candidate made europe part of his campaign tour. and i think that sent a message to america that barack obama understood because of his own background, because of his own travels, because of his own biography that we leave in a global age, and that sent a message that he would help bring america fully into the global age of multicultural, multidimensional thinking. and that was part of his appeal. it hasn t always worked for him, but it s worked for him pretty well on the foreign policy front. he gets quite good marks for foreign policy. his problem is that the enly thing the american people care about right now is the domestic economy. we ll see how the global dimension plays out locally. howard fineman, thank you so very much. thank you. mitt romney attempts to rewrite history with his latest ad. james peterson, john bramnick, and will durst will weigh in on that, and so much more. then, the regrets of a powerful hollywood director. find out how colorado s movie