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Response to the polls but a response to the realization that this opportunity to reframe the race, to reframe mitt romney to could close that empathy gap has passed and they're not going to have another great opportunity to do that because debates are a tough time to introduce a candidate and make you feel farm and fuzzy about them. >> rupert murdoch is tweeting. he says, to win, romney must open big tent to sympathetic families. stop fearing far right which has no where else to go. otherwise, no hope. that sounds like a move to the middle piece of advice. >> it's move to the middle but it's a...

There's not a lot there. even beyond solving that empathy gap, there's a danger for romney "nightly news" in t in the debates to see there aren't answers there behind the talking points. when you're on the stage with your competitor, and they can push you on points, he has to get better answers or feeling like it's competent and knowledgeable is going to fall apart. >> we don't take the electoral college, not the popular vote. people say here's what's going on in ohio and in florida, and you're like, no. look at the national numbers. why? >> if obama is leading by three and a half points on av...

Four events could change the course. he apparently squandered the first. that's why there is some concern. i agree the numbers aren't that important. basically, the last 50 years they t average bounce is five points. looks like obama got it. romney got. the bounce today is more afemoral than in the past because of the rapid news cycle. >> bret: some people say romney got his bounce with the paul ryan pick at the beginning, a separated bounce. >> all right. like a triple jump. give you that, but it's gone. they had an opportunity in the last night of the convention that ended up as a strange ni...

Tough challenges, the jobs crisis and dealing with that is really difficulty. when you look at the reality of what the president is trying to do and how the republicans have basically shut the door. governor romney's problem is there's nothing he's going to lead the country in a different direction. there's nothing to it. when governor romney goes out there and talks about it, people sit there and say can he really do it? on top of that -- this was the power of the convention. there was a clear empathy gap. you saw that the president and all the surrogates, michelle obama were talking to middl...

Covered the good, the bad and the ugly and plus, the damage that a category 1 can do. the evacuations in the wake of hurricane isaac, and the storm left widespread damage and dumped more water in the area than katrina and pushing up gas prices this holiday weekend. we are live in louisiana. good morning from tampa, florida, and the last day of the republican national convention, and it is friday august 31st, 2012, and this is the "daily rundown" "aand i'm chuck todd. let's get to the first reads of the day. by all accounts, this convention would be judged by one speech. he needed to better int...