and the rest of the people because of maamerican policy wi mitt romney and the republican party in general has poured scorn on. what is the difference between these two campaigns? again, a tactical approach from the romney campaign, but for the president to say what would you do differently here? are you proposing all-out war or arming rebels when we now know that actually a lot of those arms are already flowing through to jihadists and that's not in anyone's interest? there's a practical level to this debate that the president needs to explain. it's not that easy. it's a town hall format. i'm not sure how passionate the noncommitted voters are going to be about these issues, but i know both candidates will want to battle this out on national tv tonight. >> and, joy, isn't the point richard makes right that in many ways this republican ticket are responsible for a reduction in security at consulates and embassies throughout the world and yet now they're hammering the president and this