foreign policy. we have the issue of the road map to peace. we ll see how that is brought up in monday s debate too. no good answer on that, right? james, we should talk for 30 minutes on this. oh we obviously could. james traub, thank you so much for your time today. roberts makes his endorsement in the presidential case, plus the earth is warming. the climate clash that has been this campaign s big secret. [ lisa ] my name s lisa, and chantix helped me quit. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn t think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix.
0 it was an a intense study session. we saw as many romney advisers as we ve seen at any of the past debate prep sessions many flying in from boston for today s session. i spoke with rob portman of ohio who is playing the role of barack obama throughout the course of the session. he was in full dress as if this would be a true dress rehearsal for monday s debate. some of the top advisers have insisted they re confident over the course of the three debate there s would be a cumulative effect where they could make their candidate seem like a viable alternative. they think they accomplished that in the first debates. they hope to take advantage of the third debate to draw contrasts on issues, not exclusive to foreign policy, but wider issues like leadership, competence and visions for the future. richard? a lot of people looking forward to monday s debate there. also, the governor has some plans tonight. see not necessarily going to call it a night? reporter: no, you re right. he is o
the president led romney by eight points in that same poll just under a month ago. we ll have more on that a little later in the program. mitt romney may have been hoping to widen that lead with a much anticipated speech at the virginia military institute today that articulated his approach on foreign policy, focusing primarily on u.s. relations in the middle east. the g.o.p. contender portrayed the president as naive in his dealings with our enemies inand enempty with our friends. i know the president hopes for a safer freer and more prosperous middle east applied with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america s greatest power to shape history not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. eliot: romney went on to explain what he would do to assert american leadership. romney: i ll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and al
we ll have more on that a little later in the program. mitt romney may have been hoping to widen that lead with a much anticipated speech at the virginia military institute today that articulated his approach on foreign policy, focusing primarily on u.s. relations in the middle east. the g.o.p. contender portrayed the president as naive in his dealings with our enemies inand enempty with our friends. i know the president hopes for a safer freer and more prosperous middle east applied with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america s greatest power to shape history not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. eliot: romney went on to explain what he would do to assert american leadership. romney: i ll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. i ll support the