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Best election year improvement in the unemployment numbers since ronald reagan ran for reelection in 1984. remember the morning in america thing, that's what it was about. so mitt romney may have won the debate, but president obama won the post debate. at least it seemed that way for these last few days. then today back down to earth for democrats. we started getting in the first solid round of polling that reflected the results of the debate. and however, well the obama campaign did in managing the post debate spin and the post debate campaigning, the poll numb numbers clearly have now shifte...

For all you moms and kids out there, don't worry, somebody is finally cracking down on big bird. elmo has made a run for the the border. he's bringing the hammer down on sesame street. >> although mitt romney clearly won the debate, the obama campaign right away on thursday managed to crystallized the public's funny bone. a cross between a funny bone and a hot nerve reaction to defend big bird and company. that was thursday. then on friday, the obama campaign got that huge jobs report with unemployment falling below 8% for the first time in the obama presidency. unemployment above 8% has been ...

Since ronald reagan ran for reelection in 1984. remember the morning in america thing, twon hat's e debate, but president obama won the post debate. at least it seemed that way for these last few days. then today back down to earth for democrats. we started getting in the first solid round of polling that reflected the results of the debate. and however, well the obama campaign did in managing the post debate spin and the post debate campaigning, the poll numbers clearly have now shifted in mitt romney's favor. in the new national poll out from the pew research center, governor romney is now t...

Washington post reporter nia henderson, good morning to all of you. chris, i'll start with you. why doen't we hear mitt romney talk about his times as massachusetts governor as much as he does talk about his time at bain capital? >> i think for a couple reasons. one it's a mixed record at best. if it was a great record he would have ran for reelection. the other part to it is and i think my guess is his campaign tested this, is every time he talks about massachusetts or his record, it brings up his health care plan, which then creates a liability for him, but when you look at both, his tenure ...

The peak, 40 percent said that things were heading in the right direction. earlier this year, 34 percent said we are heading on the right track. now it's down to 2 percent. again, this is a rough indicator of the public mood. if it keeps moving down, bad news for the president. rick: the issues, and i guess this should come as no surprise to anyone who listened to governor romney's speech last night, that he talked almost exclusively about the economy and that is the number one issue, according to voters, right? >> that's right. we track this every day. 48 percent right now say the economy is ...