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But did governor romney miss an opportunity to hit the president with what some see as a foreign policy debacle? judge napolitano joins us later in the hour to talk about libya. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare?
On in when and how we choose to project our power abroad. after all, we're coming off of the two longest wars in american history, and governor romney's comments reflected this. where the standard for victory was not when we win, it's when can we live. and that's not a happy place to be on libya, on israel, on iran. i found governor romney's comments to be quite similar, frankly, to the policies that the current president is, um, is following, and i don't think it was simple, simply politically cheap triangulation. i think it reflects mitt romney's own sensibility and his own temperament. this...
Back to you. jenna: how scary. rick, thank you. jon: there has been an awful lot of criticism over the obama administration's handling of the situation in libya, from the apparent lapses in security before the terror attack on the u.s. consulate in gaziano -- benghazi to the changing narrative after the attack that left three americans dead. here is how mitt romney addressed it last night. >> we've seen in nation after nation a number of disturbing events. in syria 30,000 civilians killed by the military there. we've seen in libya an attack apparently, i think we know now by terrorists of some...
>> he demonstrated that he knew the strategy of foreign policy. he demonstrated he knew the detai details. he showed how to put them together. he showed them putting together, the failure of the obama policies and he laid out an agenda for what he would do as president. >> what makes the romney foreign policy difference? i think the confusion for a lot of foreign policy wonks on the republican side, he didn't lay out a foreign policy, particularly one that was distinctive from -- >> well, if they listened, they would have heard it. >> let's go country by country. >> what did they miss? >> in l...
News contributor charles krauthamer says governor romney came out on top. here is charles last night. >> i think it is unequivocal romney won. he just didn't win tactically but strategically. strategically all he needed to do was draw, needed to continue the momentum he had since the first debate and this will continue it. tactically he simply had to get out there and show he is competent man, a somebody who can trust as commander-in-chief. a man who knows every area of the globe. he gave interesting extra details like the haqqani network which gave the impression he knows what he is talking a...