them focused on the urgent task ahead of re-elected the president. is he right? do they balance each other out? >> well, it's sbresing to use that phrase. clearly, there's consternation on the democratic side after the debate performance. i have to say i don't expect him to perform like that at the next debate. that was an example of him being one question deep after four years of being in the white house. but look. the jobs numbers just good for the country. below 8%. but the question is, do people feel there's a real recovery on the way and with economic growth as pathetic as it's been people are assessing and you have had surveys since the numbers were released and seen the governor pull even with the president and right now it's a toss-up race. >> one of the things i saw like over the weekend if you're watching football, there were a lot -- at least here in new york, a lot of obama campaign ads. and the romney super-pacs have a