A thorough discussion of Mitt's own explanation for his candidacy's failure. Also, what of Bobby Jindal's answers and his own viability? Plus, Marco Rubio heads to Iowa, Rick Perry makes noises, and various other presidential possibilities are mulled over. Ben Domenech joins Malcolm and Melissa to discuss the changing Republican party.

Romney: Obama won election by handing out ‘gifts’ to women, minorities (http://video.msnbc.msn.com/jansing-and-co/49840230/#49840230)

Gov. Jindal: Romney ‘absolutely wrong’ to blame loss on Obama ‘gifts’ for voters (http://thehill.com/video/campaign/268139-gop-gov-jindal-calls-romneys-interpretation-of-loss-absolutely-wrong)

Bobby Jindal: How Republicans can win future elections (http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/15/opinion/jindal-gop-election/index.html?hpt=op_t1)

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President Obama won the race and Republicans are trying to figure out What It All Means. Malcolm and Melissa have their theories. Ben Domenech joins them to bring sobriety to the situation. Will Sarah Palin run next in 2016? Is Chris Christie done? Do conservatives have to change to fit the new demographics? And what about the demographics? Do they spell doom or is it really all more simple than that?

Mentioned in the podcast: The Transom, Josh Trevino, Subscribe to The Transom (http://bendomenech.com/transom)

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Sandy, silly photo ops, and serious politics. Will Sandy change minds about voting? Should we believe the polls? Malcolm and Melissa talk about what it all means.

Mentioned in the podcast: Josh Marshall, Ben Domenech, Joanne Woodruff, Karl Rove and more.

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The meaning of polls. Is there room for optimism? Andrew tells the story of President Bush and when he knew he lost and what that means for a campaign. So, who is winning the presidential race? Malcolm & Melissa discuss it.

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Polling guru Terry Jones of Investors Business Daily joins Malcolm and Melissa to talk polling. The conversation turns toward the debate and the future of journalism. Unsurprisingly, Malcolm and Melissa disagree. And, surprisingly, NPR divides the M&M crew, but not in a way you might think!

Tracking the tracking polls (http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/101812-629807-mitt-romney-improves-again-in-several-tracking-polls.htm): Mitt Romney's edge grows again today

Debate II (http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/101712-629638-romney-obama-in-second-debate-of-three.htm): Obama shows up this time, Romney stays on the attack

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Joe Biden and Paul Ryan squared off and Malcolm and Melissa declare the winners and losers. Was the debate effective? Did it help either side? Listen and find out!

More: Andrew says Biden was off his meds (http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/101212-629094-paul-ryan-joe-biden-vice-presidential-debate.htm).  John Hinderaker's initial take (http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/10/the-veep-debate-how-did-it-go-a-poll.php). Josh Trevino mentioned.

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President Obama lost the debate last night making his job to get re-elected infinitely more difficult. Mitt Romney, on the other hand, looked prepared for the job at hand. Malcolm and Melissa discuss the miserable and memorable moments.

Romney hands Obama his lunch--and not a nutritious school one

http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/100412-628092-presidential-debate-romney-wins-obama-struggles.htm

How past debates mattered-or not

http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/100312-627936-denver-presidential-debate-obama-romney-reagan-mondale.htm

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You can find Andrew's thoughts on the debate at Investors.com (http://news.investors.com/politics-andrew-malcolm/100412-628092-presidential-debate-romney-wins-obama-struggles.htm) and Melissa's piece at iVillage.com (http://www.ivillage.com/mitt-romney-delivers-surprising-defeat-first-presidential-debate/8-a-491909).

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John Merline joins Malcolm and Melissa to talk about the $3000 Obamacare tax increase story he broke this week. We also discuss the polls. Should they believed? Producer Brad adds his thoughts. Mentioned in this podcast: Senator Marco Rubio and Senator Pat Toomey, Nate Silver and 538 (http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/),  Ben Domenech (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/09/24/after_foisting_romney_on_base_gop_elites_now_start_to_gripe_115548.html), and Ross Douthat (http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/romney-and-the-rights-divisions/) who answers Ben.

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Obama fiddles while the world burns. The media would have you ignore Obama's no good, terrible, horrible week, but we won't let that happen. Also, the Romney gaffes that don't happen.

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American Embassies in Egypt, Libya, and now, Tunisia attacked. Ambassador to Libya killed and pulled through the streets. Two marines and one staffer dead. Mitt Romney makes a statement condemning the Egyptian consulate statement condoning Egyptian violence. Barack Obama's first statement condemns Mitt Romney and the press joins in on the anti-Romney angle. No one is talking about Egypt now. No mention of Egypt by either Secretary of State Clinton or President Obama. No mention of Tunisia. All focus on our "allies" in Libya.

Bottom line, President Obama is looking like Jimmy Carter more every day.

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