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First round of credible first debate polls. in the meantime, president is trying to bounce back. president for the center of american progress and chief correspondent for the "washington post," dan balls. listen to the president yesterday and i want you to respond because it was interesting sort of him comparing 2008 to today. take a listen. we don't have it. my apologies. it's a full screen. there are times, sometimes when like in 2008 where politics has just been trending. it's kind of cool to be an obama supporter. this is the president saying this. and there are some folks who got in early...

Site of tonight's first debate, first presidential face-off. a preview from both campaigns with obama deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter and romney senior adviser former missoury senator jim talent. michael benefit from colorado on the changing political landscape out here in a battleground state and chris cizilla, dan balls and jonathan martin with a viewers guide on what to watch for tonight. "andrea mitchell reports" live in denver on msnbc. >> i'm meteorologist bill karins with your big travel forecast. big changes in the midwest but until the cold air arrives a warm day from minneap...

Several new polls, a lot of which we're not big fans of so that's why we haven't been promoting them too much, but they do show something in common. a convention bounce for the president. and the romney campaign is out with a new memo, frankly a very defensive memo today from their pollster who writes, quote, don't -- first line, don't get too worked up about the latest polling. while some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the conventions, the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly. the reality of the obama economy will re-assert itself as the ultimate downfall of ...

Bit of a change in tone perhaps for the convention speakers tomorrow night since we have no convention today. let's bring in the panel. aerol lewis, dan balls, kelly o'donnell, and bill burton. he's the former deputy white house press secretary, co-founder of the president's super pac priorities usa action. shockingly, you didn't get in. dan balls, if four nights down to three, that survivable but three nights down to 2 1/2, would that be a problem? >> this t would be a problem, though in the end there are a handful of important speeches at this and they can pack those in to two nights if they...

President's health care reform law whether the individual mandate is constitutional. my panel today, karen finney and "the washington post's" dan balls. before we get blown away here. it's a windy day. it's beautiful but windy. karen, i want to start with you. one thing happened friday of somewhat political significance and that is this decision by the democrats and team obama to take obama care and say, fine, you want to use it, so will we. it became a twitter war. that was amusing to watch. an odd decision to do it now. some might ask where was this six months ago? >> six months ago they wer...