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last night was the last moment where the whole country will be watching the exact same thing for the exact same amount of time before we get down to election day. last night was our last collective moment as a nation, watching the same candidates at the same time in a way that was unmediated that brings us together as a country. this past july, mitt romney made the first visit of any candidate to the great totally nonswing state of montana. montana has a close senate state, but for president, montana is not hotly contested. so the candidates would usually stay out of a state like tha...

The ones you just said. all we really know is that mitt romney does intend to spend much, much more on defense than obama does and at the expense of other programs. tonight what we should be watching for is an answer on what the extra money will be used for. >> or admit that they want to spend that money. >> right. paul ryan denied wanting to spend anything extra at all. that was fltly untrue. he made a deal they were trying to prevent sequester cuts. that's not what's on mitt romney's website. it's trillions of dollars more in spending over the next decade. if they follow that goal. >> ezra, ...

Glacially, but it's continued to move in mitt romney's direction. you look at florida, north carolina, virginia, ohio, you look at new hampshire, colorado, you look at the states where this is going to come down to -- mitt romney in a race held today, i don't know who the winner would be. it's that tight. so mitt romney wants to continue to make progress. he doesn't want to make any mistakes. doesn't want to turn the ball over to president obama in this. >> ed shultz, what does the president have to do? >> there might be a little chest pounding going on, but that's okay. we are out of iraq. an...

States senator right there backing what paul ryan is saying. you know rob portman. >> i know rob very well. but the fact is -- >> he's lying. >> the only way that the tax plan works, the only thing he can do that really has money in savings is the mortgage deduction. it's the charitable deduction. it's the education deduction. it's the health care deduction. and mitt romney does not have the courage to tell the american people what he's planning. but ed, if he were to take on those deductions, those deductions strike at the heart of the middle class and that's why he's unwilling to tell us the...

It's the charitable deduction. it's the education deduction. it's the health care deduction. and mitt romney does not have the courage to tell the american people what he's planning. but ed, if he were to take on those deductions, those deductions strike at the heart of the middle class and that's why he's unwilling to tell us the truth. and so that's why we're getting all of this fuzzy math. >> according to a keizer foundation study, a medicare voucher system would raise premiums. the romney campaign says it wasn't based on their plan but they don't provide details on it either. so how do the...