On 'This Week': Robert Gibbs, Ed Gillespie and Bill O'Reilly

NEW YORK, OCT 5, 2012. — -- Sunday on "This Week," Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs and Romney campaign senior adviser Ed Gillespie speak with George Stephanopoulos on the new jobs report and the latest in the 2012 presidential contest. Plus, Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly comes to "This Week" for his exclusive, first reaction to his debate showdown with Comedy Central's Jon Stewart, and political odd couple James Carville and Mary Matalin join the powerhouse roundtable.

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney re-energized his campaign with a strong showing in the critical first presidential debate this week. With just one month until Election Day, can Romney capitalize on his debate win and narrow the gap with President Obama in key swing states? Can the president regain his footing after a shakier debate performance? And how will Friday's jobs report – showing unemployment dropping below eight percent for the first time since President Obama's first month in office – impact the race for the White House?

Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs and Romney campaign senior adviser Ed Gillespie discuss the latest in the 2012 presidential race, Sunday on "This Week."

Plus, the powerhouse roundtable debates the latest jobs report and all the week's politics, with Democratic strategist James Carville; Republican strategist Mary Matalin; Nobel Prize-winning New York Times columnist Paul Krugman; Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan; and ABC News senior political correspondent Jonathan Karl.

Has Romney's strong first debate performance re-shaped the presidential race? Will Obama change his approach for the remaining debate showdowns this month? And as unemployment drops to 7.8 percent, will positive economic signs hurt Romney's case against President Obama's leadership on the economy?

Then, Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly, author of the new book "Killing Kennedy," comes to "This Week" for his exclusive, first reaction to the other major debate this week – his Saturday faceoff with Comedy Central's Jon Stewart in Washington, DC. See O'Reilly's first take on the showdown, only on "This Week."

And "This Week" takes its weekly trip through history in "What Year Was It?" See the whole political picture, Sunday on "This Week."