dithis surprise you? >> what surprised me most of all, just 10 days ago, my good conservative friends were telling me about the sinister conspiracy of polls, that they are all -- to give this impression that e liberals are running awayay with the election. analysts and the conspiracy has been hijacked and now the conservatives have hijacked the polls. liberals were dispirited. i was in ohio this week. there wa a sense of real puzzlement. where was the president? why did he not show up? people have been p picking out their inaugural outfit. e mney people,rior to that rebates were heading to the lifeboats. they thought it was over and they would concentrate on holding on to the house and may be winning the senate. sot was transformational. in the political world however has not changed the way people feel about mitt romnmney. they still feel he is out of touch. that remainsa problemven for charles. >> the neocon said that monday was the day that pinnacle performing died. [laughter] -- that political perform

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