five straight days it s a big problem. forget whether he had momentum or didn t. it s a huge problem for a challenger. the presidential looked presidential. the combination of that the fact he s gotten policy right, substance right, optics right, and has gotten boost that he s gotten from governor christie, which has been huge, i think, not game changer, but to whatever extent you could weigh this in out who knows what the effect is on tangible votes but in terms of what s happened over the week a good week for president obama, and a problematic week for governor romney. a story in politico, obama s reaction to a disaster coupled with a calculation to stop campaigning to supervise the relief effort from the oval office provided him with one thing he s needed with the first debate, opportunity to look presidential. presidential is what obama needed from sandy because a presidential image is what obama