disposition than the rest of the party. if you read george will or an awful lot of mainstream conservative republicans -- >> are they that way in reality? >> i think he's right. the problem is that rhetorically, it may sound harsher, but when you get to policy, there's really not that much difference. >> listen, mitt romney, and i'm just guessing this, just based on, you know, believing the past is prolog, mitt romney is not going to be george w. bush. you will never hear mitt romney say we're going to spread freedom to all four corners of the globe. mitt romney, the bain guy, is not going to waste trillions of dollars in 12-year occupations. i think in this instance, i suspect he's a conservative. >> mark halperin makes a good point, it would be wise to spend more time on foreign policy. >> last debate, everybody believed that the president didn't show up, and it was a big win for mitt romney. i also know, like tom said, the