wisconsin. mitt romney will be in the toss-up state of virginia in evening where the polls have tightened in recent days. he s looking to capitalize on his strong debate performance last night. we re joined by nbc s luke russert in washington, d.c., and from the heartland, kathy obrad vish, she s a columnist columnist for the des moines register. you have an interesting perspective on obama because he spent so much time in iowa so early in his national political career in 2007 and 2008. lots of debates out there. we have a debate last night. why is this man so bad at debates? well, you know, iowans are familiar both with barack obama and with mitt romney, and i have to say that i think people expected better of the president last night. i was speaking to a group this morning of about 90 people. i asked them to raise their hand
tighten up. you talked about likability. that s the most important thing that barack obama has going for him. mitt romney was able to come across as decently likeable last night except for the big bird line, there wasn t many awkward mo moments. he talked about his kids and wife, so did the president. he did not come across as the greedy venture capitalists. president obama took no attempt to do it, and i don t know about the do nothing congress? that s a staple hold of president obama s speeches for a long time. not mentioned at all. a lot of missed opportunities for the president. nobody cares about the fact when they re casual political observer. it s all about appearance. sports radio calls you. is there no one else for them to talk to? i m talented in a lot of skill levels i like to say. well, kathy to that likability point, one of the criticisms i did see of romney was that he was very aggressive,
in your face saying you re wrong, and i think that s what folks think here in d.c. hurt obama from conversations i ve had. he s not that person say get your game face on and stop this focus here. it reminds me of rocky iii. what did you see in rocky iii? he s not paying attention and concentrating, and it takes his trainer to say, hey, rock, this is not who you are. sets up the comeback story. he needs a mickey. a trainer to say enough is enough. you are the president, yes, you are. come on let s go back to what won us this thing. let s get stuff and talk about personal stories. it was talented for the president all along in the primary campaign. let s talk about the legislation and the do-nothing congress. you re better than this. you re better than this. he needs a person to slap him in the face and say you re better than this. luke and kathy, thanks for