between them now. it s lower taxes and smaller government and the ryan budget. they ve actually melded nicely, but what happens here at election time is that some of these moderates are going to get left out in the cold, if not lose on election day. martin cady, thank you so much from politico. thank you. now the for the news nation political postscript. it was dominated by coverage of the second presidential debate, which everyone agreed the president needed to win. going into the debate it was secretary of state hillary clinton who grabbed headlines with her statement about the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. take a listen. i take responsibility, i m in charge of the state department. secretary clin ton has done n extraordinary job. she works for me and i m the president and i m always responsible. you said in the rose garden the day after the attack it was an act of terror? is that what aur saying. please proceed, governor. i want to make sure we get that fo