Obama, Romney cap election eve with rallies in states that launched them

Emmanuel Dunand / AFP - Getty Images Mitt Romney holds a rally at Orlando Sanford international airport in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 5, 2012. By Michael O'Brien, NBC News President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney set out on Monday, the penultimate day of the 2012 election, on a whirlwind tour of the states they most need to win Tuesday. Obama was set to travel to Wisconsin, Iowa and Ohio – the three states composing his Midwestern "firewall," where a total of 24 electoral votes were at stake, and where winning would put the president tantalizingly close to the 270 votes in the Electoral College he needs to secure re-election. How will the Hispanic vote and the white vote impact the presidential election? What about older voters and younger voters? How much of an impact will Hurricane Sandy have on voting? NBC News' Chuck Todd and Time's Mike Murphy join a conversation on the issue. Romney hit Florida's competitive I-4 corridor on Monday morning at the outset of a four-state tour that would end in New Hampshire, the cornerstone of Romney's victory in the GOP presidential primary earlier this year, and the state neighboring Massachusetts, where Romney served as governor and his campaign is now headquartered. "We have one job left, and that's to make sure that on Election Day, we get, make certain that everybody who's qualified to vote gets out to vote," Romney said. "We need every single vote in Florida." The rest of Romney's day included stops in Ohio and Virginia, two other crucial battleground states where a loss would significantly complicate Romney's path to 270. Larry Downing / Reuters Supporters hold a sign as President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at Fifth Third Arena at the University of Cincinnati, Nov. 4, 2012. Both candidates were set to greet sprawling crowds throughout the day, and enjoy the assistance of star power. The Marshall Tucker Band would join Romney in Ohio, and Bruce Springsteen (who hitched a ride on Air Force One) and Jay Z would perform at Obama rallies today. There were rumbling, though, late Monday morning that just a little bit more campaigning lay ahead. The Associated Press reported that Romney was mulling a somewhat unusual day-of-the-election trip on Tuesday to Ohio, underscoring the state's importance in tomorrow's outcome.