closer to the speech he most certainly did. she said isis had to be beaten and destroyed and she said air strikes are great but those air strikes have to be followed up by boots on the ground. it didn t sound anything like barack obama. it sounded like the hillary clinton most people have known for the past 20 years. some specifics like the no fly zone although she did suggest a speeded up and effort, not a lot of specifics about the kind of coalition and mission on the ground. some specifics, separation from the president and more black and white red rick. less gray than you hear from some in fact administration for sure. no doubt about it. with us now from new york member of the armed services and homeland securitys republican congresswoman martha. she s a retired united states air force kernel. also with us, bbc correspondent.
didn t sound anything in that room like it did on television. i was on tv you were like whoa. i was in that room last night, and i watched that speech from a couple hundred yards away and imt not watching it on the big monitor and watching the podium and i m listening to the crowd and i m saying to myself she had that crowd as fired up. that place was loud, and that was an early speech. it was only when i got back afterwards on television, i said on television, it s a completely different experience when you actually see her face. ffs funny watching it, the mixed reactions on twitter. the moment that surprised me the most last night was john kerry. where has he been all my life? too bad he didn t run in 04. we have a match-up of the two speeches. let s take a look. i want to address these next words directly to president george w. bush. in the weeks ahead let s be
episode of madmen. after all, mitt romney s the guy who said corporations are people. no, governor romney, corporations are not people. listen to every other speech that you ve heard at this convention. it doesn t sound anything like bill clinton. bill clinton didn t attack bain, didn t attack business, didn t talk about abortion, didn t talk about gay marriage. he s talking about he s speaking like it s 1999. it s going to come down to ten states. some of them have a lot of people who are in the middle, who are authentically undecided. so what s the work at the dnc this week? a pitch to the middle or throwing a bone to the base? let s ask howard fineman. welcome, howard. hi, glad to be with you. good to have you. what are people going to remember from this dnc? is it going to be the so-called
she waubs the walk. she lives the issues so she pulled that speech off last night in night. no doubt she does. she reflects the democratic party of today and this convention. i agree with everything you said about the bill clinton speech. here s where i disagree, it s not going to move an election. might move everybody on this set today. it s not going to make a big difference. it s barack obama versus mitt romney. such sturdy wisconsin midwest logic. from the democratic party of today. listen to every other speech you ve heard at this convention. doesn t sound anything like bill clinton. bill clinton didn t attack bain, capitalism, didn t talk about abortion, gay marriage. he s talking about his he s speaking like it s 1999 and no doubt that resonates. talk about the speeches. outside of prime time, it sounds like you re saying what we said last segment, this is a very
matter, penn state university. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. but first, a stunning new shift in the republican race for the presidency. our new polls shows gingrich gained 14 points since october. that puts him in a virtual tie for the lead with mitt romney. herm yan can dropped 11 points. that puts him in a battle for third place right now with rick perry. ron paul and michele bachmann follow with jon huntsman and rick santorum rounding out the field. herman cain s plunge comes as he struggled with allegations of sexual harassment going back pour than a decade. now herman cain s wife is speaking out, but she isn t the only one. cnn s joe john says tracking the latest developments for us. and there have been many joe, what s the late snef. with herman cain losing status in the polls, the latest person to talk about the sexual harassment controversy happens to be a man. it is a case in the court of public opinion where proof, illusive. herman cain says