turned the corner with republicans. i think the fact that they feel more enthusiastic helps them. it could mean something in terms of turnout. the trick is to try to make a difference with the independence. if you're the romney campaign you're heading in the right direction even if you're knot there. >> on that point, to you, james. in our other poll, abc washington post. president obama holds an insignificant lead by three points. he had a 10% lead against mccain, so when you look at these numbers, romney doing better or is owe bonl ma doing worse? >> well, it's pretty clear that romney's doing better and i think he's -- what he's done is he's sort of been able to galvanize those on the right who weren't in solidarity with him so much in the republican presidential primary process. once he showed that he had a