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Rick: i m rick folbaum in for jon scott. governor romney arrived a short time ago in poland which is an important nato ally of the u.s. meeting with the prime minister there and meeting with the former president who led the movement against soviet official and who would not meet with president obama when he visited poland last year, by the way. we are live in our washington bureau with more. reporter: governor romney met this morning with formal polish president who told them that they will do the best to restore the u.s. s position. romney stirred a hornet sness in london when he said he found some aspects of the british authority s preparation 0 for the olympics disconcerting. ....
Phone from poland carl cameron. carl, why poland? reporter: for a number of reasons. owe will reassure the world he will value and strengthen a number of relations with u.s. allies and romney counts poll leaned one of the strongest. they have a growing economy and they are outside the eurozone. the former communist country has been cutting taxes and government regulation aggressively. its president, donald tuske, had somewhat chilly relationship with president obama. mr. romney will implicitly try to highlight that. it is also true that he has been a critic of russia, something that again is part of what mr. romney is talking about in terms of trying to strengthen relations with allies and perhaps even brush back some people who have been in the words of one romney aide, standing in the way of progress. a short while ago mr. romney wrapped his meeting with mr. tusqe and we re on the ....
And mitt romney has that leadership. we ve seen it in israel. jenna: let s talk a little bit about the specifics of about leadership. some have suggested when they heard mitt romney speak specifically about the issue when it comes to iran and israel he sound very similar to the president. the president s stance on iran and israel. what would you highlight as the key differences that mitt romney, a president romney would bring to the table on that issue? it is mitt romney s strength in dealing with this issue. the president has come really kicking and screaming to the table in regard to sanctions against iran. the senate passed sanctions. the president lobbied against them twice in 2009 and as well as last year in 2011. to me it looks like the president treats israel as an obstacle, rather than a friend and ally. we ll never have that with mitt romney. he knows israel is our french and our ally. jenna: you really think the president believes israel is an obstacle? i believe he has b ....
President obama trying to get a little bit of love from independents and ticket-splitting democrats and republicans. bill clinton has achieved a certain stature, a certain statesmanship that barack obama is trying to piggyback on. i think, peter is right, they need to reconnect with the middle class. this is one day they will do it. i tell you, wednesday night speech in august ain t going to get it done. rick: peter,ing a you suggested it gives democrats to show party unit. neither former president bush will attend the republican convention. in a rate as tight as this one is, peter, is bill clinton a difference maker? i believe he is. i agree with terry, it will be a very close election. it will come down to the independents and ticket splitters. that is where clinton can be a big asset to the obama campaign. i don t see anybody in the republican side that can really do that. dick cheney has come out now ....
Point in relations between the united states president and the prime minister maybe of the last 35 years in the history between these two nations. so yes, i think it is at a low point. the relationship is frosty. jenna: what does that mean? when you take away take back to the voters in wyoming, for example, what does that mean for them, that type of relationship? well the people in wyoming are really focused on the economy but in terms of the issue with israel, our french and ally, a source of democracy, freedom, the single source of democracy right there in the middle east, our greatest friend, the president ought to be focused on iran, a nuclear-armed iran. i think iran is closer to having nuclear weapons today than when president obama came into office and think that is a significant problem for security in that area. the president continues to seem to me, at least, to blame israel for an israel israeli-palestinian relationship when in fact the president ought to be focusing on ir ....