foreign policy debate would pick up their ears perk up talking about the economy and aligning mitt romney, the perception he would be better handling our economy. there were a number of focus groups and polls last night and as you may know, most of the polls that, every poll i have seen of uncommitted voters scored president obama as the winner. my own favorite focus group is of walmart moms. i m very big on the walmart moms. they have some of the hardest jobs in the world and they thought clearly that president obama was the winner. look, last night president obama showed why he is and should be commander in chief. he was clear, forceful. he showed that he is willing to use and has used the instruments of national power to keep us safe and secure and at the same time and just as important, strengthening alliances to meet whatever challenge comes forward. joel, israel seemed to get a lot more mentions than any other country last night. i just want to remind everybody.
people aren t in to the deep weeds of foreign policy. most people don t know where mbenbenghazi is after all but looking for who gives the impression of being the commander in chief. who s in command of the facts? who seems to know the world and know their place in the world? and in that realm obama was clearly, clearly ahead here. mitt romney i actually what he was going to be was barack obama and do what barack obama s doing but somehow because he was doing it it would work better. megan, you want to jump in? yeah. i thought president obama looked petty especially talking about the 80s called an they want their foreign policy back and i m glad you care about al qaeda. i thought he seemed very petty and unpresidential in those statements and if you were just watching the debate simply on form and style, i think that mitt romney definitely came across looking more presidential. ron?
supporting religious minorities. they can say that the president of the united states and the united states of america has stood on the right side of history. from los angeles to talk more about this, women s health advocate and president obama s supporter, sandra flope. good to have you here. good to see how the debates and the campaign pivoted in to women s issues last night supposed to be the theme of foreign policy. both mitt romney and the president were talking about a lot of things directed at women and mitt romney specifically bringing up gender equality. through the arab spring. is that something that struck you? it did. and i think both president obama and mr. romney see foreign policy as something that women care about. and see how we treat women in other countries and our work to encourage their education and development as being an important part of the foreign policy. obama has an extensive record on this both standing with young
going to be extremely close. we expect that to happen but the president continues to be up in ohio and we believe that last night he won virginia. so mayor smith, when we hear that from mayor reid there saying that there really isn t this perception should be obvious that president obama won the debate season, there is a perception out there about mitt romney and what is the real mitt romney. which one would be in office if elected president. do you feel confident that the american public knows who mitt romney is, his score if elected? i think that s the one thing the governor was able to accomplish in the debates which is why the debates aren t like a baseball series. this isn t the best of seven or whatever. this is what is the message to put across? i think people have seen a caricature of governor romney and the obama campaign very good at advancing and what they saw in the debate was the real mitt romney. i think the one thing we need to
moving heaven and earth to get him. president obama throwing down the big trump card in the last night s final head to head sit down with mitt romney. the third and final debate as by no means as compelling and no fact checks of bob schaefer trying to keep them on a leash and on track. joining me now is glen kessler of the washington post fact check. good to have you here. the biggest bite of the night and trender on twitter is horses and bayonets exchange. take a listen. our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. i think governor romney maybe hasn t spent enough time looking at how the military works. you mentioned the navy for example and we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military s changed. we have the things alled aircraft carriers where planes land on them. we have the ships that go under water, nuclear submarines.