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Especially the space program, right. >> just watching that clip gives me goose bumps. it was a magical moment. a vision, the idea that we were losing the cold war, we werent really. there was a missile gap and the soviets were ahead of us in the space race and laid out this bold vision, said that in 1962. he said before the end of the decade. eight years and we did it and you know, it was american ingenuity and the space race, leader of science and engineering in the world and on a path to winni...

I guess assuming times have changed enough to make this less risky. do you think times have changed enough? >> i do, and youre exactly right. it is historic, and frankly, the timeline is beyond that. remember, john kennedy, whom i generally admired, ran against richard nixon on the grounds that the republicans hadnt spent enough on defense, there had been a missile gap, and for years, i have been involved in this, democratic candidates for president were told, your one vulnerability is if youre ...

Remember, john kennedy, whom i generally admired, ran against richard nixon on the grounds that the republicans hadnt spent enough on defense, there had been a missile gap, and for years, i have been involved in this, democratic candidates for president were told, your one vulnerability is if youre weak on defense. thats why a really superb public serviceant michael dukakis made the mistake of being in the tank, he was a veteran, had a right to do it, but it didnt look good. i think what has hap...

About before, chris, you had kennedys false missile gap. you had lbjs daisy ad. you had george w. bush in 2004 using national security. in 2012 barack obama is using a very successful operation a year ago. this has been going on for over 200 years. it is an great shock. but i think on the positive side, the troops needed to see their commander-in-chief today. i think it is a very good thing they got to do that. >> let me go back it chuck. i think there a difference and you can agree that if you ...

About before, chris, you had kennedys false missile gap. you had lbjs daze daisy ad. you had george w. bush in 2004 using national security. in 2012 barack obama is using a very successful operation a year ago. this has been going on for over 200 years. it is an great shock. but i think on the positive side, the troops needed to see their commandener chief today. i think it is a very good thing they got to do that. >> let me go back it chuck. i think there a difference and you can agree that if ...

Are. the president would say nation building at home more than in places like afghanistan and iraq. and then i think some of the merits, whether its russia or the others, we need to work with them on some of these issues, like it or not. we have to work with them on places like iran. we cant do it all by ourselves. its not clear to me either in the foreign policy case or the political case how theres that much space here for republican challenger to come at it in that way. >> theres a tradition ...

I have talked to republicans who were concerned about mitt romneys tack right now because in all actuality, just like the missile gap in 1960, theres not a lot of space between barack obama and mitt romneys position on iran. >> i think you would be a better candidate. i have been saying that for months and im dead serious about it. chafs exceptional about what you just said. i really do appreciate working with this guy. hes a smart guy. this guy. have you seen the movie yet, joe? >> i saw it las...

About a missile gap that wasnt there. there wasnt space between nixon and kennedy on the missile issues. its the same thing in 2012. theres really no space between what mitt romney has said he wants president obama to do and president obama is actually doi doing. what mitt romney is depending on right now, relying on, and i think its a very dangerous thing for him to do given the state of international relations in the the middle east right now in this particular moment with iran. but hes going ...

The top five. the top five presidential decisions that shaped our country, when you think maybe a president doesnt make consequential decisions. >> kennedy decides to go to the moon. we were losing the cold war and missile gap and wanted 0 to rebrand. at the time 30 billion dollars and a lot of money and people called it a moon-doggle. we got there before 1970 and it worked, his lasting legacy, the moon. >> you said people called it a moon-doggle by the critics. now, number four on the list, har...

Weve looked almost from the beginning. weve been worried we were falling behind, losing our edge, lost the magic and yet we keep going and going. i point out in my piece in my whole life ive been hearing how, you know, we were behind the host union. we had a missile gap. the country was falling apart in the 60s. stagflation in the 70s. crisis of confidence. loss of family values. one darned thing after another. and yet we are stronger now than weve ever been. >> is it this type of dig that we ne...