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CSPAN Washington Journal October 23, 2012

The numbers to call you can send an email cspan journal. Org. You can make a comment on twitter. Cnn obama wins final debate. But does it matter . Three debates down and two weeks of campaigning to go. Obama puts mitt romney on the defensive. On Foreign Policy on monday night. Analysts giving him the victory in the final poll. Now the candidates at the road for the final sprint to election day. Focusing on battleground states considered still up for grabs and therefore vital. Obama kicks off his America Forward toure on tuesday with events in florida and ohio. But live on cspan. There will be joined by joe biden. While mr. Romney and his running mate are presented the Paul Ryan Campaign in nevada and colorado. Those, too, on cspan. Cnn poll of people that watched the debate should 40 favored obama compared to 40 for mitt romney. Results considered statistically even under the margin of error. That is from cnn this morning. Here is the headline in roll call obama attacks mitt romney. Obama struck an aggressive tone from the start. Repeatedly ripping into the gop nominee as unreliable and reckless. First call comes on our support mitt romney the. This is jim in new castle, delaware. What did you think of the debate . Mitt romney never challenged him on how to the American People about the whole situation in benghazi. Which is just disgusting. Mitt romney never made him confront the idea of the whole muslim spring as the biggest problem that we have. And he never really backed up the fact that the renewed russian expansion as a problem. And obama is just smog and smirky. It just sickens me. But i think mitt romney is going to come off more to the point that he wants. I think for the undecideds. Not really understand, i cannot understand where they are undecided by now. I think he did a better job. He just said what people wanted to hear. But as my opinion. Host role reversal. President obama and mitt romney reversed roles in monday evenings third and final president ial debate. The incumbent fought with the challengers on the gop nominee mostly avoided heated disagreement, except to make jobs on the economy. If obama looked too late romney out on the canvas and the republican preferred a rope a dope strategy, neither candidate was wholly successful. That is in the hill newspaper. Here is politico, president ial debate 2012, seven takeaways. Who won . There was far from a consensus on who won in the hours after it ended. Two polls give obama in clear edge. Withs aides were elated his performance was what which was aggressive from the get go. It is not a surprise that obama was aggressive. He clearly believe the based on what he had seen in the polls that he needed to be anti did win on points, scoring some clear arguments against romney on pure policy ground and getting out is precanned lines. Many republicans and some neutral commentators believe mitt romney held its own in a difficult format. His aides think he passed the test. And obama did not disqualify him. That is politico this morning. Up next is garrison and taxes on our support obama line. What did you think of last nights debate . Caller i thought it was pretty much even. I am a firsttime voter. Attentionbeen paying a lot to what was going on. Each candidate came with a lot of what i like. They went to specifics on what they would do for Foreign Policy which i havent heard a lot of a before this debate. I think it laid out some groundwork. Host or you go to school . Caller texas a m university. I studied mechanical engineering. Host the daily president ial tracking poll this is from monday. Daily president ial tracking poll from monday. That is just a little bit. David in virginia on our support governor romney line. How did your candidate do last night . Caller i think he did well on substance. That is all that matters. Host and what else is there besides substance . Caller besides substance you have an edge. I am a Firm Believer in that image is not all that important when it comes to politics. I think substance speaks for itself. Numbers, percentages, the truth. Host is Foreign Policy important to you as a voter . Caller absolutely it is important. And i think that governor romney made some good points last night in the debate. So, in my opinion i think that he came off with more substantial data. Host what is your enthusiasm level in this election . Caller i feel pretty good about it. But i think that governor romney, being at 49 right now, that is a pretty good shot. I think we will be looking for a new president. Host that was david in portsmouth, virginia. This is from our facebook, at page. Obama 1, mitt romney lost. Just cant win. Mitt romney endorsed obama last night and i for once i agree with mitt. In california, a supporter of president obama. Caller how were you . Thank you for taking my call. Host what did you think of the debate . Caller i think mitt romney endorsed president obama. He put his arms around him and agreed with all of his Foreign Policy. After 47 years trashing everything he had been doing. Last night he said, i agree with everything you are doing president obama. You are awesome. I agree with that. For those undecided people, the only question i have to ask themselves why is mitt romney 30 points behind in his own home state . He is to go to a free point and have them help them save their money. He has a reallife scenario right of their purity can tell the whole world that he really wants to save american jobs and help those people in freeport. They have been begging for him to come there and help them. That is the real story that is in real time. And by the way, obama did help people in freeport. He did that china thing to keep their tires from going over there. He saved 1000 jobs in freeport. All you ought to do is look of freeport, ill. And you can compare the two men. Mitt romney doesnt care about those people, and