officials. no one from the government, no one from the intel community. andrea: at the last debate. the libya question came up and he looks at romney for disdain for bringing it up. he said i ll bring him to justice now! kimberly: that is the problem with his foreign policy. reck lest. bob: height of juvenile foreign policy to open your mouth before a foreign policy crisis is over. and people are still alive. you say 90 minutes. that is the mindset of the republicans. libya. the world is a big place. sad thing we lost four people. but in the scheme of people it s a big world. a lot to talk about. romney has andrea: that sounds like the president. dana: i just said that. bob: i know you did. you said, you republicans. bob: you say you
he didn t answer kerry s question at hofstra university when he said what did you do to secure the consulate the previous two times it was attacked? he dropped the ball. the important of why did he cover it up but why did they fail to secure the consulate in the months leading up to it. eric: romney has to asked what did you know, when did you know it? we need answers before november 6. dana: how can romney keep himself out of trouble? but obama has harder time. he has a record to defend. in 2008, i ll close gitmo. now things he promised in 2008 and has not done. he has to answer for the fact under his watch al-qaeda has metastasiseed and become something else.
the debt, the deficit, the $16 trillion, that that is the most national security threat we have more than iran or libya or anywhere nellis the world. but it s a debt that could bring the economy down be. smart for mitt romney to stay that. all i hear to be honest, all i m hearing, libya, iran, to a certain extent a little on the economy from both sides. what we do around our table on the five we d say push it back to economy. it doesn t feel like they will do it. i asked a lot of people about bob schieffer across the board, both sides of the aisle. fair. he will go at it fairly and move the debate the way he wants to. it doesn t get better than bob schieffer. bob: good point. if romney were to come out with a statement we ought to show strength there our leadership ability and the reaganesque thing, what if somebody says to him what are you going to do about it?
got hit. this is romney s to lose. there is a big unemployment number coming out november 2. if romney does well. doesn t step on any land mines and bring the economy back to unemployment they feel it s his race to lose. dana: that is perfect segue to my question. if romney were to explain youtant get in details about everything. but can he make a case that a stronger economic america under his leadership makes it stronger leader in the world an able to utilize the super power to further peace and strength and bring down the national debt? that would be the key to winning this, to say the economic strength ensures our national security. eric: absolutely. great point. a lot of people said on the left said with the extent of
more money and time and meetings in it. we were involved in two wars and public is not interested in us getting involved in more. andrea: you sant kay that when you refuse to put boots on the ground and lead from behind. why put boots on the ground in libya. ridiculous. that would be ridiculous. slaughter. i m not agreeing or disagreeing with you. be the argument never holds up. bob: i wish you didn t hear the words boots on the ground. we have enough boots that should come home. greg: romney was governor of massachusetts he didn t bomb vermont and he wanted to.