margin say that mitt romney can handle the economy better than barack obama. i tell you what, that is a hell of a number to take away when you're talking about swing voters who are going to decide how they vote based on the economy. and that's where most of them are going to go. >> and the romney campaign will tell you that they were doing dial groups in ohio last night. they weren't displeased with the outcome from the things that they saw. governor romney has things to take away from the debate that are positive. to me the biggest takeaway of the entire debate, which is something we knew already, is that boy, these guys really, really hate each other. the degree of -- it was so -- there were moments where like it almost looked like they were going to come to blows. >> the president looked very upset at one point. >> the physicality of it was raw. and visceral at moments where i really thought, wow, they're like a step away from blows here. not really but like almost. it could have happened. >> when do we find out how many people -- it seemed like everybody was talking about it yesterday. i mean, everywhere we went, people would come up and say, are you ready? >> they were fired up.