eric: the right, the left seems to take apart romney saying binders, that is important. but president obama saying not optimal about four dead bob: do you think that kimberly: murdered americans are totally preventable. i think the american people care about it. you have to respect that. greg: it s more about the choice of words is that jon stewart used. if the shoe were on the other foot, if romney was involved in this, he would be crucif crucifyed. bob: big bird and binders. i d have the same reaction if bob schieffer wasted time on big bird and binders as optimal. the idea this is preventable is unsubstantiated. dana: i don t think that eric is suggesting that bob schieffer should ask about
16 trillion. president put a stamp on relations with the church. there have been awkward moments. the president pulled pope benedict aside to share advice how to deal with his critics. look, holy father, whatever the problem, is just blame it on pope john paul ii. dana: both of the speeches for romney and president obama were run live last night on hannity. we were cracking up. did you like it? kimberly: i loved it. very entertaining. both were great. fun to see them where they weren t adversarial. both are feeling loose after the rumble, showdown. dana: speeches are not easy to give. bob: but the jokes were set up for the last month-and-a-half. they get the writers and comedians. hard to have a bad speech. like convention. davi dana: i don t know, if it falls flat in comedy it can be bad. greg: you know that story. it was weird to see so many
that is what i read? that is not correct. kimberly: you know, imagine if michelle obama had been on. the reception is different, right? yeah. chilly in there in the studio. it didn t need to be. the great thing, republicans have to come more prepared than anybody else. in credibility deficit. romney was able to correct misperception and show herself to be gracious and dignified. it was great. bob: whoopie was trying to make the point romney didn t serve in military. dana: neither did obama. bob: i m not agreeing with it. he is didn t do her homework. bob: i was agreeing for once. next, me. right now, the house of representatives, 240 republicans. 190 democrats. 14 of the 26 are tea party backed candidates. they have distinguished themselves by being out of the main stream, way far right.
battleground poll on monday. 47 to 45% romney leading obama on catholics. amongst active catholics, churchgoing, 39 to 36%. obama won by plus nine. in 2008, romney up plus one in 12. that matters big-time in ohio. leonard leo runs a catholic organization there. it could make a difference in ohio. either way. bob: it could make a difference; particularly, in the democratic strong hold. if the numbers come out correctly eric: point of order here. this is supposed to be a lightning round. you get a minute, i get a minute. greg: five seconds. dana: your turn is over now. greg: he expressed frustration over calling his dad a liar and wanted to take a swing at the president in jest. now talk to the host, larry
i say to schieffer, be quiet. follow jim lehrer and let them talk. talk bob: schieffer is one of the best and sage people around hecht has been around for a long, long time. he has done this before. i think he will stay out of the way. he took notice of what happened to candy. but here is an issue. he is going to ask the questions. he is making them up. outside of libya, obama has every advantage in this. i don t think romney has a clue about foreign policy. dana: i disagree. some of the times i ve been most impressed with mitt romney going through the primary competition with the other republicans, i thought on foreign policy. he has studied it. prepare for it in 2008 as well. he has kept getting briefed through that time. interestingly, i think that that libya moment, ended up working in romney s favor. because on the intensity side of thing, you look at the