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>> as ted strickland told me a couple of days ago obama benefitted in ohio but running against mitt romney. it's the comparison that matters. and he's been able to establish that comparison. romney just has not fought the battle. >> the only man in the united states capable of making barack obama look like jackie gleason in "the honeymooners is mitt romney. the area where economic argument romney has been putting forth is hitting home. in the a.p. poll today, i'm not sure numbers are kosher, but there's parody in the a.p. poll in terms of the women's vote. that's a huge issue for obama, huge i...

E-mailing me going god, he's got to back off. he's got to back off. and he did eventually back off. but guess what? afterwards, you look at all the focus groups that the shows were doing. and we'll just take msnbc's. a lot of people -- and i was really surprised -- a lot of people said that they watched the debate and were moved mitt romney's way. what does that say? does that say that people maybe want somebody that is getting in the president's face? >> i think it's -- there was a big gender issue. i think i want to even go back -- all kidding aside -- to the women's binder issue and women's...

>> we still had it right at nine, ten points, right on the cusp of double digits. we'll be coming out at the end of this week or early next week. but one thing about this gender issue, joe, in talking to both campaigns, they acknowledge romney made progress among women on certain questions. favorability questions, on handling of the economy. what i've had sort of the crucial swing woman vote, suburban women did not move much in the ballot tests. this was sort of what -- what the obama folks took some comfort in and what the romney folks looked at as saying, hey, this is the next step. and that...

Of see elizabeth warren sharing a similar model with, and i was having trouble coming up with one. so i would just say i think there is a little bit of a gender issue there in the way that she's being perceived. >> krystal, by the way, there's a generational issue. massachusetts has an abysmal truck record when it comes to electing female candidates. i think elizabeth warren is probably running against that too. here's a great segue. if you sought my rant yesterday and watched the dnc, you'd know that former president bill clinton has come a long way from his first democratic convention back i...

Question. i think it's going to hurt him politically. and so, why so much national interest? >> because you rarely. >> on night line, interview with jake tapper. >> you rarely see a politician, i haven't noticed a gender issue, if it is, it's bad, but it is refreshing to see, just people are idiots. >> it was a guy. >> and yourself, alan. >> it was a guy asking the question. >> it was a male reporter, but more often than not, it's female reporters. >> look, we criticize and critique the media a lot of the show and that's what it's about, but it's the only profession in the first amendment to e...