY STATES.
THEY CROSS THE COUNTRY.
BEGINNING IN THE WEST WITH
COLORADO AND NEVADA.
MOVING TO THE HEARTLAND,
THERE IS IOWA, WISCONSIN,
AND OHIO.
EN DOWN SOUTH, TO VIRGINIA,
NORTH CAROLINA, AND
FLORIDA.
AND ENDING UP WITH NEW
HAMPSHIRE IN THE NORTHEAST.
COLORADO POLLSTER, FLOYD,
HAS SEEN A DROP IN
ENTHUSIASM FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA SINCE 2008.
WHETHER IT IS HISPANIC OR
WOMEN, HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT
THE LEVEL OF TURNOUT.
I'M FRANKLY EXPECTEDLY A
SLIGHTLY DIMINISHED TURN
OUT.
David: WHEN IT COMES
TO SWING STATES, OHIO OFTEN
PLAYS A KEY ROLE, AND BOTH
CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN
SPENDING LOTS OF TIME
THERE.
AFTER ALL, THE BUCKEYE STATE
HAS CHOSEN THE WINNER OF
EACH PRESIDENTIAL RACE,
EXCEPT FOR ONE, IN THE LAST
65 YEARS.
FOR OBAMA OR ROMNEY TO WIN
THE PRESIDENCY, THEY'RE
GOING TO NEED 270 ELECTORAL
VOTES.
THAT MAKES FLORIDA A PRIME
GOAL BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE
SWING STATES, IT IS THE
BIGGEST PRIZE WITH 29.
SUNSHINE STATE VOTERS ARE
SPLIT, HOWEVER, AND POLL
MARGINS ARE RAZOR THIN.
I'M AN OBAMA GUY BECAUSE
HE HAS ROLLED UP HIS SLEEVES
AND CONNECTED WITH ME.
HE KNOWS HOW I'VE LIVED, HOW
I FEEL.pó
WE'RE SUPPORTING MITT
ROMNEY, CERTAINLY, AND THE
REASON WHY IS WE HAD
PROMISES FOUR YEARS AGO, AND
NONE OF THOSE PROMISES HAVE
BEEN KEPT.
David: ORGANIZATION ON
THE GROUND COULD PROVIDE Aúú
SLIGHT EDGE TO PRESIDENTúú
OBAMA.úú
OBAMA HAS 75 TO 80
OFFICES ORGANIZED ACROSS THEú
STATE, ALL FOCUSED ONúú
GETTING OUT THE VOTE.ú
I THINK ROMNEY HAS 20, MAYBE
20.
David: AND BOTH
COMPAIGNS ARE DEPENDENT ON
THEIR CAMPAIGN ADS.
GOVERNOR ROMNEY'S PLAN
WILL CUT TAXES FOR PEOPLE AT
THE VERY TOP.
TOO MANY AMERICANS ARE
STRUGGLING TO FIND WORK IN
TODAY'S ECONOMY.
David: SO FAR CLOSE TO
A BILLION DOLLARS HAVE BEEN
SPENT IN JUST THESE NINE
STATES.
AND VOTERS SHOULD PLAN ON AN
AVALANCHE OF SPOTS.
THEN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS,
IT WILL BE OVER, UNTIL THE
NEXT CAMPAIGN STARTS.
THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
HAS BEEN DEFINED BY THE BIG
DEBATES.
THERE HAVE BEEN THREE OF
THEM.
THEY ARE ALL OVER NOW, BUT
THE LAST ONE HERE IN FLORIDA
WAS A GOOD ONE.
IT WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK IN
BOCCA RATON, FLORIDA.
HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.
President Obama: YOU'RE
STRATEGY, PREVIOUSLY, HAS
BEEN ONE THAT IS ALL OVER
THE MAP AND IS NOT DESIGNED
TO KEEP AMERICANS SAFE OR TO
BUILD ON THE OPPORTUNITIES
THAT EXIST IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
MARKERS MY STRATEGY IS
PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, TO
GO AFTER THE BAD GUYS, TO
MAKE SURE WE DO OUR BEST TO
INTERRUPT THEM, TO KILL
THEM, TO TAKE THEM OUT OF
THE PICTURE.
