campaign trail this weekend, and he fired up his attack lines against the republicans, calling the gop convention nothing more than a tv rerun, joking that you might as well have watched on quote black and white tv. >> when governor romney had his chance to let you in on his secret trust, he didn't offer you a single new idea. it was just the same old policies that have been sticking it to the middle class for years. >> let's turn now to the man who served as the president's chief of staff until october of 2010, he's now, of course, the mayor of chicago, and he joins me live from the windy city this morning before he heads to charlotte on tuesday. mayor rahm emanuel. mayor, welcome back. >> thank you, david. >> as we assess mitt romney's performance coming out of his convention, is it the reality is this is a deadlocked race. the president's approval rating is under 50%. unemployment is still above 8%. why does mitt romney have to come out of that convention any better than being the lesser of two problematic choices? >> well, first of all, i mean