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But did governor romney miss an opportunity to hit the president with what some see as a foreign policy debacle? judge napolitano joins us later in the hour to talk about libya. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare?

On in when and how we choose to project our power abroad. after all, were coming off of the two longest wars in american history, and governor romneys comments reflected this. where the standard for victory was not when we win, its when can we live. and thats not a happy place to be on libya, on israel, on iran. i found governor romneys comments to be quite similar, frankly, to the policies that the current president is, um, is following, and i dont think it was simple, simply politically cheap ...

Back to you. jenna: how scary. rick, thank you. jon: there has been an awful lot of criticism over the obama administrations handling of the situation in libya, from the apparent lapses in security before the terror attack on the u.s. consulate in gaziano -- benghazi to the changing narrative after the attack that left three americans dead. here is how mitt romney addressed it last night. >> weve seen in nation after nation a number of disturbing events. in syria 30,000 civilians killed by the m...

>> he demonstrated that he knew the strategy of foreign policy. he demonstrated he knew the detai details. he showed how to put them together. he showed them putting together, the failure of the obama policies and he laid out an agenda for what he would do as president. >> what makes the romney foreign policy difference? i think the confusion for a lot of foreign policy wonks on the republican side, he didnt lay out a foreign policy, particularly one that was distinctive from -- >> well, if they...

News contributor charles krauthamer says governor romney came out on top. here is charles last night. >> i think it is unequivocal romney won. he just didnt win tactically but strategically. strategically all he needed to do was draw, needed to continue the momentum he had since the first debate and this will continue it. tactically he simply had to get out there and show he is competent man, a somebody who can trust as commander-in-chief. a man who knows every area of the globe. he gave interes...

A game changer either way. jon: when the president came on and said our alliances have never been stronger, and i think he even included israel in that, i had to wonder what the truth-o-meter would have been doing if you had one on the screen at that moment. [laughter] >> right. and you knew that romney was going to point out the fact that obama as president has not been to israel, and he did that. so that, you knew he was going to land that blow. there were some surprises though. on libya i tho...

I mean, it was amazing, agreed with him on syria, not sending troops. in agreed with him on iran. said we should have the catastrophic tough sanctions but he would have done it a little earlier. all of it was, again, trying to -- i think, look, the strategy was to not let obama paint him as the reckless guy who was going to take the country to war. so, he was in there with principles for peace. and agreeing with the president far more than disagreeing with him and didnt even take him on on the l...

Bush-like warmonger. i would have gone after obama on libya with a baseball bat. jon: do undecided voters agree with that assessment? several snap polls taken right after the debate are giving a narrow advantage to the president. vice president joe biden approved of the presidents performance as you might expect, slammed governor romney in the process saying that governor romney doesnt have what it takes to lead america on the world stage. listen. >> i didnt see anything that the governor disagr...

There is a third level. you can talk about the small points or the debating point romney went large obama went very, very small. romney made a strategic decision not to go after the president on libya or syria or other areas where obama could accuse him of being a bush like war monger. i would have gone after obama on libya with a baseball bat but thats why he won elections and i havent even contested them. he decided to stay away from that. i think that might have worked for him. what he did co...

Decision not to go after the president on libya, syria, or other areas where obama could be accusing him of being a bush-like war monger. boy have gone after obama about libya like a baseball bat. what he did concentrate on is the big picture, people dont care what our policy on syria is going to be. they care about how america is perceived in the world and how america carries itself in the world. the high point is when he devastatingly leveled the charge of obama going around on at polling tour...