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Change things. i mean, four years ago you had rudy giuliani and fred thompson the number one and number two candidates ahead of the eventual nominee, john mccain. >> reporter: yeah. it's not just debates. i mean, it's also the question of the kind of campaigns they run and the kind of appeal they have. but the debates are important, and, you know, we've had a couple of debates this month, and i think that they have reduced perry easel vegas. i mean, he, obviously, came into this race with tremendous excitement, he's got this great job record in texas, but people don't know that much about him,...

He has taken his licks in the first two debates. now in this third debate he's coming back at romney. romney wants to look presidential, wants to make perry look like he's too extreme so he will look have a cooler performance and those two will collide with each other in a big way tonight. megyn: what do you anticipate will happen? mitt romney has been going around with his questions on social security. he has been doing it on the stumps. does perry come out and answer those questions tonight? >> here is what perry needs to do more than anything else. he has to demonstrate that he has strong p...

Romney and perry. they look like heavyweights, and that's going to be the division. and i think partly as the season goes on, we saw this somewhat in '04. primary voters do tend, as doug said, vote for people who they like. at the same time in '04 i think democrats began to worry about dean's electability, and that actually had an influence, and i think that's helping romney to some extent, might more down the road. it's a very tough balancing act these guys are up against, trying to satisfy the base and still hold on to the election. right now perry has a lot of people who believe he's an ext...

Huntsman, former give of utah. rick has more information for us. >> reporter: that's right. doug and pat will be on with me, i'll be co-hosting some of ore coverage -- our coverage, we have a pregame show that started at 8:30 p.m., so you don't have to wait until 9:00. you can get involved really right now if you want. one of the ways you can do it is by going to youtube.com/fox news, and this is where you get interactive. you'll be able to weigh in and, basically, vote on whether you like or dislike the candidates' answers in realtime. so you can watch the debate on fox news, but don't forget...

Can beat president obama? because those could be two different thicks, right? is. >> jon, i think they are two different thicks. voters tend to vote for who they like best and who they feel best represents their views. electability which sometimes shows up in polls is, frankly, far less important than who inspires the troops to come out. and pat's exactly right, given the forces that are involved tonight, wheree stand on the political landscape, fox news, google, youtube, this is a make or break night. jon: we have nine candidates on screen right now, nine podiums on stage tonight, but, pat, d...