is better to be here ready to protect the peace than to take blind shelter across the sea rushing to respond only after freedom is lost. we love the way back machine here on it s also, it s a lot easier to give a speech when it s cloudy than it is when it s bright. yeah. for sure. i think the most striking thing just comparing the moments is the state of ronald reagan s republican party. what i mean, president biden, as you said, no fan in the 80s for the reagan policy, but the republican party and the standard bear donald trump, has a completely different view of america s place in the world. that is also front and center in this presidential campaign. so i think overall, if you talk to biden advisers and people who are close to him, they want him to be strong. they said strength is key to reelection. but what s unclear to me if foreign policy strength is actually as helpful on the domestic stage as it once was, because the foreign
administration. i have served in previous administrations, including ronald reagan s, and you never saw this kind of incompetence you re seeing in this administration, and i think that has a lot of people scared. and back to the supreme court because you brought it up. i have talked to republicans who are in touch with the president who say it will be hard for democrats to vote against a woman. true or false? false. i think it depends on look, ultimately, democrats want to see roe v. wade protected. we know the three finalists we ll find out tomorrow night who that person is all three of those people oppose roe v. wade. so that s where the real issue is. regardless of gender for democrats, we want to make sure we protect roe v. wade in every chance we can. jeff? in terms of the competence of this administration, those of us who have a more progressive outlook, the one bright spot in this administration, they have been largely incompetent in getting anything passed. this i
i want to bring in cnn contributor frank bruni of the new york times. nicholas kristof, also a new york times columnist. let s talk about all these problems at the white house. as we talk about all the problems there, the white house handling of the porter story, there are big-picture implications here. this is in the new york times tonight, a paper you both work for. it says, according to a report by mr. tenpass, mr. trump s 34% turnover rate is his first year, in his first year, is more than three times as high as president barack obama s in the same period, and twice as high as president ronald reagan s, which until now was the modern record holder. of 12 positions deemed most central to the president, only five are filled by the same person as when mr. trump took office. that is very unsettling, nick
speech at vmi yesterday and we ll go from there. america must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might. no friend of america will question our commitment to support them. no enemy that attacks america will question our resolve to defeat them. no one anywhere friend or foe will doubt america s capability to back up our words. martha: ambassador do you agree with charles krauthammer in terms of what mitt romney s goal was yesterday with that speech? i think governor romney was trying to convey that his foreign policy will rest on essentially the same views as ronald reagan s, that the way you achieve america s objectives in the world without unnecessary conflict is by dealing from a position of strength. this is a so-called peace through strength doctrine. i think what charles was saying is that obama has a very different view, that for obama
of this matters. because momentum will fade. mr. beckel. of course it matters. why are you putting words in my mouth. call this election over and give it to romney. bill: like convention bounces momentum will fade. those aren t my words. those are my words in my preinterview which i had to do for you to have the stuff to ask, right on. let me put it this way. romney had a terrific night. obama mailed it in on obviously. when andrea talks about intensity, quite true. romney did stir up his base. now democrats raised $152 million in one month. a lot last week. they know they re in trouble. intensity will increase. number two, election were held today, obama would still win and bounce for romney would fade. three, obama had expectations were so high, romney s was so low, no way obama would win that anyway even if he had a good night.