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Not substance. there are some that have taken issue with that, among those "the washington post." style points? seriously. style points. thats what president obama thinks the criticism of his zigzag syria policy amounts to? if this is what he really believes, its scary. not mincing words, ruth marcus. >> hes ended up in a good position with russia given what he set his goals to be. it was not a small achievement to get russia to sign up to this agreement, and its meaningful. its meaningful in te...

That same moral standing in the world. we dont want to act on it. we dont want to move into war wherever there is pain and suffering and war. >> we want to think of ourselves -- >> we still want to feel like were a leader in the world. this is the question of these next couple of decades, to figure out whether we have this obama doctrine of pulling back, which i think if you look at the blood and the purse american people are with him. we havent reckoned with the fact that were not america of wo...

Hill. >> assad has to go. no, its okay if assad stays. >> yeah, really erodes his ability, his capacity to lead, his capacity to bring others along with foreign countries and on the hill. what really worries me is that it will erode his ability to deal with the craziness on the other side, sorry, sara, in terms of not just the continuing resolution to fund the government but the debt ceiling. >> perry, do you buy this argument that hes damaged himself for the upcoming budget fights? >> i do not....

Exactly how they graded the iraq war until -- >> this doesnt change your view of president bush? >> im less concerned about style points. im much more concerned about getting the policy right. >> the policy is worse than the style. what could be worse than our policy? were being scoffed at and laughed at. our country is going to hell. what could be worse than whats happening to this country? our country. >> brian: you run a huge corporation. very successfully. if you had a vice president making ...

New late night show and want to ask you guys to weigh in quickly, favorite all-time weekend update anchor? >> chevy chase. >> you -- >> yeah, probably chevy. >> im veronica de la cruz. this is "first look." stay tuned. ♪ folks here in washington like to grade on style and so had we rolled out something that was very smooth and disciplined and linear they would have graded it well even if it was a disastrous policy. we know that because thats exactly how they graded the iraq war until -- >> s...

A definite time period to get syria to turn over the chemical weapons. heres the real catch. vladmir putin to be the honest broker in a region, syria. >> that will provoke skepticism. ronald reagans rule applies again, trust by ver few. >> i want to get your take the president did an interview over the weekend. he kind of responded to his critics seeing they are judging him more on style rather than policy in terms of his approach to syria. down that is a creative spin or do you think he has a v...

Of. and check it out, a backboard dive from 75 feet above the water, and he throws in a back flip for style points. a bigger event for corporate sponsors, just a few months away, the olympics. its a time of celebration and competition and controversial. the nazi regime was in power, and african-american jesse owens wins four gold medals. 1968, mexico city, john carlos give the black power saw hraout on the podium during the national anthem, and they were expelled from the games. 1972, the massac...

Market when recreational marijuana becomes legal at the end of the year. the san francisco chronicle reports a painting of the pied piper of hamlin thats been hanging in san franciscos palace hotel bar for 103 years has been removed. it is an original work of noted american painter maxfield parish. it was taken down yesterday because the hotels owners say its too valuable. the hotel says the paint something worth up to about $5 million so it will be sold now at auction. right now president o...

Youve been all over the map on these issues. the great secretary of state, george schultz said, the most important foreign policy decision that ronald reagan ever made was to fire the air traffic controllers after he said he was going to do it. he said, that sent a message to the kremlin that there was a new guy in town and that guy did what he said he was going to do. that was the attack that president obama was trying to level against mitt romney tonight. that he was inconsistent, not a man of...

Theatrical performance. he may win some style points to for. but people looking at the choice in this election are not making a choice based on style points. they are making a choice based on substance. bill: apparently viewers -- i want you to get to these snap polls. 67% on cnn say romney won. snap poll on cbs say romney was the winner. there was another poll on cbs. 56% say they like mitt romney now more than they did before. what do you think about that? >> i dont think you can judge the lon...