BUT MY STRATEGY IS BROADER
THAN THAT.
THAT'S IMPORTANT, OF COURSE,
BUT THE KEY WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO PURSUE IS A PATHWAY
TO GET THE MUSLIM WORLD TO
BE ABLE TO REJECT EXTREMISM
ON THEIR OWN.
President Obama: HE
PRAISED PRESIDENT BUSH AND
DICK CHENEY WITH GOOD
JUDGMENT.
AND TAKING US BACK TO THOSE
STRATEGIES THAT GOT US INTO
THIS MESS IS NOT THE WAY
WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN
LEADERSHIP IN THE 21st
CENTURY.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE
LAST FOUR YEARS I DON'T WANT
TO SEE OVER THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS.
WE'RE NINE MILLION JOBS
SHORT IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT.
David: WHO BENEFITS
THE DEBATES THE MOST?
THAT LEADS US TO THIS WEEK'S
BRODY FILE COMMENTARY.
WHILE PRESIDENT OBAMA
HANDLED HIMSELF PRETTY WELL
IN THE DEBATE IN BOCA RATON,
FLORIDA, THAT WAS NOT THE
CASE IN DENVER, AND THAT
REALLY SET THE TONE FOR WHAT
HAPPENED DURING THESE THREE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS
MITT ROMNEY WON THESE
DEBATES, AND HE STARTED IN
DENVER.
IT CAST THE NARRATIVE THAT
MITT ROMNEY WAS READY, NOT
ONLY TO GO TOE TO TOE WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA, BUT THAT
HE, INDEED, COULD BE
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
BUT PEOPLE WILL SAY, WAIT A
MINUTE, PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD
TWO SOLID PERFORMANCES IN
DEBATES TWO AND THREE.
BUT THE TRAIN HAD ALREADY
LEFT THE STATION.
THERE WAS SUCH A DISCREPANCY
IN DEBATE NUMBER ONE BETWEEN
MITT ROMNEY'S PERFORMANCE
AND PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ROUGH
PERFORMANCE, AND IT LEFT A
LOT OF PEOPLE RE-THINKING.
SO ROMNEY WON THESE
DEBATES.
THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.
THE QUESTION NOW BECOMES,
WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO GET HIM
OVER THE TOP IN NOVEMBER?
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT VERY
SHORTLY.
SPEAKING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, ONE OF THE BIG
ISSUES IS MEDICARE, AND
MEDICARE IS REALLY BIG DOWN
HERE IN FLORIDA WITH ALL OF
THE SENIOR CITIZENS.
THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN HAS
BASICALLY SAID THAT ROMNEY'S
CHANGES TO MEDICARE ARE
GOING TO BE REALLY BAD FOR
SENIOR CITIZENS.
WELL, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL
PLAN?
WHAT IS ROMNEY'S PLAN?
GUESS WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO
GO IN THE WEEDS LIKE WE
NORMALLY DO HERE ON "THE
BRODY FILE."
FIRST OF ALL, CURRENT
SENIORS OR THOSE GETTING
CLOSE TO RETIREMENT WOULDN'T
BE AFFECTED.
FOR FUTURE RETIREES,
ROMNEY'S PLAN IS TO GIVE
THOSE SENIORS A FIXED AMOUNT
OF MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT
WHERE THEY COULD GO BUY A
MEDICAL INSURANCE PLAN OR
BUY THE TRADITIONAL MEDICARE
PLAN.
THE PRIVATE PLANS WOULD HAVE
TO OFFER AT LEAST WHAT
MEDICARE OFFERS.
IN OTHER WORDS, MEDICARE
WOULD COMPETE AGAINST THOSE
PLANS.
THEN SENIORS WOULD HAVE A
CHOICE: USING THAT FIXED
AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY GET
FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THEY
COULD PAY FOR A PLAN THAT IS
CHEAPER THAN THE MONEY THEY
RECEIVE FROM THE GOVERNMENT,
AND THEN USE THAT MONEY TO
PAY OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES,
OR THEY COULD CHOOSE A PLAN
THAT COSTS MORE THAN WHAT
THE GOVERNMENT GIVES THEM,
BUT THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO
PAY THE DIFFERENCE.
AND THAT COULD INCLUDE
TRADITIONAL MEDICARE.
