comedian and author penn jillett jillett. any initial thoughts? >> it's rather troubling for me to agree with you on everything. back there going, piers is right on everything. i think the basic thing that troubles me so much is that everyone who's running for president and vice president, they are good people that don't have hidden agendas. they have differences in opinion. to my taste, not enough differences of opinion. they're too similar to me. the idea that obama would ruin the country or he has an agenda to bring america down in the eyes of the world does seem i think the term is bug nutty. >> another point of yours, dinesh. you say obama wants to put americans more in debt. unfamiliar sight of chinese, brazilian visitors occupying the best tables in the best american restaurants. apart from the fact that why shouldn't they, this concept, dinesh that obama wants, he wants to put americans more into debt. why on earth would any american president actively want to put his citizens into more debt? >> because if american citizens and if our chil

let's go to penn jillette. penn, you are probably frothing at the mouth. you normally are.it or mitt? >> i don't know. what bothers me is the whole humanity and nice guy thing. if there is one thing that obama and romney certainly are, it's good people. they are also both smart. they are both good. i would like it to be more dry. all of the touchy-feely stuff creeps out my new england heart. i know they care about people and i know they are smart and i know they are good. i wish they didn't spend so much time sucking up like they were on a reality show. >> he doesn't at all, though. >> romney doesn't want to do it but he is doing it. >> we saw mitt romney going into areas he feels uncomfortable doing but he knows he has to. having said that i found stuff about his mother, his upbringing, about his wife, his children, i think the guy is a very solid father, son, husband and those are not bad for a presidential candidate. >> he's given much bigger part of his life and wealth as well to service. and he talked about that and he also used the word hell tonight and on the campaig

let's go to penn jillette. mitt romney, hit or miss? >> well, i don't know.the whole humanity and nice guy thing. if there's one thing that obama and romney certainly are, it's good people. they are also both smart, they are both good. i would like it to be more dry. all of the touchy-feely stuff creeps out my new england heart. i know they care about people and i know they are smart and i know they are good. i wish they didn't spend so much time sucking up like they were on a reality show. >> he doesn't at all, though. >> romney doesn't want to do it but he does do it. we saw mitt romney going into areas he just feels uncomfortable doing but he has to. having said, that i found stuff about his mother, his upbringing, about his wife, his children, i think the guy is a very solid father-son person and that's important for candidate. >> he's given much bigger part of his life and ann as well to service. and he talked about that and he also used the word hell tonight and on the campaign trail he notoriously said h-e double l sticks. >> we have about a minute les

the always outspoken penn jillett. literally, in the gym. >> he's very lean. he's very disciplined. >> the secrets of tony horton's extreme workout phenomenon. >>> plus, what may be the most extraordinary car crush video i've ever seen. what's even more incredible, the guys who lived to tell the tale. they're here in a prime-time exclusive. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, battleground wisconsin. the latest poll has 49% of wisconsin's registered voters in the obama column, 45% for romney. with the president's four-point advantage is within the survey sampling error. two polls had him in a single digit advantage in a state he won by 14 points in 2008. that puts wisconsin on the list of eight crucial states that cnn now considers a toss-up and joins colorado, florida, nevada, new hampshire, ohio and virginia. joining me now for more on our big story is david axelrod. former white house senior adviser to the president. david axelrod, welcome back. how are you? >> good to be with you, piers. >> what is your overview of where