obama saved on thousand jobs in the same city. There you go, america. We do not have to guess anymore. Caller here are some other twitter comment. Genuses, too much about middle east and israel. One of the greatest threats to the United States is drugs coming across the border. And 30 more minutes and mitt romney would have been endorsing president obama. And just says the potus should poise in the class. And finally, bill says obama wins hands down. But i do not believe debates matter the most. Mathieu in kentucky on our support mitt romney line. Are you with us . Please go ahead and make your comment. Caller i was calling to support mitt romney. I am in kentucky where we actually produce coal. I know we have been out here and we have lost jobs due to shipping coal and selling its overseas and everything. We are looking at over thousands of the men that are out of work here, that have taken money from our home state in the kentucky and virginia and West Virginia. And i think that being able to produce our own energy here through the cold instead of forcing to take the jobs over what help us. Host are you involved in coal industry . Caller yes i am. Host what do you do . Caller underground coal mining. Host are you still working . Caller no, sir. That was mathew. Thank you for your time. The huffington post. Chief in command it says. And here is the washington post. Obama presses attack in debate on Foreign Policy. And final clash, a cautious mitt romney. The last of their three debates was supposed to be Foreign Policy. But both but romney and obama talkedabout the issues most important to voters, jobs, the economy. At several points Bob Schieffer tried to bring them back to Foreign Affairs and National Security, but sometimes to no avail. And it goes on to say here that mr. Romney got more assertive as the evening went on, throughout the debate obama seemed eager and ready to take the fight to his opponent. At times he offered pointed criticism of his policy, obama glared directly at him. Romney central critique was that the president has been weak in the face of a rising tide of chaos. The challenger responded by saying, attacking me as not talking about how we are like to deal with the challenges that exist in the middle east. But obama press his case that his world view for the domestic front are not just wrong but also rooted in the past. Years a little bit from the present last night. [video clip] i am glad you recognize that alqaida is a threat. If you want to go when you are past with the biggest threat is facing america, you said russia. Not alqaida. The 1980s are now calling back for their Foreign Policy. Because the cold war has been over for 20 years. But when it comes to Foreign Policy, you seem to want to import the Foreign Policy of the 1980s. Just like the social policies of the 1950s and economic policies of the 1920s. Use a not interested in duplicating what happened in iraq. But just a few weeks ago you said you think we should have more troops in iraq. And the challenge we have, i know you have not been in a position to actually execute Foreign Policy. But every time you of offered an opinion, you have been wrong. He said we should have gone into iraq, despite the fact that there were no weapons of mass destruction. Use it was a still of troops into iraq to this day. You indicated that we should not be passing Nuclear Treaties with russia, despite the fact that 71 senators, democrats and republicans voted for it. You said that first, we should not have a timeline in afghanistan. Then you should said we should. Which means not only were you wrong, but you are confusing in sending mixed messages to our troops and our allies. What we need to do with respect to the middle east is strong, steady leadership. Not wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map. Unfortunately, that is the kind of opinion to a offered throughout this campaign. And it is not a recipe for americans for keeping america safe. I do not concur with what the president said about my own record and the things i have said. They do not happen to be accurate. But i can say this. We are talking about the middle east. And how to help the middle east reject the kind of terrorism we are seeing and rising tide of confusion. And attacking me is not agenda. But talking me as not how we are going to deal with the situations in the middle east. And stem the tide of this violence. I will respond to a couple things you mentioned. Russia i indicated is a geopolitical foe. Is a geopolitical foe. I said in the same paragraph i said iran is the greatest National Security threat we face. Russia does continue to battle us in the un time and time again. I have clear eyes on this. I am not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia. And i am not quite as a i will be more flexibility after the election. After the election he will get more backbone. With regards to iraq, you and i agreed and believed there should have been a status of forces agreement. Host and this picture in the washington post. This is one of mitt romneys grandsons. And if you pull it out from you can see he is shaking hands and talking with president obama. Next call comes from cleveland, ohio. Good morning. What did you think of last nights debate . Caller i thought it was interesting. But what i would like for people to understand is that the role, i know people are voting for mitt romney because they feel it is business experience is valuable. But the role of business is not it is increased profit. Profit is the goal of business, not employees. The profit is to reduce employees and keep wages low. That is not going to be useful in terms of growing jobs. And also, the governments role he is always talking about how government does not create jobs. But i would like to know how white is running for government jobs. The presidency is part of the government feared that is an oxymoron. Host how close we have you been following this campaign . How closely . Calle caller very closely. Living in ohio, we have been inundated with ads. What scares me about governor romney, i have no idea what you are really believes or who he really is. And that frightens i would like to know how you stance, truly, so i can make the real decision. But with him, he is kind of forcing me to choose the other side. Because i do not know who he is. Host what you do for a living . Caller i work and health care. A work of a hospital. Host what you think of the Health Care Act that the past . Caller as a hospital worker, and it was absolutely necessary. I see the ball, not be able to pay their bills. I see how not having insurance has broken families. Because they do not have the funds to support the. I think a lot of americans, did not sit up close, did not understand the importance of having health care. As a human being, people ought to of health care as a right. I am in support of the bill. Host last nights debate was sent the boy on Foreign Policy. Caller it was. Host you brought up the economy. We talked a little about health care as well. And the Foreign Policy issues out there that moves your needle . Caller the Foreign Policy situation is very difficult right now. The truth is, our economics equation was not just our Economic Situation but a global situation. And a lot of what we are seeing in terms of the arab spring and other things that happened over in europe, all the protests, all the stuff is connected. I did as unrealistic for people to believe that an four years. A fix a problem that was really not just an american problem but a global come economic problem. In terms of Foreign Policy, mitt romney scares me. I have no idea what he really thinks. First he says he would increase our involvement in the wars. Then he basically mimics obama last night, i am not really sure where he stands. That frightens me. The president , theres a lot of power there. I have no idea, no sense of what direction which direction he would take us and a. Host hold on one moment. I am going to give vince on the other line. Caller i think he did a fantastic job duty laid out the future for america purity pointed out what he would do in a mitt romney administration. I am a college kid. And i believe that he has the right experience for the right time. Host what is the issue that moves you will . Caller the economy. We need a president s has the right experience and the right knowledge of how to get jobs in this country to move us forward. Host you heard vince said he heard a clear message . Caller and i am asking people to look beyond the words and behavior in the past actions. Even if you are looking at his words, again, one minute he is as wanting another minute he says something else. Terms of college, mitt romney. The plan actually takes money away from education. I have heard Mitt Romney Campaign into one student who asked about College Loans and a kind of thing that he should borrow money from his parents. That is really not an action as far as i am concerned for some was truly going to support funding education. He is saying it now. But what was using a few months ago . A totally different story host vinc. Host vince . Caller i think mitt romney has a way of coming across where he lays out his plan. Sometimes i think people do not give them enough credit. I do believe he does care about education. But he has a different way of a platform that he will sit down with colleges and lay out a platform that everybody can understand because the School Systems theres something wrong with our colleges and our k12 system that needs to be restructured. Host what are you studying . Caller Political Science and computers. To school . Ere you go caller Santa Rosa Community college. Host thank you for speaking with us. We of the comment from joe. And he says that romney. Appeared much more experienced in Foreign Policy but it is clear that obama hasnt learned much in the past four years. Next call from the bowery valerie support obama line. Caller he gave me more confidence and i already had. And moved from michigan four years ago when it was really out of whack. All of the auto plants were closing. General motors, chrysler. I have family members that work for those plants that were fortunately at retirement. They were not really affected by it. People were losing jobs. At a business there. I had to shut it down because most of my clientele were the teachers, although industry workers, and so on. I feel as though president obama has really laid the foundation for the Auto Industry and workers. I moved from michigan to bowling green, ky to find work. My boyfriend i met here, he is a General Motors employee. And a lot of his coworkers have moved from kansas city, louisiana. And reading the solidarity report from General Motors, the uaw president stipulated in an article that was written, where mitt romney said that we should go bankrupt. That was the case and president obama did not come in and make the necessary decisions that he had to make an order to save all of the jobs that people have today, where would our economy be . In just four or five months ago, they opened 200 new jobs and louisville, ky. Goes on and on. The president goes on and on about how he has implemented plans to get our own solar energy going and get a spot on the map and not retrospect. Basically, theres a plant right now being built. I did not know what america knows theres a plan being built in clarksville, tennessee. A solar plant. But construction started maybe about two years ago. My daughters husband was one of the workers that worked on at the site, doing the work there. They moved to village to do that work. From my perspective, president obama has stood very stern and strong. I have a niece and two net use that have been employed over 1. 5 years ago in detroit and a chrysler plant. Which they are coming back to light. My town, my city was a ghost town.

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