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Expectations game. they are trying to say woe is the president. he has been very busy as commander in chief so he hasn't been able to prepare like mitt romney has. they are trying to raise the expectations for mitt romney by sailing he has had all this practice but also that he had sort of batting practice during tough republican primaries. here is david plouffe on one of sunday showing. >> he has prepared any more than any kind in history. we believe governor romney. he has been a good debate they are the past. he has clever things in his pocket. we understand he'll have a good night on wedne...

On that. >> reporter: first debate just around the corner, the president's team is now playing the expectations game. giving romney the edge. here is obama campaign advisor robert gibbs. >> mitt roysz i think has an advantage because he has been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over the last year. he even bragged he was declared the winner in 16 of those debates. i think in that sense having been through this much more recently than president obama, i think he starts with an advantage. >> reporter: president meanwhile will travel to new york tomorrow to address the united nations g...

innocent victims targeted. this is from homs where government troops have free reign, body after body, truck after truck. these were women and children stabbed, burned to death late sunday. some had their throats slit. 22 body bags in all of the 45 reported dead. we can't independently verify the video. we have a kind of confirmation from syrian state media. it broadcast images of homs which is something of departure for the regime. normally, they limit footage to police officers and security forces. now, it is showing civilian victims. on syrian state television, they blame the kill...

>> reporter: well, good morning, chris. gingrich is headed off to alabama to try to show that he's in this beyond today. they're going to vote next week. but when you talk about his home state, we can bring you even closer than that. this was his district when he served in congress for 20 years. and at this polling place in marietta, we're just about a mile and a half or so from his former home. now, on the ballot here, republican voters will have nine names to choose, although the race is certainly narrowed. interesting because in virginia where gingrich now lives, his name does not appear on...

>> you've seen a couple polls yesterday, there's an insider advantage poll in a had it about five or seven. the expectations game, because of what's happened over the last few days and we've seen so many of these polls in double digits, the romney campaign has talked them up, but i think the media and others started to basically bank on the double digit victory. so if gingrich comes in in single digits margin or for somehow he got it down to around five, it would be a moral victory for gingrich. the media is still going to portray it and rightly as a big victory for mitt romney, but i think th...