with all due respect, that s a bunch of malarky reporter: why s that so? that s not true. reporter: be specific. i will be very specific. the lect our embassy security, the congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. number 1. so much for the embassy security piece. number 2, governor romney, before he knew the facts, before he even knew that our ambassador was killed, he was out making a political statement, panned by the media around the world. and this talk about this this weakness i don t understand what my friend s talking about here. this is a president who has gone out and done everything he has said he was going to do. this is a guy who has repaired our alliances so the rest of the world follows us again. this is a guy who brought the entire world, including russia and china to bring about the most devastating, most
with just 25 days left until the election. would you cut me off? i would feel more comfortable. what? the question is was this debate a significant game-changer? abc s karen travers in danville, kentucky, with more. hi, karen. reporter: good morning, rob and paula. last night s debate covered a wide range of topics in 90 minutes. both vice president biden and congressman paul ryan came in ready for battle and made their arguments. no surprise here in kentucky. both sides are claiming victory. reporter: both vice president biden and congressman paul ryan aggressively challenged the other ticket s positions. it began on foreign policy and last month s attack on the american consulate in libya. ryan slammed the administration for a slow response. it took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. with all due respect, that s a bunch of malarky. reporter: ryan said the obama administration allowed iran to get closer to obtaining a nuclear weapo
finally somebody is cracking down on big bird. so you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving big bird. meanwhile, the big-name surrogates were out throwing haymakers on the campaign trail. here s old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? i missed you all these last two years. let s get you the plane ticket back to chicago you ve earned. and the veep boys. after some intense warm-up were scrapping in kentucky. it has never been done before. it s been done a couple of times, actually. jack kennedy lowered. now you re jack kennedy. mr. vice president, i know you re under a lot of duress, but i think people would be better served if we don t keep interrupting each other. well, don t take all the four minutes, then. that s a bunch of malarky. less than four weeks till election day, and two candidates wishing they could close the sale as well as this guy does.
home and around the world. with just 25 days left until the election. would you cut me off? i would feel more comfortable? what? was this debate a significant game changer, abc s karen travers in danville, kentucky with more. hi, karen. reporter: good morning, rob and paula. last night s debate covered a wide range of topics in 90 minutes. both vice president biden and congressman paul ryan came in ready for battle and made their arguments. no surprise here in kentucky. both sides are claiming victory. reporter: both vice president biden and congressman ryan aggressively challenged the other ticket s positions. it began on foreign policy and last month s attack on the american consulate in libya. ryan slammed the administration for a slow response. it took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. with all due respect, that is a bunch of malarky. reporter: ryan said the obama administration allowed iran to get closer to obtaining a nuclear
planning on popping it during the boring moments and there weren t any, you re going to have to wait until the commercial break because there s more. vice president joe biden and paul ryan did just wrap up about 30 minutes ago. the obama campaign heading into tonight said they needed a strong performance from vice president biden tonight. by pretty much all accounts they got one. the fireworks tonight in this debate started almost from the very first moment. this benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself, but unfortunately it s indicative of a broader problem. that is what we are watching on our tv screens is the unraveling of the obama foreign policy, which is making them more chaotic and us less safe. with all do respect, that s a bunch of malarky. the congressman here cut them b embassy security by $300 million below what we asked for. so much for the security piece.