WHILE WE'RE ON THE SUBJECT
OF MITT ROMNEY, HE GOT REAL
GOOD NEWS IN FLORIDA.
THE NEWSPAPER, THE ORLANDO
CENTINAL HAS ENDORSED HIM.
THAT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE
THEY ENDORSED OBAMA IN
2008.
AND THEY'RE WIDELY READ IN
THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN ORLANDO
AND TAMPA.
THERE ARE A LOT OF KEY
INDEPENDENT VOTERS UP
THERE.
IT WAS MORE OF A SLAM
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.
HERE IS WHAT THE EDITORIAL
BOARD SAID, QUOTE,"WE HAVE
LITTLE CONFIDENCE THAT OBAMA
WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL
MANAGING THE ECONOMY AND THE
BUDGET IN THE NEXT FOUR
YEARS.
FOR THAT REASON.
THOUGH WE ENDORSED HIM IN
2008, WE ARE RECOMMENDING
ROMNEY IN THIS RACE."
ONE THING WE'VE LEARNED FROM
BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES IS
THEY ARE BOTH EXTREMELY
SMART.
BUT DID YOU KNOW THEY ARE
ALSO VERY FUNNY.
THEY BOTH APPEARED AT THE AL
SMITH DINNER, AN ANNUAL
DINNER THAT HAS BEEN GOING
ON FOR DECADES.
I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS
IS A CHANCE FOR BARACK OBAMA
AND MITT ROMNEY,
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, TO
GET TOGETHER AND KIND OF
ROAST EACH OTHER.
THEY CRACKED A FEW
ONE-LINERS.
WE LIKE TO CALL IT THE
BARACK AND MITT COMEDY
HOUR.
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THE CAMPAIGN CAN REQUIRE
A LOT OF WARDROBE CHANGES.
WE HAVE BLUEJEANS IN THE
MORNING, PERHAPS, AND SUITS
FOR A LUNCH FUNDRAISER, AND
SPORT COAT FOR DINNER.
IT IS NICE TO FINALLY RELAX
AND WEAR WHY ANN AND I WEAR
AROUND THE HOUSE.
EARLIER TODAY I WENT
SHOPPING AT SOME STORES IN
MIDTOWN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT GOVERNOR
ROMNEY WENT SHOPPING FOR
SOME STORES IN MIDTOWN.
PEOPLE SEEM TO BE CURIOUS
HOW WE PREPARE FOR THE
DEBATES.
FIRST, REFRAME FROM ALCOHOL
FOR 65 YEARS.
USED TO LOVE WALKING
THROUGH CENTRAL PARK, LOVE
TO GO TO OLD YANKEE STADIUM,
THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT,
ALTHOUGH HE REALLY DID NOT
BUILD THAT.
David: A COUPLE OF
COMEDIANS WHO CHEAT ON "THE
BRODY FILE."
WHO DO KIDS IN THIS COUNTRY
GO FOR?
WE'RE TALKING KIDS 18 AND
UNDER.
ACCORDING TO SCHOLASTIC,
KIDS ARE GOING FOR OBAMA.
65% TO 45%.
YOU HAD TO BE 18 YEARS OR
YOUNGER AND CAST YOUR BALLOT
ON THE WEBSITE.
THE SCHOLASTIC STUDENT VOTE
HAS PICKED EVERY
PRESIDENTIAL WINNER, EXCEPT
FOR TWO, SINCE 1948.
BEFORE WE HEAD TO BREAK,
SPEAKING OF KIDS, IT IS TIME
FOR OUR NEXT GENERATION
SEGMENT WITH 10-YEAR-OLD
ARIELLE.
WE SENT HER OUT IN THE WORLD
TO START TO LOOK AT ISSUES
THAT AFFECT THE YOUNGER,
NEXT GENERATION.
HI, EVERYBODY.
YES, IT IS ME AGAIN.
STILL INTERVIEWING FORMER
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NEWT
GINGRICH.
THIS WEEK'S TOPIC IS CHINA.
I DON'T GET IT, WHAT'S THE
DEAL?
SO, CHINA, I KNOW IT IS A
BIG PART OF OUR DEBT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS,
SPEAKER GINGRICH?
