it's avoidable and our kids do not deserve this. >> and can you hear me now? president obama struggles with an iphone at a florida phone bank. >> hold on, hold on. hold on. i can do this. i still have a blackberry. >> just 57 days to go until election day. president obama seems to have, according to gallup, at least been helped by his convention to open up a narrow lead over mitt romney. his first since july. romney's next big chance to reach a large viewing audience, the october debates. but national appearances this weekend sparked criticism because both he and paul ryan are refusing to get specific about their tax plan. joining me now, msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com and mark halper halperin, senior analyst for time and msnbc. first to you, mr. fix, tell us what your fix is on the sort of