swas a very skillful debate on romney's part. >> i'm glad you said that because it reinforces my belief that a lot of what the governor did last night was directed toward single women and tried to convince them to vote for him. >> yep. >> however, the snap polls on cnn and cbs say that the majority of americans believe barack obama won that debate last night. >> that's irrelevant. most thought that romney won -- that obama won the second debate. and romney has moved up about 4 points in the national polls since the second debate was held. obviously romney won the debate. it's not a question of who wins the debate. it's a question of who wins the election and what image they are posting. romney had some very specific objectives here to separate himself from bush 43 to make obama seem outrageous and nasty and bidenesque in a sense. and not to make news and to get focused on the economy. he he did them all.