covered the good, the bad and the ugly and plus, the damage that a category 1 can do. the evacuations in the wake of hurricane isaac, and the storm left widespread damage and dumped more water in the area than katrina and pushing up gas prices this holiday weekend. we are live in louisiana. good morning from tampa, florida, and the last day of the republican national convention, and it is friday august 31st, 2012, and this is the daily rundown aand i m chuck todd. let s get to the first reads of the day. by all accounts, this convention would be judged by one speech. he needed to better introduce himself to the american public, and close the empathy gap and get closer to american voters to get more comfortable with him as president and more meat on the policy bone, and none of the goals was more important than giving america a chance to get to know him.
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to give you a sense what s happening on the floor, see the extended romney and ann davie romney s family taking pictures to pose on the podiupodium. he s trying to reduce this empathy gap. if you walk with me through here, excuse me, sir, as we pass this way. a new addition to the stage. that s where he ll be speaking at the podium you can see. it s moved forward, closer to the audience, closer to the camera to help create a better connection with the audience here tonight. in addition to that, what s been important to note is over the course of the next several hours we will hear family and friends focus on issues he had largely not spoken about during the campaign. his mormonism. and also he will try to counter criticisms about his time at bain capital. andrea? peter, thanks so much. kelly, this is a big night for marco rubio, a rising star. we talked to him on the program yesterday. he, of course, was not chosen to be vice president but he has a big, big future and is another
completely deadlocked. there is no reason that obama should be within 10 points of any opponent given the state of the economy. given his record over the four years. the only thing that s keeping him neck in neck with romney is the fact all these personal attacks on romney, the hundreds of millions that they have spent have had an effect and there is 22 point gap in sort of the empathy gap who cares about you most? here is the problem for obama. he can t change the conditions. he can t change the economy. he can t change any of that between now and election day whereas romney can change that perception. this a place right here, these speeches are the place where he starts to do that i think false portrayal of romney. it s not going to be that difficult to do. the minute he at least partially does that cuts that gap in half he wins the election. starts tonight. ann romney s speech to humanize him. romney in his own speech look many americans first time not the stiff that cares nothing