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>> extremely lucky. >> is that good? >> very good. >> bull's- >> great to have you on. we'll have you back, i'm sure. coming up, was president obama right to go into libya? what's the mission and end game and should it have gotten congressional approval? we're not using fine points, but can one president make these kinds of decisions without even asking anybody at all in the congress? you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc.ç

Mitt romney has observed just recently michigan senator, a republican, who famously said politics stops at the water's edge. well, somehow most of the prospective { republican presidential candidates this year haven't been consistent on this rule, and certainly not on libya. joan walsh is editor at large for salon.com, and howard fineman an msnbc analyst. howard, i want to you start this. take a look at romney here. here's romney on the hugh hewitt show on monday, quote -- he said he's in favor of military action, but, quote -- thus far the president has been unable to construct a foreign poli...

Is he just -- just have his automatic pez dispenser of these things that are simply another chance to kiss the far right butt? this thing about american exceptionalism. our going into libya is an example of thinking we do have moral superiority, we have to take these actions. >> actually, it is an example of our exceptionalism. woodrow wilson, we used to say george bush was woodrow wilson on steroids. this is the same thing, if not more so. >> why does romney say things like this? >> because it gets at the, he's not quite an american. he did everything but call him french there. by saying nuan...

Our rockets killed gadhafi. >> extremely lucky. >> is that good? >> very good. >> bull's eye. better that we win this fight. >> always better that we win the fight. >> great to have you on. coming up, was president obama right to go into libya. what's the mission and end game encongressional approval? can one president make these kinds of decisions without even asking anybody at all in the congress? you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. hey. what are you doing up? i thought i'd take a drive before work. want to come? [ female announcer ] or make his day. yeah. [ female announcer ] maxwel...

This is an interesting cnn poll. 50% of the country approves of the president's handling of the situation, 40% disapprove. 70% support the no fly zone for libya, 54% support the united states and other countries using planes and missiles to attack gadhafi's troops. 43% oppose. that's pretty close. 70% oppose using any ground troops to attack gadhafi's troops. and 77% say gadhafi's removal for the u.s. but questions continue to fly about what the u.s. goal is and whether the president has authority to commit u.s. troops to this mission. pat buchanan and jenny back is a political analyst. the pe...