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You're in the polls and it looks like john federman is leaving doctor oz by double digits in the recent polls you want to maintain the status quo and run out the tape, when you're running a losing campaign, of course you want more debates, you see democrats claiming for that with incumbent republicans, that is smart politics but john federman is running a great campaign with the fellow new jersey and, joe is new jersey, a new jersey guy, i understand campaign dynamics and him wanting more debates but i think he is running out the tape in relatively good race against the new jersey guy doctor o...

>> robert kos ta this introduces some fascinating campaign dynamics. if i'm polling down around number 12 number 12 or 13 and what i need to do is get into the top ten, what i need to do as a campaigner is attack numbers eight, nine and ten, just the people who are three or four above me. i'm going to knock them out so that i can get up into the top ten. so this may be a good thing for the -- for people at the top of those polls like jeb bush like there's no real point in you know attacking him. let me get into that top ten. >> it may not be good for anyone. it could be political kay cross. an...

We can do something to indicate that it's the kids' table. i wonder if you do poorly, then at the grownup's table, do you, in the next debate, get relegated to the kids table and if you do well at the kids' cable, do you get promoted to the grown-up table? but it looks to me like we ran a list of those who wouldn't be in the debate if it were held tomorrow. i'm not sure, rick santorum versus donald trump, you know, does that make any sense? but, in general, i think it's the people that -- you know, that the voters will want to see. >> robert costa, this introduces some fascinating campaign dyn...

Teddy kennedy had that. clinton has that. i think that in time, the president of the united states, barack obama, is acquiring it as well. there was at the end of his speech where he began to warm, to warm to it. there was a kind of passion that built and i thought that's the direction he has to go. that will be his authenticity. >> i agree with you. there was a lot of talk of it being a workmanlike speech but it ended with a huge lift. we will talk more about the performances on display at the dnc last week on "now." james lipton gave us his assessment of governor romney's big speech at the r...

Crosses the qualification threshold. megyn: bill clinton is out there, and no sooner had he made those initial remarks than came out later and said some people are taking my remarks out of context and tried to say this wasn't an endorsement of mitt romney, but it had a lot of people saying that was -- it's not that helpful to our message when we are going after bain for you to call his business record sterling. >> this is clear pundit theater and has no meaning to everyday people and won't alter the campaign dynamics. i think it's good for democrats and president obama to have bill clinton ass...