WASHINGTON--Discussing the Wednesday debate, Romney advisors Ed Gillespie and Kevin Madden said Monday Mitt Romney is "prepared" to answer about that secretly recorded videotape where he seemingly disparages47 percent of the voters at a Florida fund-raiser--but his main theme is "we can't afford another four years" of President Obama.

Madden told reporters the theme "we can't afford another four years like the last four years" will be stressed over the next few week and weaved into the debates and messages aimed a the all-important battleground states.

As for that video, which has damaged Romney, "the governor is prepared to answer that" in the Wednesday night Denver debate.