neil: good point. he was not ahead of ronald regan andine at this stage. what people are trying to do is get their arms around mitt romney. he is unknown person to them and once they are convinced that he can right the ship and make it go. i think mitt romney and paul ryan will be enormously likeable and barak obama will be disliked as jimmy carter in due course. i feel sorry for obama because he seems like a nice man and is an american success store he has a huge albatross around his neck which he and george w put on the economy. neil: i would think it is settled in the debate. regan and carter only had one. in that debate, americans are looking at a lousey economy