is going to look pretty irresponsible and silly right new to say this is all because of the trailer for a video. i was at the speech in cairo in june of 2009 and i am struck by how much has changed and how much it looks almost, some of the comments sound, i don t know if naive is the word, but.quaint, given everything that has happened with the arab spring. it is not, really, irrelevant. there is time for a reset of that reset. we have not heard the president talk about his policy since then. chris: that brings up a fair question, the air spring. obviously it will be more complicated after the arab spring. you could not just call up mubarak and say, stop the protesters. you have democracies rather than dictators and islamic groups free to protest and express themselves. how could the president have better managed what was always going to be a messy transition? couple of things.
horrible memories. which convention spoke more about war are? which convention wasn t timid to say the word afghanistan? it was the democratic convention. and they got a bounce and the republicans who shied away totally from foreign policy didn t get a bounce. maybe the american public is a little more mature and serious than the campaign strategists think and maybe they would like to hear what the next president would do about this crisis. chris: jeff, you know, i think it would be fair to say there is a growing sense among political observers that romney is losing right now. not that he has lost and that it is over but that he is losing ground. i think the question is after this selection of paul ryan which is seen as a bold choice they seem to have gone back into something of a crouch and are not campaigning on a bold agenda as a candidate of reform. what are they thinking at romney headquarters in boston? i think they are frustrated by the sort of growing story line that he may
that is different. he says he would be shaping events rather than letting events shape his policy but doesn t say exactly what that means. is he saying he would not have withdrawn from iraq and would rather that we were still there? the consequences of what he actually seems to be implying are not necessarily policies that would be popular with americans right now. think it makes it hard. he has the sweeping language about how he wants to project strength but won t say exactly what that that means. if strength means military force and spending more money on foreign aid that is not popular either. it is not clear what those actions would be. chris: i will pick up on that. even if romney s timing is wrong, there is certainly debate over the president s foreign policy. we had some today with ambassador rice and congressman rogers and i talked to top officials in the romney campaign and they said they have no plans for a major foreign policy speech in the next few weeks before the debate
be careful, all wars. which convention spoke war about war? who was not afraid to say the word afghanistan? it was the democrats. and they got a bounce. so maybe the american public is more mature and maybe they would like to hear what the next president would do about the crisis. chris: it would be fair to say, jeff, this is a sense among the political observers as we see the polls that romney is losing, not that he has lost or that it is over but he is losing ground. the question is, after the election, paul ryan, which is seen as a bold price, they seem to have gone back into something of a crouch and are not campaigning on a bold agenda as a candidate of reform. what are they thinking in romney headquarters? they frustrated by the growing story line that he could be losing, but losing is the
billion a year, hiv-aids, $3 billion and alzheimer s $450 million a year. chris: he says if we don t find a treatment for alzheimer s it will bankrupt the nation. now 5 million americans have the disease but with aging babyboomers that will double in 30 years. it s costing $200 billion a year, 70% of that comes from medicare and medicaid. that is going out to one trillion a year. chris: it s personal. trish s mother who was a new hampshire democrat died of the disease 20 years ago. we saw her go downhill from the towering human being to the person who didn t know us. chris: tough question. do you worry you are going to get it? there are days i can t find my keys. yeah, i worry. chris: is it true you haven t been tested?