romney s to lose, and i think in the end he ll be the candidate. it s been about 72 hours. of course that means we need another debate. susan, we ve got the candidates facing off, another foreign policy debate. they really desperately need to show that they ve got foreign policy knowledge, especially herman cain. yeah, they have to make sure they know all the countries involved in foreign policies and which continents they re on, those are all important things. after that i think you have to see serious conversations probably most of all from newt gingrich, rick santorum, mitt romney and jon huntsman. and i think you re also going to see a lot of them challenge the president in the debate he s currently having with the secretary of defense, leon panetta, who s coming at him saying we can t afford the budget cuts that will happen. so you may see a lot of attacks on the president for that. former governor ed rendell, susan, great to see you this morning. thanks for your time. her
election-driven. september makes no sense whatsoever. it is during the fighting season. either do it earlier in the year or later in the year. his commandders, not one commander had recommended a winding down of the in surgeons in september. why did he do it? because he wants to have something to say in the last weeks of the election i made a promise on afghanistan and i kept it. that s pretty sad. this is all about his re-election. what galls me is he keeps saying over and over again republicans are the ones that put party or nations, elections over the national interests and these are naked examples of him doing exactly what he eye of accuses the republicans of. it s extraordinary well-said. let me ask you one political question. you had harsh words for herman cain, especially on his foreign policy knowledge. the polls that have come out,
election-driven. september makes no sense whatsoever. it is during the fighting season. either do it earlier in the year or later in the year. his commandders, not one commander had recommended a winding down of the in surgeons in september. why did he do it? because he wants to have something to say in the last weeks of the election i made a promise on afghanistan and i kept it. that s pretty sad. this is all about his re-election. what galls me is he keeps saying over and over again republicans are the ones that put party or nations, elections over the national interests and these are naked examples of him doing exactly what he eye of accuses the republicans of. it s extraordinary well-said. let me ask you one political question. you had harsh words for herman cain, especially on his foreign policy knowledge. the polls that have come out,
clayton: secretary of defense. that would be interesting. he has worked with ballistic missiles with the navy but there is criticism of his lack of foreign policy knowledge but he is a quick learner. it will be interesting to sigh because there is a big debate in south carolina tonight. can rick perry buns back from wednesday night? can herman cain ride the wave of being the poll frontrunner. dave: the 90 minute debate is entirely focused on national security and foreign policy, how well will herman cain hold up in and romney? that is not his strength it could be another opportunity for gingrich because lord knows he has a lot extensive knowledge. alisyn: and how will rick perry do, more off the cuff? knox memorize, and gingrich suggested just have town meetings, it would be so
i do not count rick perry out. $15 million is a lot of money to spend in the next little bit over two months between now and iowa. i think that cain probably lacks the organization, the foreign policy knowledge, and the message discipline to sustain this. and by the way perry has started this sort of co-op that he has his own flat tax plan that he put out yesterday. so i think it s interesting right now. it s odd. i am surprised. but i think it s going to tighten up as time goes by. we shall see. karen, putting on your communications strategist hat here, andrew rafferty was just telling all three of us he is starting to shift here maybe closing down some of the opportunities that he had opened up because he was not a front-runner. what do you think? well, because i think they realize that some of those gaffs while charming, when you are at the back of the pack will not keep you as a front-runner. look, at some point herman cain, if he wants to be serious people have to be able to l