now we are done with foreign policy debate and we can focus on the economy. eric: it took me 30 minutes to figure out that is what is going on. especially when mitt romney wanted to answer one of the questions early. first, only five minutes on libya. then they went to 12 to 13 minutes on syria. because he let schieffer move them on, he didn t do that when he was arguing with let s say lehrer or even crowley. he didn t do that. it s clear that the attention was to come up, presidential states like. dana: add one little thing? it was very smart. you know that president obama in debate prep spent all this time thinking about lib yeah. figuring out all the things he would say on libya. what did we say when? romney said he that is why he didn t do it. he knew he would be ready for that answer. i think that oh, how dare you moment happened the last time. it probably rattled romney a little bit.
from day one, campaign that played it safe. this is how they operate for a while. i also think that they realize president obama is in the soup on this one. he really is in trouble. mired with questions. in politics they always say if your opponent is committing suicide, just get out of the way. bob: amazing to hear you say this now. you, you, you, all said ought to make it libya from the beginning. now you re saying gee, what a smart measured move. dana: it was smart. bob: the only reason was he didn t get into it, because obama is right about it. romney is wrong. if this is going to make a bit of voting difference at all. like i said, from the beginning. we had to carry it every day. eric: as a poller, is f he is polling ahead does it make sense to step in on libya at all? bob: you thought it did. dana: what we re saying that romney is smarter than all of us. what you want in the president, you want your president to be smarter than you. have a cooler head.
andrea: we want him to go to that place. t him greg: understand, bob said obama is doing great on libya. that s the reason he shouldn t talk about it. does that make sense? dana: sure. greg: bob, what is your favorite moment? bob: my favorite moment, run it up here quickly. romney s entire strategy according to charles krauthammer. got it? i congratulate him on taking out usama bin laden and going after the leadership in al-qaeda. would you have stuck with mubarak? no. i believe as the president indicated and said at the time i supported his action there. it s also essential for to us understand what our mission is iran. crippling sanctions were number one. and they do work. you re seeing eight rye now in the economy. it s the right thing to do to have crippling sanctions. i don t blame the administration for the fact that the relationship with pakistan is strained. it s widely reported that drones are used and drone strikes. it support that entirely. feel the pres
greg: this is president obama talking about russia. something. governor romney, i m glad that you recognize al-qaeda is a threat. a few month months ago you were asked what is the biggest geopolitical threat facing america you said russia. not al-qaeda. you said russia. the 1980s are calling to ask for the foreign policy back. the cold war has been over for 20 years. greg: president obama, the 1990s call and they want something from the past called joke back. dana: call waiting and it was the jerk store. greg: nicely done! andrea: they also want the mom jeans back. greg: i would been a that. iwould ban that. dana: you know they planned it for him to say it whole time. he had to get it in there. andrea: forced zinger. dana: this is a gaffe but basically encapsulates what many people think is wrong with the current question, the way he presents things.
four years? dana: i always want chris christie on my side. if you wonder why president obama should get another four years the answer is all the shiny new 20-page booklet that president obama, his campaign released today. they printed 3.5 million copy of the plan. basically, no reporter that covers the campaign was fooled in terms of thinking this is a new thing. was that strike? eric: i thought it was great. literally, president obama cut him off. he went to education and teachers and firefighters. mitt said bob schieffer asked him about the economy. no, talk about teachers again. very strange. mitt was looking for no confrontation last night. i would like to have seen more on the economy.