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In some ways, he's gone to a more extreme place when it comes to social policies. >> this onslaught by president obama put mitt romney in a rough position. just like his answer on libya, romney had to move out of his comfort zone to respond to these allegations. he tried to say that he would be tough on china and president obama blasted him. >> trade. i'll crack down on china. president bush didn't. >> when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china. >> then romney tried to define his self-deportatio...

And in the big finish tonight, oh, the whiners are out and about. when the other side complains about the moderator, surrogate john sununu and their buddies at fox news were just hammering away at this point. >> they seem to be clapping what the moderator was say welcome because she sort of weighed in, to help the president. >> i'm not going to whine about the rules or the moderator. i will say, though, that tonight, point-blank, to the president lied to the american people about libya, i think the moderator may have helped that along as well. >> we've got candy crowley's intervention, which w...

Outs about what happened in libya two weeks before an election. >> bob, what about that? so i think that there is an opportunity there for romney to stress these points. >> this is neocon nonsense. >> okay. >> the fact of the matter is that the republicans somehow have the illusion that they can make the case that this president has been weak on foreign policy or national security. he has about a 20-point lead on that in most of the polls. so if mitt romney thinks he's going to be back in this game or is going to make a lot of progress by focusing on libya, i think he's making a big mistake. >...

You think it's libya? >> i think there are two. i think there are two. i think, again, on the economy, and the instapolls, if you will, after that showed, yes, obama won on the points, but on the substance of the argument and romney laid out, i think, a very good indictment on the economy. he's very effective at making that point and stressing that point. folks, the voters sided with romney 2 to 1 in the cnn poll afterwards. so that is, that is a nice setup for the last debate. the point i was going to make on libya -- >> sure. >> is it was awkward, it was mishandled, but the reality of it is,...

It is, going into a debate that the last debate only on foreign policy, it opened up a lot of questions that the moderator can dig down on. the president's going to have to be on point on. there's going to be a timeline that's going to be discussed. and trust me, whether schrum, the democrats and the president does not want to be having this discussion about the ins and outs about what happened in libya two weeks before an election. >> bob, what about that? so i think that there is an opportunity there for romney to stress these points. >> this is neocon nonsense. >> okay. >> the fact of the m...