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Putts on the lot and -- -- the candidates get the job done tonight and any slips former senior advisor President Reagan Pat Buchanan joins us pat -- Rovio tonight.
-- it was a great fight it was a terrific fight I think if I had her mark it down.
I would say Barack Obama won -- -- -- had his -- -- Mitt Romney's face all night long.
I think he made some excellent points you came to fight this time unlike the last debate.
I do think the second -- story's gonna go very bid for the president of the United States though because.
He got up there and said you know anybody that suggested we were exploiting this politically or misleading someone I find that deeply offensive.
And the truth is on the Libya issue.
Greta the the administration has misled us did mislead us for too long weeks the question is did they deliberately deceive us.
Or where they simply incompetent and didn't get to correct intelligence but this is going to be the second day story but tonight I think the Democrats.
The base is gonna be enthused because the president came there to fight -- -- look at that Mitt Romney should -- on that stool at times and I looked at him.
He looked like -- should -- bell rings I'm going right for that fell -- Here's some interest in I actually -- of -- think that serve.
Out of control and I thought it got me -- that I'm comfortable watching it like that you -- -- both seven their face and -- -- at the really dvd with a word we're getting a fight.
Analyst hello -- like a brought -- felt uncomfortable I thought.
He edit it would have been better had Candy Crowley you've been stay in -- had no way to control them.
Because you that you wish you could even like Dubai Milan police Martha -- said the two sitting at the table associated somewhat his body language to -- -- -- Did there -- -- there are six straight feet away from where I thought that -- that the fighting -- like the fighting.
Well I think good men do like to -- and I think it was a good brawl was he was an excellent fight and I will say this.
I thought a couple times -- I think Mitt Romney did the right thing toward the end when -- -- Candy Crowley Assange said he I want to make this point.
Because in -- number of these issues and exchanges.
Mean depression had gotten investor want -- -- in the Mitt Romney would say OK I'm coming back now.
I wanted to she what do you had to should I don't care whether some little timer goes off or not.
And so.
And I do think promote this thing that Candy Crowley would -- stepped -- -- stepped into the benefit of Barack Obama I think she's gonna have a lot of criticism tomorrow.
Well we should posted the transcript on Greta wire of what the president said a September 12 the day after after -- I had garrison in in Libya.
And then in which he he'd mention this in that you mentioned this term when he said -- -- actually read the words of but the presence -- No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation after that character clips the light.
-- -- the values that we stand for he did say this -- Harrison and then he went on to talk about this video and this protest for the next eight days including number Letterman.
So I had I think at think candy called that one wrong in terms of how she she stepped that should draw how she did that.
I I not only think I mean I think she was wrong there but can't Susan Rice going five network television shows.
The next Sunday five days later.
And come down and be scripted to say this was a result -- the spontaneous.
Protest.
And he was not premeditated -- not pre plan the truth is there wasn't even that no protests.
-- you've gotten that from intelligent secondly it was a premeditated pre planned act of terrorism.
Involving mortars.
Automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades.
I don't know when the State Department found out with the State Department said in a conference call and -- at a hearing last week but conference call the -- -- before.
That right before the -- before the attack they describe the outside of my recollection's correct.
Is that it was normal and calm they never said there's any protest outside the consulate so I don't know when they had that information -- Charlie inland from the State Department had real time intelligence while this attack was going on issues like -- Our guys on this it's a safe house.
May get to the plane early the next morning when they were attacked with mortars apparently we had a a drone overhead.
It mean to tell me the greatest intelligence agency in the world spend sixty or eighty billion dollars a year on these guys can't figure out.
For ten days or fourteen days that an act of terrorism had taken place they never put out a full story about a protest.
I never happen I actually thought though that governor Ronnie could -- that point home better I thought that he -- that that was a missed opportunity for him.
I agree with you 100% any sort of validated.
Barack Obama's statement that it was Brett Guthrie was an act of terrorism because when Barack Obama heard that he should just go and governor.
Because you're smack in the Davis -- of Barack Obama's support but this tomorrow morning people are going to be all over this and of course -- -- over -- and foreign policy coming up Greta.
That is going to be that is going to be a major major issue.
And weak running up to that today.
CNN has a snap -- it's not scientific -- -- are inching numbers that on the issue of the economy.
That they're the people they polled.
Governor Romney once fifth.
Things have been really rough and I'm a little disappointed.
And he answered I don't remember -- he answered.
But that -- -- when -- went for about two minutes and laid out the disastrous.
Economic record at the administration without an eruption.
It was one of -- was it that it was his best response to the entire night and I think if people understand.
One on -- -- economic issue I think that drove the message home as well as -- said anything anything anytime this year.
CBS is another step poll Obama likewise unscientific in which President Obama is the winner and it says that the 37%.
Actually they use the term edges.
37%.
To have -- Obama 30% governor -- 33%.
That.
It was a -- well actions and eager to for two groups six rounds.
For Obama for -- through Romney and the other five rounds were -- And I think cancer run Ivan highway what I did like -- -- in the yes to questions like that to -- had no regard for the question they would just I hear a lot of their talking points and they weren't really and addressing the questions I felt a lot -- their busy fighting with each other make -- -- the get the talking points and never really -- -- the -- -- -- -- the fact that they do not like just the yeah I actually I think that you -- Look at the President -- Let's face it you look at Romney look at him I agree with you there was extraordinarily -- contentious I think it's about there's some -- -- the most contentious debate we ever had.
But that didn't bother me a great deal because he was telling me things about these two -- That they believe deeply they don't like each other and they don't like each other's philosophy and they don't like their policies and they they did not hide their emotions I don't love the man.
Was accident that the artist was almost a prop to their fight.
You know wasn't like that they were genuinely instant answering the questions -- minimal provisions are -- it it was it was it it would that they audience as a prop to facilitate their vision their right.
Let me say something I agree -- Brit Hume.
There ought to close down that audience excuse me don't get up there and Riordan questions the way they're reading them and one of the -- -- -- -- I don't remember the other point.
It was the main deduction she had I mean this looked to me somebody these things really -- canned.
And I've got just but I will say this the very fact that -- got you have got a audience and their boats approaching that audience in their -- and each other.
That made it have a tremendously exciting debate didn't.
I just political theater wasn't particularly moved by it all but anyway what I like up up up next is removed that it was a great fight trade via you know.
And -- thank you that in.
