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Rob portman who's his debate partner. foreign policy obviously typically gives the president, the incumbent the advantage, mitt romney has only gotten those briefings over the past month or so. nbc's ron mott in iowa, always good to see you. >> and joining me now for front page politics, the contributing editor for "newsweek." good morning or good afternoon to both of you, thanks for joining me. national and swing state polls are all over the place t nbc news "wall street journal" poll today has president and mitt romney tied at 47%. what does president obama or president obama have to do to m...

More energized, passionate performance if he wants to win this second debate after his first debate. which a lot of folks described as lackluster. that's what he's working on here at debate camp. he got started at about 10:00 a.m. this morning, sparring with debate partner, senator john kerry, has a lot of advisers, reading through materials and watching tape of mitt romney, working on delivering shorter, sharper, crisper answers to some of mitt romney's criticisms of his policies. he headed to the obama campaign headquarters here in williamsburg, shook some hands, made some phone calls, when ...

Biggest cry baby of them all. >> quite frankly i was embarrassed for the vice president. i mean, the laughs. we counted 82 times that joe biden interrupted paul ryan. i don't know -- >> paul ryan was interrupting, too. >> i don't know who his debate partner was, i don't know, maybe it was ed schultz from msnbc. i'm not sure. >> well, i can tell you, mr. chairman, i would be proud to be the vice president's debate partner after a performance like that because he hit it out of the park. so i'll just take credit for it. i know the vice president watches this show. he stood up for the middle class...

Lot of specifics about what that means but if you look at the first debate which was describedpy many as lackluster, they say they didn't seem to even gauge with mitt romney and wasn't aggressive, it stands to reason that's what they're going to work on, getting the president to come up with shorter, sharper, crisper answers to some of mitt romney's criticisms and be more aggressive in his own right. his greatest challenge is to not come off as being profess sorial. you can imagine over the next few days that's what they're going to be focused on. some things will stay the same. his debate par...

In williamsburg. obviously choosing virginia like nevada before it as a swing state before he heads up to hofstra university to sit down or stand up this time with mitt romney. yes, his base is looking for him to add some pep, add some energy, add some edge to really improve upon his performance that he turned in that first debate. >> mike viqueira live at the white house, thank you. >> okay. >> today mitt romney campaigns in two battleground states, virginia and ohio. last night romney watched the debate in his hotel room in north carolina along with his debate partner senator rob portman. pe...