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Practice of waterboarding would say that that is torture. thats not something we do. period. >> sean: wont acknowledge jihad, but quick to go after america. whats your reaction to that? >> yeah. first of all, i have a complex reaction to it. i think we need to look at it on several levels. first a political frame. that was all politics. he was looking to make score points against his predecessor and depict himself in the minds of left wingers in the democratic party as an ardent pentagon war can...

Practice of waterboarding would say that that is torture. thats not something we do. period. >> sean: wont acknowledge jihad, but quick to go after america. whats your reaction to that? >> yeah. first of all, i have a complex reaction to it. i think we need to look at it on several levels. first a political frame. that was all politics. he was looking to make score points against his predecessor and depict himself in the minds of left wingers in the democratic party as an ardent pentagon war can...

For themselves. >> and first responders are gone and the theyre out of work. >> and i think its a faux cliff, i dont think its real and most people agree with that. this is a politically manufactured crisis, a politically fake crisis in order to score points. and the reality, theyre king a term he elections believe it or not and weve just gone through a series and dennis, youre saying the president has to do this to succeed is a troubling statement and if its true, i dont doubt your integrity on...

For themselves. >> and first responders are gone and the theyre out of work. >> and i think its a faux cliff, i dont think its real and most people agree with that. this is a politically manufactured crisis, a politically fake crisis in order to score points. and the reality, theyre already looking at the mid term he elections believe it or not and weve just gone through a series and dennis, youre saying the president has to do this to succeed is a troubling statement and if its true, i dont dou...

And bake foreign policy that were going to develop here. i think that both men were trying, obviously, to score points. but there has not been a sweeping middle east review since the arab spring. it was not about democracy. this was a populous movement, democracys a new concept for them. it took us about 30 years after 1776 to get our democracy in place. its still a tribal culture over there, still very dangerous. were supporting monarchies in saudi arabia and jordan yet, but at the same time ta...

>> even 20%. >> even 20%. but if you just poll older voters, you will tend to see more women in that set that are more comfortable with any republican, including mitt romney. >> right. richard, this debate will be a mix of domestic issues and foreign policy. the first time the two men will face off on the tragedy of benghazi, the unrest in the middle east. how much do you think this will factor into the presidents efforts to regain his grounds on this issue? >> well, i think theres going to be a...

The white house now about several things. libya, for instance, but theyre getting more aggressive with every little thing that the president says these days because they need to score political points because they havent scored many at all lately. >> is that an effective strategy? with the attacks in libya, even within the party, within his own party it was seen as a cheap way to score points. to your point about wanting the media to push the president harder, people are still waiting for govern...

Statement and should have waited until more details were available. do you regret having that statement come out so early before we learned about all of the things that were happening? >> i dont think we ever his tatd wh tate when we see something that is a violation of the principles. >> agree or not? did he open himself up to criticism and looking risky what he said so quickly? >> craig, you can see why the romney campaign jumped on what they did. theyre trailing in the polls and commander in ...

Work with someone who is being impacted personally by the immigration issue, and that impacts the way you view it. like any other issue thats personalized. >> what did you think of chris christies speech? >> i thought it was good. i think theres a theme here. the theme that we began with, mrs. romney, was very clear. that is that mitt romney is a very special person, heres what our life is like and heres how hes been as a person. he doesnt like to brag about it but heres who he is as a person. c...

Candidate -- president obama -- who understands the importance of women getting access to the care they need when they need it. [cheers and applause] >> and we must remember that we have another candidate, mr. romney, who wants to take all of that away. >> sean: all of it away. wants to take it all. georgetown university law student, sandra fluke, introducing the president at a campaign event. she made headlines when she appeared before congress and spoke about the astronomical cost of contracep...