mr. romney will be directly in front of answering questions to voters so they have to make a question. that has not been one of mr. romney s strong suits. the president is known as affable guy everybody thinks is so terrific and romney has been accused of being a stiff. this is his opportunity to answer questions directly to them and convey across the country that is a very big deal for romney and the president. they have been both working on that. how do you prepare a mock debate for an audience of impromptu questions. megyn: they re not impromptu? we hope voters have been working on language and hope something comes up and maybes news for all the voters. what they have to do is not do mock debates one-on-one in the case of the obama campaign someone impersonating mr. romney and vice versa for mr. obama in the romney camp. they have to anticipate what the voters will say and how candy will moderate. we have to presume behind closed doors she might be going a little rogue too.
megyn: people thought he won the debate on paper but lost it in style akin to what we saw with vice president joe biden the other night. you can t be bipolar. megyn: the next debate comes. town hall. mr. nice guy. all polite and cordial and looked like he was bipolar. changed personalities. he can t do that. megyn: he needed to overcompensate because by the time he got to the town hall debate he decided to get up in president george w. bush s grill, then governor bush bush s grill to show he was tough. president obama may be under too much pressure now to get tough tomorrow. sure. megyn: how does he moderate. when al gore strolled into george w. s personal space. the bush campaign didn t think he would ever do that. he had done it in the senate debates in past. megyn: that is his thing. the governor was warned when he washed into his space. he gave them that look of
comments. do you think that there is a double standard here in the way that he, he wants to be treated and the way he and those who serve him and represent him treat others? and, megyn, you re absolutely correct. in fact, we also had harry reid say that governor romney had not paid taxes. i mean, everything that they re stating are personal attacks which are not true. and the good news is, again, i believe that the american people understand that to create jobs in our country, to have a energy policy that works, people do know that gasoline costs $1.83 when the president came to office megyn: yeah, i know, those are talking points. i appreciate oh, but it s true. megyn: we re not going to get into that here. i want to ask you, finally, whether you think this will have a backlash. did you was there a backlash against you for that reach of decorum breach of decorum, for going to the personal place, and do you think there will be one to the president s team? well, people foc
to back to flying helicopters and spending time with his girlfriend. believe me he earned it. what an amazing thing to watch. megyn: oh, my gosh. it s terrifying. that takes a lot of guts. a lot of guts, maybe a little few screws loose too. trace, thank you. when we saw him spinning, megyn we thought he was done. when i saw him spinning i thought this guy is done. that s the thing he feared enough was that spin. megyn: that s why they call it the death spin and you re in it. that is definitely on the bad fact list. all right, trace, thank you. okay. megyn: coming up americans vow to practice liberty and justice for all in this country. why are schools in one state considering different test standards for students of different racial backgrounds? we ll investigate. plus, obama campaign senior adviser david axelrod adding new charges to the suggestion that the romney campaign is guilty of poe lit sizing the terrorist attack in libya. is that what this is about? we ll have a fair & ba
what they re saying, and this is the highest levels of the obama campaign, it took them three days to try to respond to the failure of the president s last exhibit of the issues for our country, and three days later they came back, so it was not spontaneous, it really was a low blow, but i m confident the american people are going to look at the positive message of governor romney, and he will be elected our new president. megyn: you know, after you made your comments part of the reason you were so criticized was you did that on the floor of the house. do they have a defense to this liar, liar, liar theme because they re not doing that on the floor of the u.s. house? well, and, indeed, on the house floor was inappropriate that night. i had a discussion with rahm emanuel that we would discuss the issues, and that s what we ve been doing. truly, i think it s inexcusable for the highest levels, axelrod, the statements being made and