my friend and colleague jonathan martin noted he hasn t been there since early september. we may look back and say, given where ohio was, why wasn t romney living in wisconsin if he wines up losing it and coming up short. running mate s home state. paul ryan s from there, right. mark, it isn t too crude, i don t think, because we re talking about politics and talking about the closing days, to ask the question, was this horrible storm and his response to it so far, and chris christie s embrace of him, so far, at least a benefit the october surprise, a been fit to president obama? i think it s pretty hard to come up and with any spin on it or take on it beyond that it s been a benefit for the president. is it a benefit for the president that decides outcome? i can t rule that out. some republicans believe that s the case. it s blotting out all news coverage nationally and the contested states in a way