presidential debate. president obama won. 51% named the president the winner, 37% sided with mitt romney. 10% said neither really came out ahead. which is quite a reversal of fortune from that first debate in which 71% gave mr. romney the victory. in this week's office politics more of my conversation with the stars of our morning crew, joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. we tacking the tea party and its influence on the gop. mika shares a thanksgiving story that went from the dinner table out to the front lawn. but we start with the gop and the female vote. >> for many months, a party that was in search of itself, and it damaged its brand. i think, though, again you look at the latest polls, it's pretty close. >> i don't really understand why it is. because when you look -- it's so stark. i mean you can look at some of the first things president obama did when he got in to office. he passed the lily ledbetter act, something that is very important to you or me, to all