you saw in jake's piece, mitt romney will tata about his 25 yearsed in the business world. but that can be a double-edged sword because even though he created jobs, he also cut jobs. >> well, let's go to matt dowd now. matt, you've known the governor of texas for 25 years. tell me what you see ahead for m in this race. >> well, this is a guy that's the genuine texas deal. he is texan on steroids. he's a natural, really disciplined campaigner. he has that great asset going for him. the downside for him are two things i think. he has a bit of a thin skin so when the spotlight turns on him you don't know what he might say. and the other thing is he sounds and has similar mannerisms to a previous president we just recently saw a few years ago. >> some people will recognize that exact texas twang. proud of the texas twang. let me ask you, george, because the campaign, the obama campaign, is there on the ground watching. they're not going to watch on tv, they're there to watch on the ground. why? >> well, obviously, they know they're vulnerable right now. they really only see two