mitchell, we know what democrats will try to do. but remind people what has been the political landscape over the last six weeks. it's clear, mitt romney was taking on water. the president -- people can debate the sampling of the different polls that are out there, but nobody was disputing the fact that the president was ahead and mitt romney's unfavorables were rising. that was a problem. we are in august. if we were going to judge who won or lost the summer as far as up till july 31, now we can stay -- say up until august 9th, and august 10th, we can say barack obama was winning the summer tactically in the campaign. obviously they hope this provides a bump. we heard today from the romney campaign, that they hope that a combination of the running mate pick and the convention gives them anywhere from a five-to ten point bump. >> you're right. first of all, we, in the media, were looking at this incredible