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Townhall-style debate. that means the question arent coming from the moderator but selected people in the audience. this is not exactly the best style for president obama or mitt romney. the two of them dont do a lot of townhall meetings during this campaign, and theres a good reason for that. they dont seem to prefer it, and they dont really do their best performance at it. its going to be really hard to attack your opponent when you are actually responding to a question from that nice lady sit...

Obama was going to cruise to an easy reelection and yet our model didnt show that. the fundamentals of the economy which year after year election after election make a big difference. they were pointing in exactly the opposite direction. megyn: are you a betting man? how certain are you? would you put money on this? >> i dont bet. i dont even buy lotto tickets. maybe once in a while i should. i dont bet. we have some reputational prestige on the line with this. but the model is what it is. in fo...

And mike mansfield, of course. theres a long history of democrats in the west. whats happened? can they make a comeback? just moderate democrats from the west, is there something that can be rebuilt there as a tradition without mirroring what goes on back east? >> chris, i really think there is, and i think whats helping us is the most is the extremist rhetoric thats been happening throughout the west. i think people are rejecting that, theyre tired of the partisanship, tired of the finger point...

Trail prepping for the clash in kentucky at center college. our chuck todd pointing out that the elder statesman generally wins the vp debates, even noting that biden won many of the 08 primary debates. >> rudy giuliani, theres only three things he mentioned in the sentence, a noun, a verb and 9/11. heres a man who brags about how he made the city safe. it was the biden crime bill that became the clinton crime bill that allowed him to do that. >> we are following both campaigns and begin with vi...

Tanks, helicopters and fighter jets. nbcs first read pointing out that reports of cia doing something covertly like this in syria. so something going on as we speak. the u.s. government did this with libya. basically arming the opposition. and you know, your men ris men ri is only my friend for so long. is that a wise approach? >> no. i have spent time on this issue. theres no doubt providing nonlethal communication support is extraordinary important and secretary clinton announced massive amoun...

Improving economy out there? >> this is the more important story than who won or loss the debate as we know. and the numbers add to the narrative as anne alluded to, inform how people feel about the economy. if you think things getting better. youre much more likely to vote for the president. if you dont, youre leaning toward romney. i think the president has an opportunity, has been doing a good job sort of pointing at the facts, he really has turned around the job picture since he came into of...

Story. 30 minute mononths of private s growth. 47% comment. there were basics that were left out. >> yeah. you know, theres a lot of different things to point to in this race. i think, as you know, because youve been talking about it, but theres probably very few americans who havent heard about the 47% comment. thats the shot that was heard around the world. when that videotape came out. and it was powerful because it basically confirmed what people already thought about mitt romney, that hes n...

Thats a tremendous american story. 30 months of private sector job growth. 47% comment. there were basics that were left out. >> yeah. you know, theres a lot of different things to point to in this race. i think, as you know, because youve been talking about it, but theres probably very few americans who havent heard about the 47% comment. thats the shot that was heard around the world. when that videotape came out. and it was powerful because it basically confirmed what people already thought a...

Just simply not true. >> how has the president assessed his own performance? i mean, was -- were there so many lies flying across the stage last night the president just forgot some of his stuff? seriously, the automobile loan, thats a tremendous american story. 30 months of private sector job growth. 47% comment. there were basics that were left out. >> yeah. you know, theres a lot of different things to point to in this race. i think, as you know, because youve been talking about it, but there...

Big debate behind than any other candidate at this point in time. i mean, he had this a couple of times. he needed a good debate performance to save himself in florida during the primary campaign. needed a good debate performance to save his campaign in 2002 in the gubernatorial race there where he was starting to trail, falling behind shannon obrien a little bit. so, hes performed under pressure before and that is worth pointing out. >> remember bob shogan of the l.a. times, howard? i once trie...