Monday’s Debate Puts Focus on Foreign Policy Clashes (Must See Drudges Front Page Photos)

The New York Times ^ | October 21, 2012, 2:02 pm | DAVID E. SANGER

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GALLUP MONDAY: R 51% O 45%...

FOREIGN POLICY

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The photos tell the story.

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When President Obama and Mitt Romney sit down Monday night for the last of their three debates, two things should be immediately evident: there should be no pacing the stage or candidates’ getting into each other’s space, and there should be no veering into arguments over taxes.

This debate is about how America deals with the world — and how it should.

If the moderator, Bob Schieffer of CBS News, has his way, it will be the most substantive of the debates. He has outlined several topics: America’s role in the world, the continuing war in Afghanistan, managing the nuclear crisis with Iran and the resultant tensions with Israel, and how to deal with rise of China.

The most time, Mr. Schieffer has said, will be spent on the Arab uprisings, their aftermath and how the terrorist threat has changed since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. No doubt the two candidates will spar again, as they did in the second debate, about whether the Obama administration was ready for the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed J. Christopher Stevens, the American ambassador, and three other Americans. Mr. Romney was widely judged to not have had his most effective critique ready, and this time, presumably, he will be out to correct that.

The early line is that this is an opportunity for Mr. Obama to shine, and to repair the damage from the first debate. (He was already telling jokes the other night, at a dinner in New York, about his frequent mention of Osama bin Laden’s demise.)

[blam]

Rock & Roll...

[Uncle Miltie]

It oughtn’t be difficult to deliver a thumpin’ to an anti-American pro-Islamist with nothing but failure on his resume.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

KSFO San Francisco Morning Show hosts identify new disease likely to cause voters to vote for Romney.. irritable bowing syndrome

"I'll carry that for you, sir."

("A few years ago this guy would be carrying our bags...." Bill Clinton.)

[onyx]

GO ROMNEY!

"We're down to the final months of the president's term ... You have to wonder what obama's thinking: So little time, so much to redistribute."

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Nice Photo!

[onyx]

RedMDer captured it!

[trisham]

Amen!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Related thread:

Benghazi's meaning for Israel and the Mideast (Great Analysis-Debate Prep)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Marine_Uncle]

I plan to open the CSPAN web page early enough so that I don’t have to wait a long time for it to load. Probably will open a Fox window as well, as a back up.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Kudlow is delivering some Blows on the Democrat spokesman regarding Military strength.

Who said if Obama is elected :WE WILL NOT BOMB IRAN!

Kudlow goes after him!

Steele is there also.DAMN...Obama is gonna pull that on Romney..."You a WARMONGR"

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Rumsfeld is up next on CNBC Kudlow show.

[Marine_Uncle]

Thanks Ernest.

[Marine_Uncle]

Watching.
1. Take a page from Reagan.
2. