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In case there was an opportunity for a souvenir. he didnt work with strategists on this or working with a campaign. >> thats whats kind of thrilling about this story. how much money was spent to try to elect mitt romney president? i dont know, half a billion and a billions. what happened? a working class bartender who was driven ultimately by his passions, values and beliefs because of a 67 clip on a longer tape i dont know if it totally brought romney down, but it made it more difficult for him...

For a souvenir. he didnt work with strategists on this or working with a campaign. >> thats whats kind of thrilling about this story. how much money was spent to try to elect mitt romney president? i dont know, half a billion and a billions. what happened? a working class bartender who was driven ultimately by his passions, values and beliefs because of a 67 clip on a longer tape i dont know if it totally brought romney down, but it made it more difficult for him to win the election. you can hav...

That makes it more difficult. >> learning tonight it was him acting alone, he didnt go in with any intention of doing this. he planned on having the camera in case there was an opportunity for a souvenir. he didnt work with strategists on this or working with a campaign. >> thats whats kind of thrilling about this story. how much money was spent to try to elect mitt romney president? i dont know, half a billion and a billions. what happened? a working class bartender who was driven ultimately by...

Coming among women voters. women voters are critical in those northern virginia suburbs. and you know, weve seen some polls indicating a narrowing of mitt romneys deficit among women. in our nbc/"wall street journal"/marist polls late last week in both iowa and wisconsin, we showed romney down 18 points. he cant expect to carry virginia if hes down that much among women. but if he can narrow that gap somewhat and mitigate some of the loss of votes the that he has in the northern suburban part of...

Could tell because first he looked at moderator saying, help me, help me, help me, fact check him, or, he physically got out his seat to try and quiet romney down. what appalled me the most is when the two issues where americans died the president did not answer the question. he did not address "fast and furious" and he did not give us a straight answer on libya. that is five americans dead. >> you give it to obama, and cnn did, but you hook at the issues, like the economy and health care and ta...

Foreign policy. >>shepard: that is in floridaed if. we will be there. the president said after the first debate in denver he was too polite, something we likely will not hear this time around. both got aggressive from the start circling each other on stage. like prize fighters. now, our political reporter for www.realclearpolitics.com. if you like a fight, well, there was a fight. >>guest: they sure did. romney started it by interrupting the president on begin with and later said, well, you will...

Could tell because first he looked at moderator saying, help me, help me, help me, fact check him, or, he physically got out his seat to try and quiet romney down. what appalled me the most is when the two issues where americans died the president did not answer the question. he did not address "fast and furious" and he did not give us a straight answer on libya. that is five americans dead. >> you give it to obama, and cnn did, but you hook at the issues, like the economy and health care and ta...

Easier. thats the kind of stuff where, look, you agree with me that barack obama is going to try to put mitt romney on the defensive early, quick, and thats what is he going to try to do, right? >> exactly what i think. >> bill: okay. but you come back with specifics and then you regain the offense by that. go ahead. >> well, look, they want to pin romney down. they want him to say im going to eliminate the mortgage tax deduction. >> bill: you dont have to do that. >> thats exactly right. all he...

Relating to average people. he needs to get over that barrier. his positions are not -- >> is that that hollywood expression, if can you fake it -- >> a lot of chat about medicare and these other things. obamas challenge is to elevate, as martin said. he has to be president. be a strong leader with a vision for the future and he must eviscerate. he has to take romney down. >> the other thing, with both guys go for the title tonight? >> no. >> does anybody pull back? i think they go for the knock...

Up with chinas trade practices and currency manipulation and romney says he would take steps on day one to correct that practice. >> the debate coming up quickly. right off the top we showed viewers governor romney in ohio from early talking about success and alluding to how much fun he had on the first presidential debate. now, a couple of days away from the next one and i understand he will be off the trail preparing for that. what else? >> reporter: thats right. talking about the debate last ...