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Have challenged him aggressively on the issue of drones. >> s.e. wanted that, too. >> i would like the moderator to aggressively challenge him. i would like somebody in the press over the last few years to have a one on one interview with obama and press him on. this i dont think people appreciate the significance with the drones, these unmanned aircraft that are firing away halfway around the world. its targeting killings of bad guys and its marketed. the reality is any male over the age of 18 ...

Told the president, america does not support dictators, it frees people from dictators. that is a stunningly and a historically absurd statement to make. he can take it up with the people in chile, in guatemala. he can take it up with the people in iran where our problems began because we overthrew an elected government and installed a dictator. >> also iraq. >> that was a very empty platitude and i found it dispiriting for what is supposed to be a high-level foreign policy debate. >> kevin and ...

About their pocketbook than what happened in benghazi and tehran. >> part of the problem is we have this irrational separation. foreign policy is over here and the economy is over here. as weve discussed at these table, theyre interdependent. im going to make a bet because we like to bets. over/under ten minutes makes foreign policy about the economy. im going under. what do you think, s.e.? >> i think it will come out in opening statement. whoever goes first is going to try and make the connect...

When you feel youre about to spring what you, governor romney, think is the checkmate moment of the debate and your debate opponent says to you, please, proceed, hold are. are you trying to open that door? allow me to open it wider. >> allow me to open it for us. please proceed, governor. theres a debate tip from jon stewart on watching out for an opponents trap. it was the pivotal moment that cornered romney and allowed obama to score major points. it made a lot of us squirm, even s.e. i think ...

Romney move in for what he thought was the kill shot there, the clincher and that he had superior knowledge, he had the president backed in to a corner and so forth and the president just basically said, come on. come on in. and then, counterattacked i thought very, very skillfully and exposed an aspect of mitt romneys character that people are going to look at. i agree with steve that first time around and the first debate mitt romney appeared and lo and behold he wasnt the -- didnt seem to be ...

He kept the chin up, the power chin for him and he was able to turn in to and confront mitt romney. mitt romney was really strong in terms of when he came to talking about in the wheelhouse, the economy. the body language open, strong, very comfortable. the power zones. its all open toward us. he felt very comfortable and well see what happens for him moving forward where he struggled was in the foreign policy element of this. libya and really attacking the president on what hes vulnerable on an...

Out of the second debate. >> well, absolutely. i mean, this was an intense debate. you know, the only real brevity moment is the moment they go back and forth on the pensions and the whole room laughs a little bit to relieve the tension but so seeing the families come up and really kind of seeing that, you know, that intensity. michele obama and barack obama kind of patting each other like a reassurance and, you know, ann romney looking nervous walking up and kind of subdued and we need to ask t...

Security professionals. theyre the ones who weigh all of the threats and the risks and the needs and make a considered decision. >> those very candid comments is where we start off in the spin cycle. s.e., youve been following these developments very closely. >> a quick note on hillary. it was nice to take the wrap for libya, but i wonder if the supporters will appreciate that. as for tonight, i dont let romney let the president off the hook. i bet romney will find a way to question the presiden...

Both have a lot of knowledge if not experience but theyre credible and qualified and the obama ticket didnt mess up and then you saw in the polls more of a settling, i think youd have a more competitive situation going in to tuesday night when obama has to face romney again. but if you see a great performance by ryan, some kind of self emolation of biden and surging past president obama, its really going to put the pressure on president obama to do something starkly different on tuesday than he ...

Mitt romneys position moving forward is 75% of americans have little -- say they have little or nothing in common with him. you saw that played out in this who would you rather poll? who would you rather have in your life in such and such position, americans chose obama over romney to be the boss, the road trip companion and their d dogsitter. >> im glad you brought that up. next thing is that question, how much do you feel you have in common with obama and romney? im going to put this a differe...