staying resolute, by standing as mitt romney, unwavering and all, even though he had wavered a lot in the past. for months now, we have watched him in pretty much a dead heat against an incumbent who ought to be, the way the economy is, the a least ten points behind. and he is not. >> that's what makes this, sort of hand-wringing, pointed to jennifer ruin, writes the right turn column in the washingtonpost.com, eric erickson, hand-wringing about the state of the campaign. the president, in the heady days here, so dominant, at 49 or 50. not as if he is at 55, this thing is over. >> no. and i think a rush last week in the wake of the democratic convention on the part of a lot of people to sort of say, is this race over? some of these republicans? begun to tighten again. some of what president obama got was convention bounce. that begins to -- >> bounces happen. they are called bounces because