richard pointed out that were mismanaged and we were deeply invested in those with lives and dollars. al qaeda was central al qaeda in pakistan. afghanistan was still operating, largely with impunity. and our alliances in the world were shredded. there was tremendous antip athy towards the administration and the country. that has changed. everyone at this table would agree that the world is a very complicated and dangerous place because of a lot of different factors. a guy sets himself on fire in tunisia and the world region goes up because of social media. we need to be smart about how we engage and where we engage. one thing we can t do is project force everywhere in the world. we don t have the resources. and it s not a smart way to run the drone policy has spread all over the world. and that is sort of what we re
we were involved in two wars as richard pointed out that were mismanaged and we were deeply invested in those with lives and dollars. al qaeda was central al qaeda in pakistan. afghanistan was still operating, largely with impunity. and our alliances in the world were shredded. there was tremendous antip athy towards the administration and the country. that has changed. everyone at this table would agree that the world is a very complicated and dangerous place because of a lot of different factors. a guy sets himself on fire in tunisia and the world region goes up because of social media. we need to be smart about how we engage and where we engage. one thing we can t do is project force everywhere in the world. we don t have the resources. and it s not a smart way to run the drone policy has spread all over the world.
billion, and the republican would be maybe at parity, but certainly not have the financial advantage. that has i think over the course of the last couple of months has changed. now you see a bit on the democratic side concern that they are actually going to be at a disadvantage financially, and that is one thing that allows romney to play. to mark s point, he has very little margin for error. but after everything that mitt romney has been through, the fact that he is within either a little bit behind or only a little bit behind, maybe four, five, six points behind, if i were romney s people i would be thrilled given the meat grinder over the last six months. we talked about this a bit yesterday. and it is the feeling toward romney among the other candidates. which is a level of antip athy which is palpable. and santorum yesterday refused to say, you know, i endorse this guy. god only knows what newt gingrich is doing today.