the author of "suicide of a superpower," and bob bechel.k will wouldn't run away from a fight like that? >> no he would not he was with jimmy carter. he came out and debated ronald reagan. he is ready to get into battle. >> there you go again. >> buchanan, he took the convention and actually bore right through it like ryan. i remember that. that is one, remember i said devil wrote that speech. that is when pat introduced me. >> sean: it was received very well. >> i still said the devil wrote it. >> sean: state of the campaign, pat, how do you see it? >> i think the republicans are down by a touchdown and we're going into the fourth quarter. i take the polls pretty seriously when seven out of eight wing states, obama is slightly ahead. he has a five-point lead and approval back up to 50%. i think what they have to do is this. wait for four or five days and see if there is a bump and if it settles back to the race we had before this convention, i think the republicans have to be ready to call an audible. i'll tell you briefly before we get ba