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Ability rating and on handling the economy, but not on ballot tests. now, tonight will tell us whether he continues to make progress. what's your thought here, does obama need to bring in women's issues earlier and more prominently in the debate? >> i think he does. and i wrote for msnbc.com today that this is an area where frankly i think the reason you've seen romney do a little better in the polls is because these issues didn't come up in the first debate. what you'll see and usa gallup had an interesting poll yesterday that showed just how important for example the issue of choice and acce...

As mentioned, women have been the president's firewall. romney appears to have made some gains according to one gallup poll which the obama campaign is pushing back on. our own polling showing that the lead is not so great, that the president still leads with women in swing states. it's a key voting group certainly for him and romney needs to make up ground on that according to these polls. so when you look at that, why then didn't these issues of women's issues, why aren't they brought up in the earlier parts of vice presidential debate and it was not brought up at all in the first presidenti...

Mitt romney's 47% comments. of course president obama did not reference those comments during the first debate and it's an omission that angered some of his supporters. the president also has to walk a fine line, though, because this is a town hall debate. so aides say he will be firm, but he will also be respectful. now, in what some will see as a sign of anxiety, the obama campaign is pushing back against the latest gallup poll which shows mitt romney and president obama tied among women in key battleground states. the obama campaign arguing that the gallup poll's methodology is flawed. gall...

Him and say he is stiff and they are not sure he wants to change choices. everybody heard him 100 times. it's not an important speech. he makes them on healthcare alone. he wants the one shot to let them see he is not robotic it's about the empathy. obama is up by 20-30 points over romney on being likeable. >> let's take a look at this. usa gallup recently like ability and economy. you see that poll 54 percent to 31 percent on like ability. the economy flips 52 percent to 43 percent. >> obama can't change the economy but romney can change like ability. that's why the election is in his hands. ...

Him and say he is stiff and they are not sure he wants to change choices. everybody heard him 100 times. it's not an important speech. he makes them on healthcare alone. he wants the one shot to let them see he is not robotic it's about the empathy. obama is up by 20-30 points over romney on being likeable. >> let's take a look at this. usa gallup recently like ability and economy. you see that poll 54 percent to 31 percent on like ability. the economy flips 52 percent to 43 percent. >> obama can't change the economy but romney can change like ability. that's why the election is in his hands. ...