amateur political consultants. megyn: it would be nice if we could hear more about the 47%. but that was a legitimate question. asking why didn t he bring that up? o reilly spent almost his whole show asking that question and o reilly doesn t have a dog in this race. it was a polite way to saying to david axlerod, did you not adequately prepare the president? but nobody seems to be blaming president obama. i think they would have been better served if they had come out into the spin room wednesday night and said we didn t do as well as we could have. but we have a great plan for america, then they could move on. instead they blamed everyone else. now they are trying the hang their hats on he s a liar. i don t think that works for the people who watched it. megyn: this was a question that was asked at the press gaggle. during the debate was the president surprised romney took
along with more voters, we saw an interesting tweet from former howard dean campaign manager joe trippi. he wrote that 20 minutes into the debate, gop online voter registration doubled above normal. and it is still at that pace. he said that at 6:00 p.m. eastern yesterday. citing a democratic source. joining me now is laura ingle. he didn t want to get too specific, he s a democrat saying that the registrations are going way up for these republicans in the wake of what we saw on wednesday night. and that you have other republicans who are saying it truly was a game changing moment. i think that s right, and i think the rasmussen poll and the
battleground ohio. megyn: on the day of the debate. wednesday afternoon, a tweet was sent out by i think it was director of the nbc polling asking folks opinions saying if romney doesn t perform well should he pull out of ohio? and that is something that we heard from others as well. now, you look at this, chris, today, a 1-point race. i guess the answer is no. he should not. no, he should not pull out of ohio, i guess. he could save money by pulling out of ohio or save money which quitting running. plus the staffers could go home and take it rest of the year off. that would be great savings. look, the narrative about this race has been so colossally stupid at so many points. and one of those things was that race what is over. this race is done.
wrong for the daily caller to post the president s comments earlier in the week. take a listen. i think that allies to mitt romney are responsible and they should stand up and do the right thing and say that it was irresponsible to do something like that, particularly on the eve of the debate. it was so transparent what they were trying to do. mitt romney has been taking heat for weeks for his comments behind closed doors with his wealthy donors. he didn t care about this country. their answer is to put out eight already public release speech that the president gave five years ago. we were just talking about the reaction to hurricane katrina and the inadequate reaction to that. megyn: joining me now is chris plante and the principle consultant marjorie. how is it responsible for mitt
just doesn t get you suddenly he became very likable because he looked like a winner. and we want to be with winners. winners tend to be more likable even if they are not people that you necessarily want to have a beer with them. but they are likable because they are going to help you. they like people who win. i think that is what mitt romney might be looking at here. he is a rough-and-tumble guys. megyn: you have something we talk about mitt romney looking smart and in control the other night and setting it apart from sparring as someone in the midst of a debate. people walk away with a subliminal impression of the man, apart from the fog of media that he has been laboring under for so many months. you watch him and if you take away politics, and watching both