me talk a little bit about it and then we are getting prepared for the second presidential bid on tuesdaif romney does well on that he is on his way. lou: and obma. all of this taking place in, if you will, the shadow of an event in which president of of was just last in that debate. he was absolutely dominated by goveor romney. what happens now? now you have a controversy over the way in which vice-president biden onducted himself with his condescension and aggressiveness . what is their left for the president? >> about the only long standing impact of the debate is democrats, some of whom were fired up because biden shows -- shows life and aggressiveness. the president, by comparison, was asleep and almost sleepwalking. in bottom-line, what is left for the president, he has to wake up, be assertive, but not to what biden did and also protect himself on your first topic, libya. this is a huge, huge political and sustain the problem for the white house and the president's reelection. lou: as i said at the outset of the broadcast, it is the one issue that he stepped right into with his an