that chuck hagel stepped away from the foreign policy element back then, and was very adamant. he was for the iraq war before he was against it and then was very vocal about being against the surge in iraq and that s really where some of that back and forth started. then you add on top of that some of the statements that he s being criticized for about israel, and iran, and hamas, and you have some growing concerns on the right from the republican party, and senator lindsey graham has articulated those numerous times. jon: the president managed to, well fracture i guess is a good word for it the republican opposition in the house over the fiscal cliff negotiations. he got some republicans to vote in favor of higher taxes, others won t do so. call me a cynic, but in appointing a republican who is going to raise the ire of his fellow republicans, at least
he kept the chin up, the power chin for him and he was able to turn in to and confront mitt romney. mitt romney was really strong in terms of when he came to talking about in the wheelhouse, the economy. the body language open, strong, very comfortable. the power zones. it s all open toward us. he felt very comfortable and we ll see what happens for him moving forward where he struggled was in the foreign policy element of this. libya and really attacking the president on what he s vulnerable on and his body language, nervous, all over the place. so we ll see if that translates and moves forward in to the final debate for him at his weakest on foreign policy. thank you very much. we ll be working on the power thumb. my hand down. disagreement. s.e. tell the rest of them, hey, wait a minute. hey. i disagree. she does that all the time, chris. she doesn t need help.
has really been a sweet spot for president obama politically. obviously, part of how he beat hillary clinton in the primaries is by being the candidate who was initially against george w. bush s foreign policy, so-called dumb wars. and obviously, the death of osama bin laden under his leadership is a key foreign policy element for him. so now we re hearing a romney adviser that you quote saying that president obama doesn t get it, he s been a disappointment to our heritage, that president obama has a different vision of where america comes from. is that just politics or is there something more insidious in that discourse? right, right, there are legitimate criticisms that could be made about the obama administration s tactics and actions and statements on human rights, but that nots what the romney campaign is going for. they re not going for a nuanced discussion on the promotion of all of these values. they re going for a general, broad theme that obama doesn t
has really been a sweet spot for president obama politically. obviously, part of how he beat hillary clinton in the primaries is by being the candidate who was initially against george w. bush s foreign policy, so-called dumb wars. and obviously, the death of osama bin laden under his leadership is a key foreign policy element for him. so now we re hearing a romney adviser that you quote saying that president obama doesn t get it, he s been a disappointment to our heritage, that president obama has a different vision of where america comes from. is that just politics or is there something more insidious in that discourse? right, right, there are legitimate criticisms that could be made about the obama administration s tactics and actions and statements on human rights, but that nots what the romney campaign is going for. they re not going for a nuanced discussion on the promotion of all of these values.