long legs. i want to bring in our national political economist. we have seen this getting pretty ugly. does this resonate with voters when they hear the back and forth? i don t know. i talked to a few voters out there on the campaign trail. every one of them will tell you they hate this stuff. then every expert will say this works. there s a reason why the campaigns are going back and forth and there s a reason why the obama campaign has been ataa attacking mitt romney and his tax returns. they believe they are working. the president defended attacks. he says mr. romney has called himself mr. fix it, so the president says governor romney s business experience is going to be front and center at this stage of the campaign. talking to the romney campaign, they feel like this is an opening for them to go negative on the president. i think that s the next stage of this campaign. you ll hear more of that. i presume they will go after the economy. you saw rob portman, one of