and the economy next week. romney and ryan will be on a three-day bus trip, cleveland to toledo to dayton. this is the all-important state of ohio where they feel they've got the opportunity to make up some lost ground there. is this their best and one of their last chances to do so? >> i don't think the bus tour is the last opportunity. i really think if you look closely the only thing that changes is the debates. romney's been campaigning in a bunch of states throughout the election cycle. ohio. obama was ahead by four points in may. he was ahead by four points in june. still ahead by about four points. >> from a retail politics standpoint, romney got a lot of grief for taking the last five days off to just go on fundraising visits. >> sorry, thomas. yes. but the retail stuff for romney, he's not great at that. this now helps him. if you look at the states he's done retail stops he hasn't moved numbers there. the debates are the only thing-polls show people have an