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Direction in which congress was going and would he vote for him, mitch mcconnell is the only republican on the ballot for senate majority leader so if you don't vote for him you're going to be excommunicated. he has to go with mitch mcconnell. i found that fascinating. the supreme court justice answer, scalia known to be a favorite amongst republicans, prime probably not going to do well with independent in the state of massachusetts. the most important number here is that amount of folks undecided in the state, 18%, and why is it that high this close to the election? elizabeth warren has seen...

American people are the hardest working people there are. >> mike, we heard jay carney, the white house press spokesman, earlier this week actually making specific reference to mitt romney's captured comments on the tape, and now the president is really sharpening the attack, isn't he? >> reporter: well, you know, this is so easy for the president, martin, in a sense. it's just a big fat softball right over the plate. the president doesn't have to go drael after mitt romney. there were a couple beats if between the big uproar when that tape first surfaced published by mother jones and then whe...

Who cares about the middle class and people like them. he talks about the wait, people bringing their food, he says i'm here to help waiters who are helping us today. >> where was this in that? >> i don't know. which mitt? was he pandering, saying what he believes in. i don't think people know. that is a problem. there is a likability gap. >> anticipate that theswer that. david brooks said he doesn't think this is mitt romney but taking on the -- >> i hate the sideshow. a daily deal. i think tomorrow will be the next story. certainly plays into the narrative democrats want to play. no doubt ab...

States, but the president's got more options, leads in more places and he's got a likability factor that helps him a lot. just as mitt romney saw in his speech the need to raise his faif favorablety, the president's task last night was to deal with the disappointment factor and give people who vote for him, but don't like the results, a reason to be hopeful and i think that's how his speech was. >> this is my theory on how to see the bump. it's not going to be in the head to head. you'll know if there was a bump. likabilile tility for romney. >> likability gap, yes, romney has not solved that ...

They do is spring board after what we just saw. i think it was a very successful convention for the gop. and we just heard that report from trace gallagher, the humanizing of mitt romney from some of his friends, some of the people in his church and his wife. i think that will go a long way to at least possibly tart to close that likability gap which is the biggest obstacle romney has to being elected president. alisyn: mitt romney hasn't been comfortable trumpeting any of those stories. they are powerful stories. voters would like to hear about those. the campaign would like to humanize him. ...