people involved in the selection process said the campaign believed there was no one who would be more adept and persuasive at delivering romney's message. advisers thought christie would excel at campaigning. want to play that anonymous source game? guess what, we'll play. guess what, you weren't our first choice. if we lose when we lose, it's your fault for not being as awesome as new jersey governor chris christie. the romney/ryan campaign is trying very hard to project confidence and calm just two days before the election, but this thing going on with the paul ryan press is not good. on the report staffers and strategists and surrogates will say this is how self-assured they are. this is why they will win ohio and pennsylvania. if they were planning on winning, there would not be this kind of split between the romney camp and the ryan camp. would there? the guy who i want to ask about this more than anybody else in the entire world is the senior strategist for the mccain/palin campaign from 2008. steve schmidt is here live, next. do you know where your polling place is? maybe somewhere around my house.