put in the exact same policies that created the crisis in the first place. >> that's the tone that the new president has that is voiced by morgan freeman. it starts with a story line of where this country was when he took office. i believe it said something along the lines no one had faced these kinds of challenges going into the white house. if he doesn't flub and it's a draw, a wash, they both step up to the expectations and have a good debate, what does that mean, michael? >> a wash leaves us exactly where we are, which is that the larger race is a wash, i would think. i would think that obama needs to do a little bit better than a wash. romney was a very good debater in that first debate. it's true. a lot of stuff about his tax plan and so forth weren't really true, but it's obama's job to point that out. it's not really the media's job. it's obama's job first and foremost to point it out. that's the third thing he has to do tomorrow night.