FIRST OF ALL, CHINA IS A
BIG COUNTRY.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT COUNTRY.
IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT WE'RE
IN DEBT.
THEY BOUGHT OUR BONDS
BECAUSE WE WERE FOOLISH AND
WE RAN UP A HUGE DEBT AND
HAD TO SELL IT TO SOMEBODY.
SO I REALLY BLAME US FOR
HAVING THE CHINESE FILL A
LOT OUR DEBT.
I THINK IF WE WENT TO A
BALANCED BUDGET AND PAID OUR
DEBT BACK AND GOT THAT MONEY
BACK FROM CHINA, WE WOULD BE
A LOT SAFER AND BETTER OFF
IN THE FUTURE.
THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
THEY WILL BE TAKING OVER THE
U.S.
THEY OWN ENOUGH OF OUR
DEBT THEY CAN DICTATE TO US
WHAT WE CAN DO.
SPEAKER GINGRICH IS
ALWAYS TEACHING ME SOMETHING
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW.
THIS IS ARIELLE SIGNING
OFF.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
David: WHEN WE COME
BACK, WHAT HAPPENED IF THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE ENDS IN A
TIE?
WE EXPLORE THAT POSSIBILITY
AND OTHERS, NEXT.
David: WELCOME BACK TO
"THE BRODY FILE."
WE'RE IN SUNNY FLORIDA, LESS
THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM
ELECTION DAY.
SO WHO IS GOING TO WIN THE
ELECTION?
WELL, GUESS WHAT, IF YOU ASK
10 DIFFERENT POLLSTERS,
YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GET
10 DIFFERENT ANSWERS.
HOWEVER, FOR THE FIRST TIME,
THE RESPECTED REAL, CLEAR
POLITICS WEBSITE HAS MITT
ROMNEY LEADING IN THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE RACE.
YOU NEED 270 ELECTORAL VOTES
TO WIN, RIGHT NOW ROMNEY IS
PROJECTED TO WIN 206, AND
THE PRESIDENT HAS 201, AND
ACCORDING TO REAL CLEAR
POLITICS, THERE ARE ABOUT
131 UP FOR GRABS.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS RACE
ENDS UP IN A STATISTICAL
TIE, 269 TO 269, OY-GEVALT.
PUT ANOTHER WAY, ARE WE
GOING TO SEE A REPLAY OF
2000, WHEN VOTE COUNTERS IN
FLORIDA WERE STARING
INTENTLY AT THESE HANGING
CHADS.
REMEMBER THIS PICTURE?
TIME TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN
WITH THE FAIREST ANSWER OF
THEM ALL.
TIME FOR JENNY AND THE "B"
BLOCK, BACK IN D.C., TO TELL
US ABOUT ALL OF THE
TIE-BREAKING POSSIBILITIES.
YES, WE ALL REMEMBER THE
PREGNANT CHADS IN FLORIDA.
I'M JOINED BY BRIAN DARLING,
SENIOR FOR GOVERNMENT
STUDIES AT HERITAGE
FOUNDATION, TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT COULD BE CRAZY
SCENARIOS ON ELECTION
NIGHT.
BRIAN, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
THESE CANDIDATES HAVE
SAID THIS RACE IS GOING TO
BE CLOSE FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING, AND BOY, WERE
THEY RIGHT.
COULD WE HAVE A CANDIDATE
THAT WINS THE POPULAR VOTE
BUT DOES NOT END UP BEING
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES?
YES.
IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
PAST.
IN ELECTORAL COLLEGES SET
UP, IT IS WINNER TAKE ALL,
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO
STATES, MAINE AND NEBRASKA.
SO IT IS POSSIBLE FOR IT TO
HAPPEN, AND IT HAS HAPPENED,
WHERE YOU HAVE CANDIDATES
LOSE THE POPULAR VOTE BUT
WIN THE ELECTION.
ARE WE IN A SITUATION
WHERE WE COULD SEE A TIE ON
THE ELECTION NIGHT OR A TIE
IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE?
IT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD
269 ELECTORAL VOTES FOR
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND 269
ELECTORAL VOTES FOR GOVERNOR
MITT ROMNEY GOVERNOR MITT
ROMNEY.
