hasn't. it's mitt romney talking on his own terms and people hearing what he's saying. does that make a difference in terms of the recoverability factor? >> they were hitting him on the security stuff and he talked about fighting terrorism as a police issue as opposed to a military issue. the bush people hit him hard on that. probably effectively. but i was looking for a precedent where you have something like an open mike incident that reenforces a candidate's prime vulnerability. domestically, i can't think of one. the only thing is international. 2010 in britain with gordon brown. you remember gordon brown, his biggest vulnerability was the perception he was cold and arrogant. he met with the working class voter and the mike was still on and he talks about what a bigoted woman she was. it came at a time when his campaign was struggling. that's the closest parallel i