he s smart. he s pragmatic. 90% of americans support background checks and can not get that done here. public opinion polls don t always get you where you want sometimes they open the doors. i agree. let me ask you, because you talked about the possibility of obama being a transformational president in the foreign policy area. we can go through country by country. back to egypt, what, if anything, should he be doing differently than what he s doing now, which is not very much obviously, to make it come out the right way and assure his place in history? well, first of all, not to get overly involved publicly, this is a sensitive issue obviously within egypt and american meddling can be extremely counter productive. people don t like medalers and america has gotten the reputation of beak imperialistic. we have to stay back. give it a chance. we gave the brazilian military several chances and they restored democracy in brazil in an important way. the army saved democracy in
congressman ryan. he clearly had a lot of comfort in the foreign policy area. but he did vey bumpy road at the beginning, with the libya question and through the intelligence threw the intelligence community under the bus, saying they didn t have any answers for him in the early days of the attack. congressman ryan felt comfortable tlooked like in the entitlement reform area, most comfortable and had really a good line, when pushing back on vice-president biden on the 47% video, the governor romney 47% videotape, saying, vice-president bideeb, you can understand that sometimes things come out of your mouth the wrong way. yeah, the vice-president made a bit of news there today, saying that it was the intelligence community that told them, according to him, initially, that it was the video that led to the attack on our consulate in benghazi. i mean, he came out explicitly
relaxed and lay playing down congressman ryan. he clearly had a lot of comfort in the foreign policy area, but he did have a bumpy road at the beginning with the libya question and through the intelligence community threw the intelligence community under the bus, saying they didn t have any answers in the early days of the libya a. attack. and congressman ryan felt comfortable looked like he was comfortable in the entitlement reform area, most comfortable and he had a good line when pushing back at vice-president biden attack on the 47% video, governor romney 47% video tape, saying, vice-president biden, you can understand that sometimes things come out of your mouth the wrong way. yeah, the vice-president made a bit of news there, saying it was the intelligence committee that told them, according to him, initially, that it was the video that led to the attack on our consulate, in benghazi. i mean, he came out explicitly and said that the intelligence
she becomes the secretary of state. she had said she didn t want to be vice president, although there were many reports she was on the short list. is she someone who could be on a romney administrations in a romney administration if there is one? absolutely. she s a real trent and what courage she s got and what an intelligent woman. she tells it like it is. she s the kind of leadership we need. i think she d be a great part of a romney administration, especially in the foreign policy area where she hall so much knowledge and expertise. i thought she did an outstanding job, and she just is an example of a lot of the talented people that romney will put in his administration. governor terry branstad, thanks so much. thank you. two tweets today. ann romney told entertainment tonight is her favorite show. thrilled ann romney says modfamiliar is her favorite
president who doesn t believe in american exceptionalism. here his goes again putting down the nation. i i think that sort of statement can be used against him. having said that, he has as we were decision earlier moved his leadership in a stronger direction, in the economic area with the jobs bill, and also in the foreign policy area. to say who s stronger, really to the left of the president on this, so in foreign policy, he s got himself with today s news as well as the afghanistan position in a pretty strong national security position. now, ryan, let me ask you something. we are very concerned about jobs. i don t care who we are in this country. dib durbin today said that there is a we don t have the votes