have clearly not been successful reigniting this economy, in putting people back to work. reporter: earning his party s nomination was not quite as easy for former massachusetts governor mitt romney. after first being declared the winner of iowa caucuses a ballot glitch was discovered and he had to share the win with rick santorum. even though romney went on to win decisive victories in key primary states eventually the republican nominee he emerged from the battle bruised. i don t see how a massachusetts liberal will do better. he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. reporter: romney s campaign saw several ups and downs but appearing confident and in command during the first debate romney threw president obama off his game with the president delivering a surprisingly shaky performance. the first debate sets the tone and can have the most impact. but, yeah, look this is a series. reporter: mr. obama regained his footing by the third and fin
problem for him. we didn t see romney bounce up until after the first debate. we know what happened after that. christie, clinton, class warfare and climate in the form of hurricanes. dana: i see. kimberly s analysis. we talk, bill o reilly thinks hurricane sandy has a lot to do with it. greg: you cannot unrich yourself unless you re a liberal. if you re a rich conservative, you re not oppressed minority. you re like gone. i think everything changed when mitt romney failed to smack obama metaphorically on benghazi. the third debate, that first debate romney killed. he should have learned that that is what you what v to do. kimberly: do it again. greg: in the second and third debate. the turning point with p.j. cany crowley threw him off his game with the interruption. to mitt that told him lay off. he laid off. huge error. it really believe that, bob.
problem for him. we didn t see romney bounce up until after the first debate. we know what happened after that. christie, clinton, class warfare and climate in the form of hurricanes. dana: i see. kimberly s analysis. we talk, bill o reilly thinks hurricane sandy has a lot to do with it. greg: you cannot unrich yourself unless you re a liberal. if you re a rich conservative, you re not oppressed minority. you re like gone. i think everything changed when mitt romney failed to smack obama metaphorically on benghazi. the third debate, that first debate romney killed. he should have learned that that is what you what v to do. kimberly: do it again. greg: in the second and third debate. the turning point with p.j. cany crowley threw him off his game with the interruption. to mitt that told him lay off. he laid off. huge error. it really believe that, bob.
welcome back to hardball. the romney campaign sounding calm, cool and confident with 13 days to go. since the first debate romney has caught president obama in most national polls but is romney the front-runner as he s projecting himself to be right now and some in the media are now painting him? this morning politico s mike allen threw cold water on the growing conventional wisdom. to be president you have to win states not debates and mitt romney has a problem. romney has not put away a single one of the must have states, president obama remains the favorite because he only needs to win a couple of the toss-ups, mitt needs to win most of them. jonathan chate put it this say bluff. romney is carefully attempting to project an atmosphere of
over mcmahon. we ll be right back. welcome back to hardball. the romney campaign sounding calm, cool and confident with 13 days to go. since the first debate romney has caught president obama in most national polls but is romney the front-runner as he s projecting himself to be right all those veggies and beans, that s what may help lower your cholesterol and well that s easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ male announcer ] it s time for medicare open enrollment. are you ready? time to compare plans and see what s new. you don t have to make changes, but it s good to look. maybe you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. medicare open enrollment. now s the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare.