were important. but the reality is, we re actually extremely isolated today. you look at the dissident movement in iran, which we didn t stand by. you look at the movement in syria which we didn t stand by. there are governments in central and eastern europe whose reaction to telling president obama medvedev, don t worry, in a second term i ll have more flexibility. the message that sends to a lot of countries and dissident movements around the world is that we are with you. and i would say we are more isolated. dan, don t you think that s a losing argument, that barack obama is weak? because any time on foreign policy. don t you think that s a losing argument for mitt romney and he should just focus the economy? first of all, i think there s a connection between the economy and our foreign policy. one thing that vice president biden didn t focus on we re deeper in debt, yet. our capacity to lead around the world, our capacity to be strong around the world in every
in my view, the last thing we need is a president who believes that he can subcontract our foreign policy to experts at the state department, and for that matter, any other department or agency. that kind of thinking may work for a ceo but i assure you it will not and cannot work for a president. and it will not work for a commander in chief. what do you think? i mean, we like joe, right? we like joe. that s a tough sell. you ve got barack obama, a glorified state senator, elected president after kind of a record now. well, no, i m talking about at the time. all right, fine. he s trying to say that a guy with mitt romney s experience is going to have to sub it out to the state department? it s really a tough sell. and in fact, i think you talk about silly season, the fact is mitt romney s being, i think,
but those 30-second ads are coming into their homes every night. and they will. and, again, please don t get me wrong. i m not judging the president for going on fallon. i thought it was hilarious. we are just trying to figure out whether this will work, and i think it may. ok. i also think we ought to talk about the other things he s been doing this week in order to give equal time and importance to the things that matter instead of spending 10 minutes on this ad the whole show is a three-hour ad for the president. jeez, come on. sam, be quiet. coming up former governor buddy roemer will be here. also, we ll talk to the moderator of meet the press, david gregory. the washington post s eugene robinson, and former snl cast member rachel dratch. i can t wait.
means by a very different policy, he should tell the american people. he should say so. otherwise, the governor s tough talk about military action is just that, talk. president obama has said, and i quote, now is the time to let our increased pressure sink in and to sustain the broad international coalition we have built. now is the time to heed the timeless advice from teddy roosevelt, speak softly and carry a big stick. end of quote. i promise you, the president has a big stick. i promise you. all righty then. what a way to start a friday morning. it s friday, april 27. and welcome to morning joe. thank you, joe biden. thank you for that. he always delivers. he does. always. he has a way to go right to the line. and then pull back. with us on set, we have the
a double shot of you and donny deutsch with his ascot. so here is donny deutsch talking about who is out of touch that s my scarf. gene, i m sorry. i didn t mean to interrupt. no. i think donny is rocking the ascot at the moment. see? that s a pulitzer prize winner, by the way. i m going to have to burn that scarf now. it s better than the arafat shawl he had on earlier. jeffrey sachs, obviously, the fight is over is going to be over the economy for the most part. how does that ad play in battle ground states? look, it s a great ad. but i don t think that it s going to do what it wants to do politically, which is to shift young people to the romney camp. because obama s basically saying, we re going to support you, we re going to help you through school. that doesn t try and shift it. that s like basically saying,