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Moment when the president actually holds a news conference and we have video of one of his news conferences hes forced to defend himself with vigorous questions from the reporters, and he sometimes really bristles at the questions, becomes kurt or aeu brace i have. listen to charles krauthammer on special report. here is. >> i think his one week point is that he is thin skinned. you occasionally will see it in a press conference. if romney can manage to get under his skin in some way i think tha...

Officers? i mean, as you said, theres supposed to be 229 or at least investigators attempted to contact, 29 of those voter assistance offices you just talked about, and they were only able to get ahold of half of those, only half seemed to be open and functioning. >> yeah. and i guess the question is -- i can understand maybe a little bit of a dropoff in terms of ballot requests from our military men and women versus 2008. there was a little more excitement and hype surrounding that 08 election,...

Forget the passengers face. other guy to make it to your advantage with the american people? so last night charles to see a fully armed f-16 off krauthammer on "special report" had his theory about how mitt of the wing tip brought them romney might be able to get up short. under the skin of president it was an being morning. >> brian: other wars and obama. >> i the his one weak point is conflict necessary kosovo and that he is thin skinned. the days in iraq. you occasionally will see it in how d...

Elitist in the primary. alan schroeder is a journalism professional at north eastern university. among the books he authored, "presidential debates, 50 years of high-risk tv." great to have you here. as we look forward to what well see tomorrow night, both president obama and mitt romney maybe had experience in these debates. the president survived 26 primary debates and three general election debates in 08. romneys experience goes back to the 1994 senate run against ted kennedy. he endured 19 o...

About mitt romneys strategy on special report last night. what can romney do to come out on top? here is his take. >> romney did well in his debates. he got better he has done a lot of them. people are saying obama hasnt debated for a long time. he came out of nowhere beat the clinton machine. i think he is going to be strong. i think his one weak point is that he is thin skinned. if romney can manage to get under his skin in some way i think that actually happened in 08 one or two of the clinto...

Presidents debate camp. ann romney will campaign in that state today. and our latest maris poll shows the lead. john ralston hosts on ksnv. the president won nevada by 12 points back in 08. but that was a different time. it certainly has been hard hit by the economy. today republicans are distributing this briefing booklet on the presidents housing policies. why is the president not enjoying the same kind of breakaway lead that weve seen in ohio? is it strictly the economy? >> yeah, thomas. its ...

Mitt romney has not had that opportunity. its incumbent on both of them to get their message out. but the key for governor romney is go out there and be respectful and be strong and make sure that the truth gets out there. hes going to get out there and show he has a choice. we have a choice between a president with a record who promotes government dependency as opposed to romney who will help upward mobility for this country. thats a choice the american people want to make and they will make an...

On. national conditions matter more like, say, the economic meltdown would shape the end of the 08 race though the debates confirmed the growing perception that obama would be up to the job. debates and politics in general are less about persuading people to change yir minds and more about activating feelings people already have and confirming narratives already in motion. by the time the debates have come around, most of us have made up our minds and the debates become a rorschach where you see...

>> so the president would assume even that one is four and the other is nine that the lead is much closer to four than nine. >> what about the fact that -- how did they predict who is going to vote? bear with me for a second. >> sure. >> i remember in 2008 there was all this excitement. an african american reaching out to young people to those who felt they were disenfranchised. how do we know the same people are voting in a few weeks? the. >> we dont. a lot of the polls out now, judge, are show...

And all that? >> that is okay. that is part of the polic pricf telling the truth. and if people want to have the accusations and personalle ad hominem attacks just because you are speaking from the heart. i have the right to tell what i feel. i couldnt sit by and not speak from my heart and tell people how i feel because i have got ton know this man. i have gotten to know president obama. one of the first things he did after he got sworn in was come to florida and it was right when our economy w...