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Might disagree with the assessment of herman cain hitting it out of the park. >> dave: i didnt say hit it out of the park, solid. no home run. >> clayton: and one for two. he went two for four for the night. >> alisyn: and you just-- >> i blocked alisyn and the point could be solid, and you take it. >> we dont know because pakistan is not clear, because pakistan is where osama bin laden was found and eliminated, secondly, pakistan has had a conversation with president karzai from afghanistan and...

To the situation that is now percolating in iran. the he so, we cant be indecisive about whether pakistan is our friend. they must be our friend. >> dave: but even that, they must be our friend. are they now? this clearly had some major slip-ups. and herman cain is more well-read than he was, a couple of months ago, an interview with chris wallace and struggled with foreign policy, and hes done his homework maybe i wasnt fair to him yesterday. hes clearly done his homework when it comes to forei...

>> dave: he does? >> he lost. >> dave: hes out in my neck of the woods. filling in the blanks how the candidates feel about foreign policy, the situation in iran, in pakistan. we havent heard a lot about their takes on national security and finally, a debate focused entirely on that, on cbs last night. >> alisyn: so there was a question about iran and how to handle it and spoke about what would happen with iran if mitt romney were president. >> the president should have built credible threat of ...

Laden, should he trumpet those or do liberals not bond? >> i think its important for americans for them to continue to hear from president obama about his successful efforts on foreign policy and there were a lot of bold statements last night. what we didnt hear from any of the candidates was any single strategy that was going to back what obama has been able to be successful when it comes to foreign policy. and thinking about rick perry and a statement about zeroing out funding to israel. they ...

>> governor perry, do you advocate the elimination of the department of energy. if you eliminate the department of energy. >> glad you remembered it (laughter) >> ive had some time to think about it. >> me, too. >> three part question, i hope i can remember all three par parts. >> alisyn: that was-- >> one of them. there were two of them there. and senator lindsey graham asking a question from the crowd. interesting. >> dave: let me ask you, because youre familiar with the comedic rules. >> alis...

They got a question about another very sticky g.o. geopolitical issue, iran. what they said about that. >> the president should have built a credible threat of military action and made it he very clease that the united states of america is willing in the final analysis if necessary to take military action to keep iran from a nuclear weapon. if we reelect president obama, they will have a nuclear weapon and if you elect mitt romney, elect me, you will not. >> there are some ways, first of all as ...

This was his standout. >> and you think this may not have been a great debate for herman cain? >> no, i didnt. he was a little weak on-- very weak on his foreign policy. >> alisyn: the pakistan question or friend or foe? >> i think what he was trying to say is that were not really sure of their position. look, even today were really not sure what pakistan is doing, are they our friend or not? what he was trying to say and he was weak on answers on foreign policy. >> alisyn: do you agree its a ga...

Asked, when, i think it was a question and they said zero-based funding on the idea, does that include israel. >> he responded in a way, i think it was consistent with what he said. romney of course, does indeed have a number of flip-flops, but i think his view on china in terms of sounding like hes pushing a trade war is not necessarily good, but-- >> and last word. >> the thing with romney and his stance, i agree, air right about that, you know. >> he said he would defer to his lawyers, need t...

Time line isnt very different from president obamas plan. >> alisyn: michele bachmanns camp is feeling wounded actually this morning because they say that they got some unfair bias against her there, against michele bachmann she wasnt given enough questions. how do you think she did. pakistan, they gave her a question and she answered very directly. >> yes, i thought he she gave the best answer on afghanistan. i thought she owned to issue and talked about the different provinces if we had sent i...

It crashed. >> dave: best laid plans. >> alisyn: interesting strategy for the hosts of the debate cbs, but all eyes were on rick perry and see if he was going to have a good night or disastrous night and most pundits from what ive read and watching him last night thing he acquitted himself very well. there were no slip-ups and then in fact, the question he about pakistan and foreign aid that he sort of hit it out of the park and got an applause line when asked how he would handle pakistan. >> da...