while back saying they don't believe that's competitive any longer although clearly team obama disagrees with that. critical state, as you know, in this election. governor romney, meantime, now working to shore up support in the nevada with paul ryan. the pair set to appear in henderson together just about a couple of hours from now. nevada is another battleground this year, and you can see why the governor is there. the latest polling average shows the president ahead in nevada with 49 points of likely voters and mr. romney trailing with just more than 46%. nevada becomes critical to governor romney without ohio. well, a new controversy emerging from one of the president's more them p rabble zingers from last night's debate, president obama hitting hard when challenging governor romney's views when it comes to defense spending. >> you mentioned the navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets. megyn: well, marines are still