On Morning Joe, Chuck Todd says that in recent days he has seen a "structural shift" in the polling data in Mitt Romney's favor, and that with a strong performance at tomorrow's townhall-style debate, Romney could effectively "close out" the election.
On her MSNBC show, Melissa Harris-Perry goes gaga over the fact that she had the chance to interview President Obama. Shouting "woo-hoo!", MH-P speaks manically about how excited she was to be in the Oval Office.
On Up With Chris Hayes on MSNBC, former Clinton diplomat Daniel Serwer defends the lax security surrounding Chris Stevens, the US Ambassador to Libya who was killed in a terrorist attack on the Benghazi consulate. Serwer suggests that tighter security around Stevens would have prevented him from doing his job as a diplomat.
On his MSNBC show, Chuck Todd says that Joe Biden has the advantage of "gravitas" going into his debate with Paul Ryan.
On Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch asks if Mitt Romney colors his hair and says Americans will lose trust in a candidate who does.
On CNBC, discussing the unemployment rate report that came in at 7.8%, Rick Santelli says "I told you they'd get it under 8%--they did!"
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski says President Obama's debate performance "makes me sick to my stomach."
After Romney adviser John Sununu says that President Obama's poor debate performance revealed "how lazy and detached he is," MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell says "I want to give you a chance to maybe take it back. Did you really mean to call Barack Obama, the President of the United States, lazy?" Sununu did not back down.
On Morning Joe, historian and MSNBC contributor Jon Meacham, commenting on Romney's political revival after his strong debate performance twice mentions the anecdote of Mark Twain saying reports of his death are much exaggerated, but adds that Twain still died.
How utter was Mitt Romney's rout of Barack Obama tonight? In the post-debate spin room, a hopelessly muddled Martin O'Malley, Dem guv from Maryland and supposedly an Obama surrogate, wound up referring to "President Romney"!
