reputation about the obama campaign policy failures overseas. he didn t say anything like that. with less than two months to go before election day i would normally speak to a gathering like this about the differences between my and my opponent s plans for military and for our national security. there is a time and place for that. but this day is not that. the contrast the differences and criticism but he talked about the policies he thinks are obviously superior than the president s. they didn t steer clear of politics. they took attack ads down in most of the key ground battle states. they nipped at one another s ankles as we see. there was some partisanship or criticism in one of the things mitt romney said in talking