Page 2 - Libya Issue News Today

Some liberal columnists are saying this: >> this business about the, you know, the libya consulate has been like the october mirage. it really isnt an issue. and so, once again, tomorrow obama is going to have a very strong position because his foreign policy has been largely successful in terms of substance. >> bill: all right, joining us now to analyze that statement and the situation in general mary katharineham in washington and juan williams is in boca raton this evening. i guess this is ne...

Answering questions about how it wasnt dealt with. i think that on its face does it. >> thats fair. if he goes after leadership and he says that obamas leadership is flawed, look at what happened in syria and china and russia. it brings in as part of that mary katharine and bill. if he pills it out as a single issue he is in danger as being seen as trying to politicize a tragedy. >> bill: when we come right back, bernie goldberg on tonights debate moderator bob schieffer. can he be fair? bernie ...

And didnt immediately. he got hammered by the left. you remember. that come on. no spin here tonight. >> he gave a statement. a joint statement to congress and democrats and republicans fully supported him. the investigation to find out what happened took four years, bill. >> bill: dont you think we should have a progress report there was so much misinformation coming from the white house and the u.n. ambassador. dont you that is worthy? >> maybe there should be. >> bill: maybe there should be? ...

Department joel ruben and daily beast contributor zachary carib e caribel. libya is on the agenda, and the president most recently on the daily show with jon stewart admitted mistakes were made. we know about the intelligence and when it came into the white house. no doubt there is still an issue here over what mistakes were made and why the administration seemed to have stuck for so long on the story this was a protest against the film and factoring in, of course, the new details regarding the ...

Has to communicate. its not so much here are 50 things i would do differently as comma commander in chief. its the idea that you can trust me as a leader in dealing with a foreign policy crisis, in dealing with our national security. and i think when youre looking at the libya issue, in the last debate it wasnt so much that the president knocked it out of the park and put the issue to rest, it was that mitt romney flubbed it, which means its still there for him if he tackles it right on monday. ...

>> hes in the game. thats your problem. hes in the game. >> the cnn poll was eight points more republican than democratic about -- >> look, hes not trying to win this -- >> its just something the president doesnt want to talk about. >> look -- >> i talked to a republican consultant today whos as sensible as you usually are, who said its unfortunate the last debates on foreign policy. we need to get back to the economy. i think mitt romney, for example, would be a lot smarter to try to talk about...

As all americans, national security. youre right, the economy is the number one issue and jobs, but, jenna, you brought up a point that a month ago obama was 18 points ahead, and now those points have actually centered because of the first debate. where you had an articulate mitt romney that laid out what he was going to do if as president to help create more jobs, and thats what women want. jenna: gallup just did a really interesting poll on women in swing states, and they asked women and men v...

Attack to his advantage in last nights debate. >> on the day following the assassination of the united states ambassador, the first time thats happened since 1979, when we have four americans killed there, when apparently we didnt know what happened, that the president, the day after that happened, flies to las vegas for a political fund-raiser, then the next day to colorado for another event, another political event. i think these actions taken by a president and a leader have symbolic signific...

I think we discussed that yesterday. jenna: and well continue to discuss this issue in the days to come. james, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: as james said kerry latka still undecided. if you are you might want to hear what the president has to say. hes campaign right now in manchester, new hampshire, four votes up tore grabs, electoral votes up for grab in that state and both candidates are hitting it hard. if youd like to hear what the president has to say we have it streaming live o...

Decide an election, do they set an agenda, or is it just something were talking about for the next couple weeks until we -- >> jenna, in 2010 women made the decision where republicans gained the majority in the house. it was women who made that difference. but in 2008 obama got that voting bloc overwhelmingly. so it seems like hes failing since mitt romney now is gaining on him in that voting bloc. jenna: margie -- >> well, theres still a 10-point gender gap that benefits the president, and mitt...