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>> it does matter. >> so you think this matters. >> yeah, because get along, go along. how you get along with other people in your office matters to how you advance, you said it yourself. suck ups, they get promoted. >> yeah, pete, i used to think everybody loves me at fox. >> you probably have a different account of that. >> i am about four offices down from you. you know what they call the little area in front of your office? the likability gap. [ laughter ] >> his office is filled with scente...

About both of them, obviously, need i say, they are men. >> yeah. >> the vice president really faces the challenge of communicating to people of the united states that hes a likable, affable, effective personality. >> i think what we want to see is whether or not al gore can take that coat hanger out of his jacket, hang loose, appear very warm and credible and be more likable than george w. >> romney, he just cant be so stiff. he has to be more likable. >> hes got to be more likable, connect wit...

Little out for herself and political. >> i want to salt lake city about the howard-heidi study and you said it was the a-ha moment. why? >> it shows what a lot of deep data shows is we hold people to stereotypes of them. if we stereotype women to be leaders and women to be nurturers, woman have this likability cap. >> heidi roizen, a venture capitalists raising two children in silicon valley and believes that likability gap is still very real. >> if you look at venture capital or corporate gover...

New yorks long island for the debate tuesday night. weve heard the president himself say perhaps he was a little bit too polite in that first debate when the consensus has congealed around the idea that he really got thumped. joe biden as you were discussing earlier picked up a little of the slack. gave the base the red meat they were looking for. and the white house is certainly intimating that the president is going to be more aggressive. but joe biden is joe biden and president obama is presi...

Direction in which congress was going and would he vote for him, mitch mcconnell is the only republican on the ballot for senate majority leader so if you dont vote for him youre going to be excommunicated. he has to go with mitch mcconnell. i found that fascinating. the supreme court justice answer, scalia known to be a favorite amongst republicans, prime probably not going to do well with independent in the state of massachusetts. the most important number here is that amount of folks undecide...

American people are the hardest working people there are. >> mike, we heard jay carney, the white house press spokesman, earlier this week actually making specific reference to mitt romneys captured comments on the tape, and now the president is really sharpening the attack, isnt he? >> reporter: well, you know, this is so easy for the president, martin, in a sense. its just a big fat softball right over the plate. the president doesnt have to go drael after mitt romney. there were a couple beat...

Who cares about the middle class and people like them. he talks about the wait, people bringing their food, he says im here to help waiters who are helping us today. >> where was this in that? >> i dont know. which mitt? was he pandering, saying what he believes in. i dont think people know. that is a problem. there is a likability gap. >> anticipate that theswer that. david brooks said he doesnt think this is mitt romney but taking on the -- >> i hate the sideshow. a daily deal. i think tomorro...

States, but the presidents got more options, leads in more places and hes got a likability factor that helps him a lot. just as mitt romney saw in his speech the need to raise his faif favorablety, the presidents task last night was to deal with the disappointment factor and give people who vote for him, but dont like the results, a reason to be hopeful and i think thats how his speech was. >> this is my theory on how to see the bump. its not going to be in the head to head. youll know if there ...

They do is spring board after what we just saw. i think it was a very successful convention for the gop. and we just heard that report from trace gallagher, the humanizing of mitt romney from some of his friends, some of the people in his church and his wife. i think that will go a long way to at least possibly tart to close that likability gap which is the biggest obstacle romney has to being elected president. alisyn: mitt romney hasnt been comfortable trumpeting any of those stories. they are...