never uttering words like bayne, bush, or 47%. it's going to be a long two weeks before the next debate in new york for team obama. and of course, it all happened right here in battleground, colorado. it's a state that's been trending quickly from red to purple in recent years. will the first debate keep it from going blue again for the president and going back to red? good morning again from the university of denver. thursday, october 4th. 2012. this is "daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. a big hour ahead, including daily reaction from orrin hatch, governor martin o'malley and many more. let's get to the first read of the morning. in what may be the most substantive debate in the era of televised presidential debates. mitt romney performed as if his campaign depended on it, while a surprisingly subdued president obama allowed his challenger to dictate the terms of the debate. from the start, romney displayed confidence and demanding the presence on stage. he oned up the president on his own wedding anniversary shoutout. >> i want to

nine bayne babies were transported from nyu to mt. of sandy. you can't be epidural by cell phone light. >> wow, what a story. andrea canning, thank you so much. another story. christine and dave had their own dramatic story. they are here with their brand new baby liam. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> well, christine, i want to hear what happened, but first, how are you doing? how is the baby doing? >> we're both doing great. he's -- he's amazing. five weeks premature. he's perfect. >> well, you two are pretty amazing. david, take us through this. christine was five weeks early, experiencing contractions at the height of the storm. you decide we've got to get in the car and drive to the hospital and then what happened? >> well, we actually, because of the road conditions they told us absolutely do not drive, to call the emergency squad, which luckily is only about five minutes from our house, so they get to our house in an ambulance and a couple rescue vehicles. we get christine in the ambulance, and we start going out to the

still a great deal by family and by the likes of its private equity sponsors, in this case, kpr and bayne, for example. yesterday, this incredibly high yield market and the need perhaps the believe that it's better to return moment to money to shareholders now, behind a 2.5 billion junk bond offering by the company, they're getting things done at below 5%. it is really amazing. 5.875%. you see the ten-year and they are returning $1.15 billion to shareholders in the form of a dividend. expect to see more of this in the coming weeks and months. if you're a high yield banker out there or just a banker in general, aren't you going to call on companies and say, hey, you can borrow at this rate? and you can return the dividend to your shareholders. do it now before those taxes go up. they may not go up. you're seeing that both in the forms of dividends and from surprisingly not as much as you may have anticipated in terms of share buyback. as we've pointed out many times, you can borrow at a rate cheaper and reduce your share count and see precaps flow positive. you don't see that very often. t