ROMNEY.
AND STATE BY STATE WOULD
VOTE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
SO MITT ROMNEY WOULD WIN IF
THE HOUSE WERE TO DETERMINE
WHO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES WERE TO BE.
YOU LOOK AT THE SYSTEM FOR
VICE PRESIDENT, THAT'S A
ROLE OF THE SENATE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT IS
ACTUALLY THE PRESIDENT OF
THE SENATE.
IT WOULD LOOK LIKE JOSEPH
BIDEN WOULD HAVE A GOOD
CHANCE OF WINNING THAT
SENATE ELECTION FOR VICE
PRESIDENT.
SO THERE IS A SCENARIO WHERE
YOU HAVE PRESIDENT MITT
ROMNEY AND VICE PRESIDENT
JOSEPH BIDEN.
THERE SEEMS TO BE, EVERY
FOUR YEARS, THIS SHROWD OF
MYSTERY THAT DEVELOPS THIS
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
ULTIMATELY, YOU'RE NOT
VOTING FOR PRESIDENT.
YOU'RE VOTING FOR SOMEBODY
TO GO TO THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE TO REFLECT YOUR WILL
AND VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.
SO WE'RE VOTING FOR
ELECTORS.
I'VE MET AN ELECTORS, BUT
MOST AMERICANS HAVE NOT.
MAYBE OUR ELECTORS SHOULD GO
ON TOUR TO INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES TO THE VOTERS.
WE MIGHT WANT TO MEET
THEM.
WHAT ARE THE TOP STATES
YOU ARE WATCHING?
FLORIDA AND OHIO, BUT I'M
GOING TO BE WATCHING NEW
HAMPSHIRE, BECAUSE IF NEW
HAMPSHIRE COMES IN EARLY FOR
MITT ROMNEY, IT WILL BE A
LONG NIGHT FOR PRESIDENT
OBAMA.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE IF PENNSYLVANIA IS
CLOSE, OR IF IT IS CALLED
VERY EARLY IN THE EVENING
FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A
WARNING SIGN FOR THE ROMNEY
CAMPAIGN THAT THEY MAY BE IN
TROUBLE.
BRIAN DARLING, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANKS, JENNY.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU
BACK A LITTLE SUNSHINE FROM
FLORIDA.
WHEN WE COME BACK, IT IS
TIME TO PLAY A LITTLE
ROMNEY-OBAMA BINGO
FLORIDA-STYLE.
CHECK THIS OUT.
WE'RE BACK IN A MOMENT.
.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE,"
FROM SUNNY FLORIDA, THE HOME
OF HANGING CHADS,
ALLIGATORS, AND THE WORLD
CHAMPION MIAMI HEAT.
THIS IS THE FAITH PORTION OF
OUR SHOW WHERE I READ THE
BOOK OF GENESIS FROM START
TO FINISH -- WELL, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO REALLY DO THAT.
IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA.
INSTEAD, LET'S CRANK UP THE
EVANGELICAL APP.
ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS IN
THIS ELECTION IS HOW MUCH
WILL EVANGELICALS MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THIS
ELECTION?
WELL, HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THIS, THE FOLKS THAT FOCUS
ON THE FAMILY ARE HOPING AND
PRAYING THAT PEOPLE OF FAITH
ARE GOING TO FLOOD VOTING
BOOTHS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THEY'RE OUT WITH THEIR
CITIZEN-LINKED VOTING
GUIDES.
THEY SAY VOTING IS BOTH A
RIGHT AND A PRIVILEGE.
SO THEY HAVE LINKS UP ON
THEIR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN
GET VOTING GUIDES FOR EACH
STATE.
EVANGELIST BILLY GRAHAM IS
MAKING SURE THAT CHRISTIANS
GET OUT AND VOTE.
HE HAS TAKEN AN AD OUT IN
THE WALL STREET, AND IN IT
HE SAYS, QUOTE,"WE'RE AT A
CROSSROADS, AND THERE ARE
PROFOUND MORAL ISSUES AT
STATE.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE
FOR CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORT
THE BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF
MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A
WOMAN, PROTECT THE SANCTITY
OF LIFE AND DEFEND OUR
RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS.
