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With Benghazi scandal not going away, a 3rd debate coming and Romney surging in polls, what must president do to grab momentum?
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-- -- -- -- -- -- But he still has one more debate with President Obama and that is Monday night so what does the president have to do to stop governor Romney in his tracks.
Democratic strategist Joseph Trippi joins us I guess the Republicans need not -- the champagne corks now it's still left there's still a lot to be done for both can.
Let's -- they can start spiking the football to -- the the Obama campaign was doing toward you have before the first debate this -- can change.
Very abruptly.
Just as quickly as it this the first debate changed -- so too could either bad performance by Romney or.
That -- to give me take a bad performance by Romney actually change the dynamics of the race we saw what happens when they.
When basically people think it's -- hide doesn't really seem to change that the polling numbers or affect the race very much so.
I think that's what that the presence got to come in and try to try to score some.
Points when you look at the Electoral College map which -- matters and I know that you put one together every week for a Bret -- is that you -- tell you can be ahead by seven points in the national poll.
But you can you don't you're not gonna necessarily win the Electoral College map -- would -- how.
Let's put it well first -- live with the -- -- them up by seven points but.
There's margin here -- that -- first and also the meat and nationally is you're you're you're right -- doesn't doesn't matter there's.
1012 states that these guys are pounding.
Each other way and in the end.
You know what when an event like that first debate changes things think about the 32 states that have never seen -- -- Never seen you need to candidates unless they stop for fund raiser.
So -- they see that big chase they all watch it was a huge audience and they decided they they're changing.
So who cares though is five point skill lost by Obama in California or or.
Four points -- gain by Romney in -- ranks as matters Ohio Virginia.
Florida.
Nevada Colorado Iowa New Hampshire is sits -- -- may have left -- at Wisconsin.
But those are the states that are gonna matter and that's why we in these -- you see each one of them.
Mentioning the mother in Ohio that they that they -- -- -- they're talking about.
The demographic they want to reach which is by the way they're fighting over women right now after that that before the first debate Obama was winning by fourteen points.
After the first debate it's the Romney scored in picked up a lot of women.
Did I think Obama can win women back and I think that's what does that's -- big for us out a lot of the debates he was.
You -- bring women back but they've they've been running on his binder see -- Romney finer things.
I look it's not scientific women I know it is fox out of -- who are some really isolate right we have not had that we're -- that's too but you know we really aren't doing except -- women's day that I -- he said -- of women now I really don't like the guy we would just -- -- that we did all things that women have -- the little guys like -- that.
Is that when they start doing that I actually it that made me think less of the demo of that campaign.
Well they both both campaigns in history ham -- added I mean that'd the Hedo at the convention.
I loved women are we love women I mean is sort of just you know what -- -- sort of over the top sort of grabbed -- But that's what they're fighting over if if if Ryan held women largely -- -- second debate I think because of Biden's performance -- me of one on.
On the policy arguments but all that sort of smirking and stuff I think turned people off and so Ryan was able to hold women.
That they Romney had it with his performance -- pulled the -- And now look -- who this is what this is what the last eighteen days you're going to be about.
-- in Obama opened up the gender gap.
Again with women.
And keep working and Romney hold him in that and that's what this this next debates and -- -- there like a broken -- You know what I say they think they say in how the company tonight gave both men to give us a chance to see -- little different way.
And I think the bar set pretty low for governor -- mean I don't think many people think he's a -- like -- -- it was surprising surprising it's funny.
Yeah that happy I was I was surprised that he that you that he was funny I thought I thought they were both very fun very fun buddy -- we've seen President Obama will be very -- yes yeah.
No but that's what I'm saying some women are.
It is it -- like ability factor is that who you trust -- They've always had.
A mistrust that is the Obama campaign was jury adept at setting some sort of a mistrust of Romney.
That I think got shattered to some extent -- -- that -- that the bite of the round of the -- in the women's like and that's the worst that happens to us -- -- you know.
I don't policies that she did Obama's gonna be able to come you know black man everybody they try to do IIII yeah.
There -- that -- now let me anyway Joseph nice to see if you did you review mr.
