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When you hear john boehner and mitch mcconnell say we recognize there needs to be new revenues in the deal, that's big. >> very briefly, dana, does grover norquist though still frighten some members of the house? >> oh, he frightens a whole lot of them. that's the thing. there's two-thirds, three-quarters, maybe more of that caucus are the conservative republicans, and jared is right. the problem isn't grover norquist per se. he's an entertaining, happy warrior. the problem is there are people who are following this. there's always going to be a guy like that. the problem is how much power he ...

And i wouldn't want to go 300 times or so in a political career. that's the center, the nerve center of the country. it's middle america. >> all guns ablaze in there, right? >> absolutely. to bring in bruce springsteen now is not a big deal, in my opinion. is he a closer? yes. will he bring more people? yes. he sort of comes across all ages groups. anyone from the baby boomers down. if springsteen were in town, i'd go see him regardless of who we were campaigning for just because it's bruce springsteen, for gosh sakes. we're now 19 days away. anything they can bring in, i'm sure romney will do...

Today with "washington post" political columnist dana millback. >> hi, s.e. >> hi. let's start with with the pugh poll. it puts hit ahead likely voters and registered voters and he's made big gains among women voters and middle class voters. is it about one debate night? >> it's time for obama to panic. we did this a couple of weeks ago when the polls were the other way, and then it was time for romney to panic. it's probably not time for anybody to panic. this race is now what it was weeks ago, months ago, and that's a fairly close race it will on election day. it's decided by two, three perc...

Distractions and bologna. >> yes, bologna. mitt romney has been serving a full blt of the stuff, big lies toasted, on welfare, medicare and defense cuts. claims that are refuted as often as they are repeated. joining us now from charlotte, site of the democratic convention, eugene robinson and dana millback, both esteemed columnists for "the washington pos post". one properly atired in a jacket, the other slightly more casual. we accept both. >> we didn't think you'd notice. >> we notice everything, gene. republicans have hit the president on welfare, medicare and defense cuts, but given the r...

That looked very much like an earmark to make sure this engine at the pentagon said it does not want for the new joint strike fighter, makes sure that continues to be built. he actually lost that battle today. >> dana, one more quick question. i want to talk about the-35 at the end of the show. i thought that was really interesting. but is there a price to be paid here? are the republican voters waking up today and going when are they ever going to do anything about jobs? or have they not gotten that message yet? >> you know, i think it's going to be measured by results, and, you know, they'll...