I BELIEVE IT IS VITALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE CAST OUR
BALLOTS FOR CANDIDATES WHO
BASE THEIR PRINCIPLES ON
BIBLICAL ISSUES AND SUPPORT
THE NATION OF ISRAEL."
AND WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT
BILLY GRAHAM'S ORGANIZATION
HAS REMOVED MORMONISM AS A
CULT LISTED ON THEIR
WEBSITE.
WE THINK THAT IS PROBABLY
BECAUSE BILLY GRAHAM AND
FRANKLIN GRAHAM DON'T HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH ROMNEY'S
MORMONISM WHEN IT COMES TO
HIM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENCY.
HERE ARE SOME RESPONSES,
MARILYN MILLER SAYS IT IS A
CULT BY DEFINITION OF THE
TRUE BIBLICAL FAITH.
THAT REALLY SADDENS ME.
AND EDWARD SAYS, "I'M GLAD
HE TOOK IT OFF BECAUSE IT IS
NOT A CULT."
EVANGELICALS ARE MAKING NEWS
OUT IN MISSOURI.
DOZENS OF PASTORS ARE COMING
TO THE DEFENSE OF TODD
AIKINS.
HE SAID THAT WOMEN'S BODIES
CAN PREVENT PREGNANCY IN THE
CASE OF LEGITIMATE RAPE.
HE IS RUNNING FOR SENATE IN
MISSOURI.
AFTER THOSE COMMENTS, MITT
ROMNEY AND THE REPUBLIC
REPUBLICARNS TRIED TO GET
HIM TO QUIT THE RACE, BUT HE
DIDN'T.
AND THE POLLS ARE
TIGHTENING, AND THE RACE IS
CONSIDERED A TOSS-UP, HE IS
RUNNING THIS AD AGAINST HIS
OPPONENT, CLAIRE MCCASKILL.
MY 6-SECOND MISTAKE IS
WELL KNOWN, BUT CLAIRE
MCCASKILL'S SIX YEAR RECORD
IS NOT WELL KNOWN.
SHE PASSED THE OBAMA VOTE TO
CUT MEDICARE BY OVER
$700 MILLION.
SHE VOTED POR OBAMA'S
STIMULUS SPINDING AND RAISED
OUR TAXES, BUT DIDN'T PAY
HER OWN.
WHAT IS THIS ELECTION
ABOUT?
SAVING OUR COUNTRY.
I'M TODD AKIN, AND I APPROVE
THIS MESSAGE.
David: WE'LL SEE IF
AKIN CAN PULL IT OFF IN
MISSOURI.
THIS WHOLE AKIN CONTROVERSY
HAS GIVEN THE DEMOCRATS A
CHANCE TO GO AFTER THE
REPUBLICANS WHEN IT COMES TO
THE WAR ON WOMEN AND ALL OF
THE REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES
THEY SAY THERE BE BAD FOR
THE WOMEN.
MITT ROMNEY HAS COME UNDER
CRITICISM FROM THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNED
PARENTHOOD BECAUSE HE WANTS
TO CUT OFF FUNDING TO
PLANNED PARENTHOOD BECAUSE
THEY PERFORM ABORTIONS.
WELL, I TALKED TO THE
PRESIDENT OF PLANNED
PARENTHOOD ABOUT ROMNEY AND
WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE AFTER
ONE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
DEBATES.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT MITT
ROMNEY REALLY DOES WANT TO,
IN ESSENCE, DENY WOMEN
SPECIFIC CONTRACEPTION?
IS THAT WHAT YOU ALL DO
BELIEVE?
THAT'S THE POSITION HE
HAS TAKEN.
HE HAS SAID THAT CLEARLY --
HE HAS SAID THE EXACT
OPPOSITE.
TONIGHT HE SAID THE EXACT
OPPOSITE.
HEY, IT IS A TOUGH THING.
WHEN MITT ROMNEY CHANGES HIS
POSITION EVERY OTHER DAY.
ALL I KNOW IS AS A WOMAN, I
CAN'T COUNT ON HIM AS A
PRESIDENT TO STAND UP ON
WOMEN.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU
ARE IN EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN,
IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF
PLANNED PARENTHOOD, AND YOU
WANT TO OVERTURN ROE VS.
WADE.
