a new career. i m year yeah borrow ger and you re in the situation room. it may not be everything, but aappearance is everything on the campaign trail. a lack luster speech, the bang promise by his campaign was more of a fizzle. the gap is down from six points on tuesday to two points today. joe, what exactly happened? reporter: well, gloria, mitt romney is still struggling to get his momentum back and today s speech was supposed to be a step in the right direction but for a bunch of reasons. you just would not call this mitt romney s perfect day. the front lines couldn t have been clearer at what was supposed to be the major moment so far to win the state where he grew up. in the morning, the auto workers union held a noisy opposition to the auto industry bailout. it s total blas fem me. and then in the afternoon i want to thank the ford field it was not the venue that romney would have preferred where the detroit lions play ball. the speech had been planne