consistently in national polls, tightening things in battleground states. it's been unadulterated good news for him in the polls over the last 10 days or so. will that be maintained after the debate last night where everybody thought obama did better than last time. the question who won the debate is up in the air. does it's continue then? it's still a stubborn electoral map when you come down to it for mitt romney. even if you can grants him, he'll be strong in the popular vote, the national poll numbers. those states all went for obama last time around. he's still fighting on enemy terror iterritory in all these . >> greta: john, you're from wisconsin. in 2008, president obama won it by 14 points. in september, president obama was up 11 points. now is a statistical tie according to marquette law school's poll. >> it is. it's tightening up. that's exactly what happened in 2000 and 2004. this state came down to less than one percentage point. i think if we're looking at a close national election this year, more along the lines of