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Governor mitt romney. the president taking heat for meeting with leaders at the united nations this week. the white house says when netanyahu and the president spoke by phone both agreed iran can't be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. mitt romney spoke with netanyahu about iran, a country he calls the world's greatest national security threat. >> we very much have the same interest, to make sure that iran does not develop nuclear capabilities, which would threaten the existence of israel, threaten a devastation potentially in other nations of the world, and we must make every effort to prev...

Debate in several years. >> you're already conceding the challenger might win this debate? >> i think there's a good chance governor romney will win this debate. look, he won virtually every debate during the republican primaries. he actually dispatched no newt gingrich, demolishe demolished e florida debate. the president is very good at delivering a message to the american people, but generally more like you saw at the democraticn, in kind of a longer format. it's going to be a challenge to get down to those little -- >> i find it interesting that already you're trying to dispel any motion t...

Management of the world events, taking time from campaigning, having to cancel campaign events from the events in the middle east. does this mean the campaign is trying to lower the expectations of the president's performance? >> this is a president that hasn't participated in a campaign in four years. campaign debate in four years. they've had substantially less time to prepare than mitt romney. mitt romney devoted three full days in vermont to debate preparations. the president is lucky to be able to devote three consecutive hours to debate preparation. >> it is something that you have to do...

Mentality when we're treating them as crimes rather than acts of terrorism. the fbi can do all it can do, but we don't need the fbi to tell us whether this was a terrorist attack. the fbi could be helpful in tracking some of those involved, but to rely on the fbi this way, again, is going back to a pre-9/11 mind-set. we saw what that did on 9/11. >> sure did. so are you saying that the president and his team simply don't want the public to know the truth, that on 9/11, our security was tight enough, there may be al-qaeda linked to the attack, and we didn't

Incumbent president, jim cia why ther, performed well in the debates and the rest is history. it started him on his way to a landslide victory in 1980. >> do you think debates actually help voters decide which person to back if they're on the fence as to which direction to go? >> i think they make a difference, particularly for mitt romney. look, barack obama, whether you love him or dislike him, think he's a great leader or think he's failed, we kind of know what he's going to be like as president. we've had him for 3 1/2 years. mitt romney is still an open book. people have to say, do i want...