timidity. they all use the same words. who s writing those talking points? the king of the neocons said we need a muscular foreign policy. the last time they did this, when romney called him an appeaser, obama came out and said tell that to osama bin laden and the 15 leaders of al qaeda i ve taken off the field. the notion that this guy is somehow appeasing our enemies is so preposterous. do you think they have polled on this, the neocons, they figure after the embarrassment of iraq, a war they wanted to fight. they wanted to fight the war. george w. wanted to fight it, and the vice president wanted to fight it. they all wanted to fight it. okay. they decided that we have sort of forgotten that, and now they re coming back. bolton is back, kristol is back. do you think do the think it s time for more rousing? when they say retaliation, their idea of retaliation after 9/11, steve, was going into iraq. retaliation. what does that mean? i have never gotten the
timidity. they all use the same words. who s writing those talking points? the king of the neocons said we need a muscular foreign policy. the last time they did this, when romney called him an apiecer, obama came out and said tell that to osama bin laden and the 15 leaders of al qaeda i ve taken off the field. the notion that this guy is somehow appeasing our enemies is so preposterous. do you think they have polled on this, the neocons, they figure after the embarrassment of iraq, they wanted to fight the war. george w. wanted to fight it, and the vice president wanted to fight it. they all wanted to fight it. okay. they decided that we have sort of forgotten that, and now they re coming back. bolton is back, kristol is back. when they say retaliation, their idea of retaliation after 9/11, steve, was going into iraq. retaluation. what does that mean? i have never gotten the impression that their world
boehner falls into the category of this is just an extension of what the republican playbook of politics by the way, where is he golfing? his spokesman trashes the president of the united states on a global issue. where is boehner? maybe he wants to keep distance. it s red meat he s taking for the base, but he s not officially saying it himself, but we have seen the story on the domestic front a lot, like if obama is for it, we re against it, and we re going to find what principle justifies our opposition. let s go back to the world of common sense. americans are incredibly rational, except maybe some tea party people. they see putin, look him in the face, and say this guy is not a good guy. he s got thumb screws in the basement somewhere. you don t know what he s doing with the kgb. he s for syria, we re not. he doesn t want to help us with iran. we re at a war with iran. name an issue.
guys. they certainly didn t believe in mitt romney. i think they re going to run a true believer next time. what do you think, looking across the aisle? i hope they run a true believer. i hope ted cruz will be nominated because the votes obama got last time will be the starting point if he s nominated. let me tell you why it s not ted cruz because occasionally, you have to smile once in a while. you have to occasionally crack a smile. he doesn t do that. john, great to have you on, and steve, thank you. i think we re getting to the point where all agree. what patriots these republicans are. they re grateful that president obama canceled his summit with vladimir putin, not because they think it s good for the country but because they get to call it a foreign policy failure, just like they called getting along with putin timid. this president can t win on that side. also, president obama goes on leno last night, and who comes up? hillary. reince priebus wants to take on cnn and n
you said in the rose garden, the day after the attack, it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration. is that what you re saying? please proceed, governor. i want to make sure we get that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi an act of terror. get the transcript. he did in fact, sir. let me call it an act of terror. he did call it an act of terror. wow. we re back. that was president obama and mitt romney colliding in an exchange over benghazi in thaen october 16th second presidential debate. the washington post the dean of washington political reporters is out with his new book about the campaign. called collision 2012, obama versus romney and the future of elections in america. the pendulum is swinging in the republican party now. will they try another establishment type like romney or dole or mccain or christie or jeb bush, or will the party go