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Not, senator mccain has the credibility, a war hero, with great experience in washington dealing with foreign policy, how do you think, though, paul ryan did with that? is that turning the page? did that ring true? does that ring as credible saying president obama s foreign policy is unraveling? did that work? there is a time and a place for everything. the day after an ambassador s death is not the time to rush out and hold a press conference in america. and by the way, i said the same thing. well, i thought democrats were shameless during the iraq war. but here we are, how many weeks later? i m asking if it works coming from paul ryan. can i ask you a question? how many weeks later? 2 1/2. 2 1/2 weeks later, i think we re good because what did paul ryan say, willie? he said the response was slow. he said it was confused. and it is. and in the middle of all this, with the middle east going up in flames, the president dismisses it as a bump in the road, i think is now 2 1/2 w ....
For some time both on and off the air, if the president was george w. bush and he had said that the middle east going up in flames was a, quote, bump in the road, george w. bush would have been absolutely skewered by the press. at the same time, is it fair to say that the romney campaign and mitt romney himself have seized upon things too quickly and almost looked a little almost like a dog pulling on someone s leg? they ve been hand-fisted. let me ask you this. they made a mistake. in fact, even internally inside the romney campaign, they know now that the libyan press conference, the day after, they will all tell you, was an absolute mistake, and that showed up in the polls. here s my question, then. because congressman peter king is calling on susan rice to step down, to resign as u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and yesterday, here s the response as they try and move forward and turn the majpage. congressman paul ryan and paul ....
0 because it s not going to end. we thought it was possible at the beginning of this presidential race that there might be a republican knee who would be to the president s left, and we don t have that. we have a guy who is muchly on his right who talks about keeping troops there but not with enough specifics to give people a sense of why and what his plan is. what would be different. i tell what you, there are a lot of small-government conservatives that don t think we should be spending over $2 billion a week in afghanistan, who don t think the president should have tripled down the number of troops when he had a chance to pull back and bring those troops home. a lot of conservatives believe that. i think this is a missed opportunity. well, and foreign policy clearly is going to be an area where mitt romney will want to make a turn in terms of the narrative of the campaign. one other issue that is now coming into the forefront is the benghazi attack and news over the weekend ....
the president. the president says he s going to create a million new manufacturing jobs. he doesn t say how. he says he s going to reduce the long-term debt and deficit by $4 trillion. doesn t say how he s going to do it. you know, let s be fair here. governor romney has laid out a direction and a vision for the direction of this country. he s not an accountant. he s not going to go line by line as much as you d like him to do through the budget. but let s hold the president to the same standard and criticize him as well. good morning, it is monday, october 1st. it s october, everybody. welcome to morning joe. yeah, you know who s glad september s over? who? the jets. holy cow! i thought you were going to say mitt romney. with us on set, we have msnbc and time senior political editor mark halperin and national affairs editor for new york magazine john heilemann. guys. hi, willie. hello. it s not as bad as being a red sox fan, but if you re a jets fan ....
underneath. things are going to shift a little bit as we go through the next few days. we will start to see temperatures come down slightly. we have a couple of hot days before that comes here. so i ll have your forecast coming up, right now back inside. live weather coverage continues now with mike hellgren. mike, take off the jacket. reporter: i know, it s been so hot out here. actually i ve been spending some time in the air- conditioning today. which is what people out here have been doing, the pool has been a very popular place. it s just closing for the day. there s been six deaths in maryland so far this year. much of maryland is under a code red alert. it s not stopping some from enjoying their day off outside. i m the guy that says ice cold, ice cold, and i keep nice ice cold drinks for them. reporter: the numbers are matching deaths all of last year and the summer has just begun. this weather is not to be messed around with, everyone , even if you re ....