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Ability rating and on handling the economy, but not on ballot tests. now, tonight will tell us whether he continues to make progress. what's your thought here, does obama need to bring in women's issues earlier and more prominently in the debate? >> i think he does. and i wrote for msnbc.com today that this is an area where frankly i think the reason you've seen romney do a little better in the polls is because these issues didn't come up in the first debate. what you'll see and usa gallup had an interesting poll yesterday that showed just how important for example the issue of choice and acce...

>> we still had it right at nine, ten points, right on the cusp of double digits. we'll be coming out at the end of this week or early next week. but one thing about this gender issue, joe, in talking to both campaigns, they acknowledge romney made progress among women on certain questions. favorability questions, on handling of the economy. what i've had sort of the crucial swing woman vote, suburban women did not move much in the ballot tests. this was sort of what -- what the obama folks took some comfort in and what the romney folks looked at as saying, hey, this is the next step. and that...

with president obama and the first family, but he's with me this hour to explain more. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." he's come on through the rise and fall of michele bachmann, but this time, it might be different for mitt romney. newt gingrich is now posing a threat to romney's persistent high polling, opening up a new battle line in the republican race for the white house. joe johns the working the story for us. what's the latest between romney and gingrich? >> well, mitt romney has spent most of this campaign in a fairly comfortable position, but his organiza...

That's down five points over the last month. and matches the lowest level of his presidency. 58% disapprove. the mare ris poll has similar numbers. a full 6 and 10 disapprove of the job the president is doing according to the new usa today suffolk poll. there's a staggering gap in the intensity of feeling. >> by the way, this is as you go into an off year election and keep those numbers up if you're driving in your car, this is what drives turn out in off year elections. and it's who's highly motivated. the percentage of people who strong strongly approve of donald trump is 16%. more than doub...