a wide margin. that is because most voters see these elections as referendum on the incumbent. how is the president doing his job? and that is how mitt romney wants to make this race. that is why he doesn t take a lot of bait about all the distractions. he wants this to be a referendum on the economy. a referendum on obama s job performance, vis-a-vis his promises in 2008 where he was going to make the oceans turn around and recycle uncorn poop for renewable energy for that kind of thing. if he keeps the focus whether obama has done what he promise he would do and whether obama has been good for economy i think romney wins by default and that basically is their strategy. jon: jonah goldberg, from the national review. that is a new phrase to me. wonder if you caught that. jon: thank you for waking up my thursday. there you go. jenna: you never know when uncorns might just pop up somewhere on the show. could happen at any time. happening now , a high-stakes showdown over cybersecu