and they were worried that his fund raising might fall off and there would be a big problem. so, is there new momentum, new optimism on the republican side? >> no worries about the fund raising dropping off now, i tell you that. i mean, you have not seen this much enthusiasm for mitt romney since he's ever run, going back to 2008. but i think because he went out there and talked about ideas, this is what the republicans have been arguing he needed to do all along because you can't say it's a choice you've got to prove it's a choice. that's what he did in denver. the most important thing he did, he explained the choices very clearly. he talked about things like growth versus tax hikes, about free market health care versus obamacare and that was the way he needed to explain it to the electorate. >> paul: jason? >> it was a very substantive debate. he did layout some ideas and some plans and that's a good thing, but i think these debates were also about more than substance, demeanor, presentation and what he managed to do is go up there on the stage, stand next to