THEY WANT TO KEEP EMPLOYERS
FROM PROVIDING BIRTH CONTROL
COVERAGE TO WOMEN -- THOSE
ARE CLEAR.
David: WE SHOULD POINT
OUT THAT OBAMA LEADS ROMNEY
AMONG WOMEN BY EIGHT POINTS
OR SO, HOWEVER, THAT IS DOWN
QUITE CONSIDERABLY.
BEFORE THE PRESIDENT WAS
LEADING ROMNEY BY A LOT MORE
THAN JUST EIGHT POINTS.
SPEAKING OF ROMNEY AND OBAMA
AND THE ELECTION, WE'RE HERE
IN FLORIDA, WE'VE GOT TO
FIGURE OUT WHO IS GOING TO
WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE
OVER ALL, AND WHAT BETTER
WAY TO DO IT IN FLORIDA IS
TO PLAY A LITTLE
ROMNEY-OBAMA BINGO.
WE SENT BRODY FILE PRODUCER
DANA OUT TO FIND SOME EXPERT
PLAYERS.
WE DECIDED TO HAVE ONE
REPRESENT OBAMA AND ONE
REPRESENT ROMNEY.
A BEAUTIFUL COUPLE.
INSTEAD OF NUMBERS, WE TRIED
SOMETHING A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
I'M READY FOR BINGO.
ALL RIGHT.
PHYLLIS, JAY, HERE WE GO.
I HOPE I WIN.
OKAY.
THE FIRST WORD IS
CHARACTER.
OH, I HAVE IT.
JOB CREATOR.
JOB CREATOR.
47%.
I GOT THAT.
STOCK MARKET.
STOCK MARKET.
IT'S DOWN 200 TODAY.
JIMMY CARTER.
I GOT JIMMY CARTER.
A GREAT MAN.
[LAUGHTER]
HERE'S A GOOD ONE,
FLIP-FLOP.
I'VE GOT THE FLIP-FLOP.
I'VE ONLY GOT TWO MORE TO
GO.
99%.
BINGO!
YAY!
THE REPUBLICANS WON.
I WANT A RECOUNT.
I WANT A RECOUNT.
David: THAT'S OUR VERY
UNSCIENTIFIC PREDICTION HERE
ON "THE BRODY FILE."
BACK IN A MOMENT WITH AN
OY-VEY MOMENT OF THE WEEK
THAT IS JUST UNCOOL HERE AT
THE BEACH.
BACK IN A MOMENT.
David: AND WELCOME
BACK TO "THE BRODY FILE"
FROM BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
FLORIDA, WHERE THEY HAVE
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND
BAGELS.
BAGELS MAKES ME THINK OF
MY JEWISH HERITAGE.
IT IS TIME FOR THE OY-VEY
MOMENT OF THE WEEK.
WE DECIDED TO GO WITH A
BEACH THEME, SINCE WE'RE
DOWN HERE IN FLORIDA.
THERE IT IS, MITT ROMNEY
FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK HERE
IN FLORIDA.
HE CAME OUT TO CHEER ON HIS
STAFFERS WHO TOOK ON THE
PRESS IN A GAME OF FLAG
FOOTBALL.
YOU MAY BE WONDERING, WHAT'S
THE BIG DAY?
WHERE IS THE OY-VEY HERE?
LET'S GET A CLOSE-UP OF
GOVERNOR ROMNEY'S FEET.
NO SANDALS, NO BARE FEET.
HE IS GOING WITH THE SOCKS
AND SNEAKER LOOK ON THE
BEACH.
OY-VEY?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
THIS IS NOT A FASHION
STATEMENT, FOLKS.
THIS REALLY COULD COST
ROMNEY THE ELECTION WITH THE
18 TO 21-YEAR-OLD CROWD.
I GUESS WE FORGIVE HIM.
IT IS THE CHRISTIAN THING TO
DO.
ROMNEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
COOL THERE, BUT HE HAS BEEN
COOL AS A CUCUMBER IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES DURING
THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
THAT DOES IT THIS WEEK FROM
SUNNY FLORIDA.
WE'RE BACK NEXT WEEK, AND
UNTIL THEN, GOD BLESS AND
HAVE A GREAT WEEK.