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Anniversary. im sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine here with me. [ laughter ] so congratulations. >> bill: way to go, governor. keep watching the factor. and thats the memo. now for the rest of the program this evening. were going to analyze what happened last night in a no-spin way. charles krauthammer is next followed by bob beckel. megyn kelly and laura ingraham. the factor will return after these announcements. are you ready ?

Will hold in 2012. fewer people and minorities will turn out this year. scott rasmussen and charlottesville dr. larry sabato teaches politics at the university of virginia. already, doctor, poll bounce? whats your prediction? >> i think governor romneys excellent performance is going to move the needle a couple of points. i dont think its going to be a giant poll bounce to a single debate. the key is whether he continues showing his stuff in the remaining two presidential debates. >> bill: so be...

>> i dont have that much great inflation give me your best speculation. ee dont like to do that here but the 47% remark did he forget about it. was al gore right he was dazed by the rockie mountain and he didnt focus? how do you not use that? >> i think it is absolutely inexplicable. its political malpractice. >> bill: we all agree wouldnt know why he he wouldnt do it? >> political malpractice. whatever the reason is part of the back story is coming out. you are hearing it. the president didnt p...

Call it fox news show in the monitor and seeing the teleprompter i had the yankee game. why did i have the yankee game. >> pick it up with shepard smith. shepard smith had the yankee game put in there instead of getting fnc i had the yankee game i almost missed entire broadcast. >> bill: shepard smith is so jealous of this program he had the yankee game on so nobody could see the factor. >> bill: where is shepard smith he didnt come back. >> he they had flight difficulties. >> bill: i used to us...

Was it cautious optimism? what was it? >> there was definitely gloating today, bill. its been a rough month or so or maybe more for the romney campaign. where a lot of republicans felt like okay, this is a real opportunity im on the record saying if you cant beat barack obama with this record shut down the party. i said that, it got a lot of play. i really mean it. this is a record very difficult to defend even if you are a really good politician. barack obama is a really good politician. >> bil...

I mean, he was engaged. he wasnt engaged last night. thats what it was. whereas romney was. romney really believes. >> he was having fun. >> bill: here, the difference, romney believed everything he said. can you call romney a liar and say this and say that. >> it wasnt just that. he believed but bill. >> bill: the president is like ah, you know. >> yeah, bill, of the president has to defend four years, its very difficult to defend. he really cant. >> bill: i created this and i did that. >> he c...

>> bill: memo to donna brazil whom i like the governor didnt have to land any big punches because the president slipped to the canvas all by himself. our pal james carville was a bit more realistic. >> it looked like romney wanted to be there and president obama didnt want to be there. he seemed like he was happy to be there debating because obama gave the impression that this -- the whole thing was kind of a lot of trouble. >> bill: it was a lot of trouble for the president. a cnn poll taken im...

First time. and you get this remarkable reaction in the cbs poll 56% of respondents said their opinion of romney had risen because their opinion of romney had been that he is he a repatients capitalist that gordon gecko, a guy who cares for nobody except himself and money and they see a reasonable guy, tough but respectful, and they realize that all the adst that they have seen are false. >> bill: okay. >> and the point you brought up that substantive one where you said it was the best line romn...

Market tier, rom anything, quasieuropean top-down economy guy. obama. most voters are not going to get involved like you do. they are not going to nurture the details of the tax plan. >> you know, bill, do yourself a favor. i dont ever try to tell you thousand do it. v because you are the master of it. do not tell me about presidential politics. that is absolutely phenomenally wrong. >> bill: thats why he didnt do well last night. he came off as a wonkish guy. >> it has nothing to do with wonkis...

Where it is moving. >> bill: do you want to predict where its going? >> the president was ahead a couple of points before the debate. it wouldnt surprise me if he is behind by a couple. >> bill: three or four point swing? >> three or four point swing. >> bill: you are also doing the swing state polls, ohio, virginia, florida. those do you hope to see the same things there. >> absolutely. now, in ohio, the president has had a little bigger lead. any gains that romney makes will perhaps just cut i...