this is what i've done for a living. i don't think that's a surprise there, and i don't think there's a dramatic shift there. if i'm obama, the real numbers, the real economic numbers, the employment number, obviously we've got one more coming out, the housing start numbers, the manufacturing numbers. every number shows we are moving in the right direction. and the most important number, the gallup number, and steve rattner talked about this earlier, for the first time more people are feeling they're doing better than a year ago, and that's the first time in about five years. >> sam, the race is deadlocked, man. it's unbelievable. you look at colorado, deadlocked. virginia, for the most part, deadlocked. it does seem that ohio is -- >> yeah. >> -- is where it's at. the election. we've been saying it for a week or two. but that becomes more clear by the day. >> yeah. it's tough to compare the numbers from september to now because so much has happened. i know it's only been a month, but so much has happened. right now we're in a place where i think it's static. you've had a series of polls.