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Enormous likability gap between himself and the president. his speech was part of an effort that included hiring madmen to sell his story to the nation. even the convention itself has attempted to do something that a year of campaigning has failed to do. paint a revealing portrait of who mitt romney is. last night was all part of that effort, but we did see more emotion from him than we have in the past. >> every day dad gave mom a rose which he put on her bedside table. thats how she found out ...

Doing, he could exacerbate the problem and compound it. i think if hes awkward, if he is rev la torre in ways that make people uncomfortable because he seems uncomfortable, thats just going the make the problem worse. i guess im interested to see if they take it head on or dance around the margins and he goes back to the larger analytical case, which i think he prefers. >> theres two -- >> very quickly, in a certain way, the bar has been set low. the bar of expectationexpectati when you look at ...

People emerge from that process uncertain about just who mitt romney is. thursday night, he has to do a couple of things. he has to make sure that members of the tea party remain comfortable enough with him that theyre so determined to get rid of barack obama and then, finally u he has to say to that independent couple in iowa, wisconsin, ohio and virginia, who may have not made up their min minds, at the end of the speech, does she turn to him or does he turn to her and say, you know, i could l...

Likability gap, every poll shows voters like obama about 20 points more and find him more caring as a person. so this can be a time to explain who is mitt romney, talk about his family, talk about his wife. this can be the real time to narrow that gap. that is the challenge. there is time. the conventions and debates are huge events and that is when undecided voters will tune in and choose who theyre voting for. obama is not at 50% yet so there is still room for romney to come back in this race ...

Testify to his character. >> we all know who my husband is, dont we? and we all know what he stands for. >> the romney campaign continues to ratchet up its rhetoric about the president, accusing him and his campaign of engaging in, quote, division and anger and hate. its all about trying to bruise his brand and narrow that likability gap. releasing a statement this morning comparing the obama of 08 to the obama four years later thats what the romney campaign is. in the interview with "entertainm...

You like more. presidential elections are not solely decided by issues. they are also decided by personality and perception, who do you want as your leader, who do you think represents and understands you. mitt romney cant let barack obama still be the candidate of hope and change. theres just a huge likability gap. this could be the leading edge of an attempt to diminish that gap, whether or not mitt romney meant to do it initially. >> of course, we should point out as jonathan capehart and oth...

Debates, audiences of 40, 50 million people, maybe more, who are watching this stuff. its extremely important. we have 105 days left, really have like about 12 critical hours left in the campaign and if youre mitt romney, youre going to have to have a good convention speech, finally have to explain to the american people why you want to be president. >> close that likability gap. i mean there has to be something about his story hes willing to share and put on the table that personalizes himself....

Worst rating yet. hes got a higher negative rating than john mccain at this time in 2008, john kerry in 2004 and bob dole in 1996, and a 14 point likability gap puts him at a major disability. negative ads like this one may not be doing romney any favors. romney has picked up on remarks the president made about small business and taken them out of context. take a look. >> if you have been successful, you didnt get there on your own. if you have a business, you didnt build that. somebody else mad...

40%, mitt romney scored his worst rating yet. hes got a higher negative rating than john mccain at this time in 2008, john kerry in 2004 and bob dole in 1996, and a 14 point likability gap puts him at a major disability. negative ads like this one may not be doing romney any favors. romney has picked up on remarks the president made about small business and taken them out of context. take a look. >> if you have been successful, you didnt get there on your own. if you have a business, you didnt b...

And bob dole in 1996, and a 14 point likability gap puts him at a major disability. negative ads like this one may not be doing romney any favors. romney has picked up on remarks the president made about small business and taken them out of context. take a look. >> if you have been successful, you didnt get there on your own. if you have a business, you didnt build that. somebody else made that happen. >> my fathers hands didnt build this company, my hands didnt build this company? through hard ...