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Debate charlie crist and the fan. the cool thing was that rick scott will to explain something that no one in the history of tv debates had to explain before. hey, why didn't you come out on the stage when the debate began? let's listen. >> we figured out if he was going to show up. he said he wasn't going to come to the debate. so why come out until he's ready? >> and florida reelected that guy. i mean -- my former state, go figure. florida. >> the thing about politics is it is very predictable. everybody behaves in a very conservative range of possibility. when something like that hams, some...

Night. that's the sum total of our american president of putting sitting presidents up against challengers in their first tv debates. that was the record for incumbent presidents and their challengers. heading into last night's showdown between incumbent president barack obama and the challenger, mitt romney. the record was 1 for 5 for presidents going into a situation like president obama went into last night. and now, of course, the record is 1-6. as president obama is pretty unanimously seen, okay, no, unanimously seen as having had his clock cleaned by mitt romney last night. there's more ...

Debate victory, they were on the defensive today about the president's demeanor last night. the television coverage, he appeared at times irritated, dismissive, frustrated by his challenger. >> he's always been a president and a person who wears his emotion on his sleeve. >> reporter: if some in the white house thought it would put this race out of reach, a reality check today. one senior adviser said no one would put the race way in one night. >> this is not who went on with win the eventual election but about who won the first debate. when a sitting president is facing his challenger. in 200...

Every day have it a little closer, but with all the chatter, finger pointing and conventional wisdom, the incumbent enters the last three innings with a slight lead. however, to quote the great political analyst yogi ber ra, it ain't over until it's over. with the tv debates to come, we go with yogi, but steve kornacki warns the debates don't always move runners. it's getting late early in this race. so the question is, which yogiism will we go with here? obviously, there's still more to come, et cetera, et cetera. i have to go if the romney campaign is going to change what's going on in this ...

>> i think they had to do something like this. they had to go for the gut. had to take the guy out in the summer, but still face the reality of three national tv debates. four and a half hours of exposure to a guy who could look so much better than the advertising. >> that's the thing. moments that cut through the advertising and can romney take advantage of this. another thing that comes lou in our poll. the romney can't connect, romney can't do this. i have an alternative theory. he is dragged down by the image of the republican party. it has not been good since he announced his -- this is, ...