momentum but some of his chief advisers took on mitt romney and the gop convention ahead of their gathering. it was a week of perm attacks, empty platitudes, and where the one thing were you left with is they really think lying is a virtue, and i think the american people disagree with that. this week will be very different. are you saying they re just a bunch of liars? no. no, bob, i didn t say that. you said lying was a virtue. i heard a lot of things that weren t true last week. i think we can all agree with that. kristen welker is traveling with the president. a good afternoon, just barely, to you. how is the president s message playing out on the road with the public as we ramp up to the dnc? reporter: good afternoon to you, alex. i think that it s really been mixed to some extend. on the one hand president obama is drawing really large, enthusiastic crowds. yesterday in sioux city, iowa, about 10,000 people turned out to hear him speak. they were fired up. they resp
what the white house is for 2012. it s interesting that romney expresses shock. this is the campaign season and there is going to be questions about his economic policies which have been thin up until this point. his experience is something that the obama people are eager to run against. let s talk about team obama and the strategy. you had a conversation today with david axel rod, one of the president s chief advisers. talk to us more and i m not asking you to spill the beans, but about the conversation in terms of strategy that the democrats will be using going forward. pretty interesting couple blocks. i knew i wasn t dining with a consultant as david could only be called chicago slump attire and sweat pants and northwestern university basketball with a jacket and jeans and far from the maddening fray of the
program. the decisions with respect to afghanistan and iraq. these were life and death decisions really. i think as a direct result of what he did as president, we got through that period in relatively good shape, as you look back now. i think he was a bold, decisive leader and i give him a lot of credit for the quality, if you will, of his presidential leadership. sean: we ll take a break. how vice president cheney convinced the president to include one important word in a pivotal speech on iraq one that the other chief advisers didn t want him to say. that and more, straight ahead. [ applause ] emily s just starting out. and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach.
or the enhanced interrogation program. the decision was respect to afghanistan and iraq. these were life-and-death decisions really. and i think as a direct result of what he did as president, we got through that period in relatively good shape. as you look back on it now i think he was a bold, decisive leader, and i give him a lot of credit for the quality, if you will, of his presidential leadership. we will take a break. coming up, how vice president cheney convinced the president to include one all-important word in a pivotal speech on iraq, and it s one that the other chief advisers didn t want him to say. that and much more straight ahead. [ fe or creates another laptop bag, or hires another employee,
partly because of 9/11 and the aftermath because of all that we did to keep the country safe in the 7 1/2 years after so there were no further mass casualty attacks again the united states. the president made some big decisions like the terror surveillance program. the enhanced interrogation program. the decisions with respect to afghanistan and iraq. these were life and death decisions really. i think as a direct result of what he did as president, we got through that period in relatively good shape, as you look back now. i think he was a bold, decisive leader and i give him a lot of credit for the quality, if you will, of his presidential leadership. sean: we ll take a break. how vice president cheney convinced the president to include one important word in a pivotal speech on iraq one that the other chief advisers