. >> anne, jimmy makes a good point here, to those in the middle voting in the united states, these headlines happening in british papers, does it really affect them? >> well, as he also points out and i couldn't agree more, it's a tiny sliver. of course that will matter. people who aren't patriying attention tend to be the ones who haven't made up their minds yet and often don't tune in until after labor day so he may get lucky there. what matters to both sides is their own base, achieving turnout within their own party. to the extent this makes some republicans shake their heads and say i don't like obama but i don't love romney either or motivates democrats who can't stand the thought of romney being elected, i think that may be where the real problem lies for romney. >> robert, last word to you. >> mr. and mrs. america, battleground states of ohio, michigan, wisconsin, they probably really don't care and they're not going to make up their mind until after labor day, probably the last two weeks of the campaign, most likely during the three presidential debates. that's what matters now. if mitt romney gave this gaffe during the foreign policy debate, that wa