own missteps, which kept romney in the running. you didn t build that. reporter: neither side saw a major bounce out of the convention. both may be remembered for moments that didn t come from the candidates. what do you mean shut up? the numbers don t add up. reporter: just as romney s campaign was hoping to hit the reset button, another major self-inflicted wound. the 47% that are with him, that are dependent on the government. reporter: pundits declared doom for the republican contender. but the president didn t bring that up in the first debate, giving romney a convincing win. and then a burst of life in the national polls. then a late october surprise from mother nature that put the campaign on hold. this morning, the perfect storm. reporter: and resulted in some strange political bedfellows. i want to thank the president personally. reporter: by the end of this long, nasty campaign, millions of americans felt the same as this sobbing 4-year-old.
on that. reporter: first debate just around the corner, the president s team is now playing the expectations game. giving romney the edge. here is obama campaign advisor robert gibbs. mitt roysz i think has an advantage because he has been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over the last year. he even bragged he was declared the winner in 16 of those debates. i think in that sense having been through this much more recently than president obama, i think he starts with an advantage. reporter: president meanwhile will travel to new york tomorrow to address the united nations general assembly and then he heads to the critical battleground state of ohio. polls show obama leading by a few points in many of the very important swing states. neither supporters nor his opponents are making any predictions at this point. we re prepared for a close race. i m not going to get into the
london traffic and a taxi protest. ironic, considering the flak romney has taken prosecutor calling press reports about potential problems disconcerting. he s been described as backing away from the remarks, but reiterated them while denying they were a slight. a lot of people did about all the challenges being faced by the organizing committee, but after being here a couple of days, it looks to me like london is ready and it is hard to put on games in a major metropolitan area. what they ve done that i find so impresssive is he took the venues and put them in the city. rick: while oversea, he s raising big money from americans living abroad. 2 million in london last night. and just as some donors and voters in the u.s. are less enthusiastic about donating and supporting president obama than they were four years ago, the same is happening overseas. giving romney an opportunity to boost both his campaign bucks and his absentee ballot votes. a new pugh poll suggests 48% believe the p
bret: republican presidential candidate debating tonight in new hampshire. we ll have plenty of ammunition to fire at the front-runner mitt romney. new media report bolsters contentions that romney s massachusetts healthcare plan was a blueprint for president obama s national overhaul but it did not stop a g.o.p. crowd favorite giving romney his support. chief political correspondent carl cameron has that story from hanover, new hampshire. hours before the seventh republican presidential debate, front runner mitt romney announced the endorsement of chris christie who many republicans hoped would run against romney. i m here in new hampshire for one reason. america cannot survive another four years of barack obama and mitt romney is man to lead america. the first question was a texas pastor who endorsed perry last week and called the mormon faith a cult. i call for governor perry to repudiate the sentiment and remarks made by they pastor.
and these campaign stops and swing states come just ten days ahead of the first presidential debate, and today, the president s team playing the expectations game, giving romney the edge in those debates. and mitt romney, i think, has an advantage because he s been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over the last year. and he even bragged that he was declared the winner in 16 of those debates and i so, i think in that sense, having been through this much more recently than president obama, i think he starts with an advantage. and the polls show obama leading by a few points in many of the swing states though many are within the margin of error and the race could tighten further, harris. and now let s go to libya and the terror attack on the u.s. consulate that killed four americans. new details coming out showing the terrorists behind the assault may have known a lot p and here is what we know so far. the attack appears to have been coordinated well in advance and likel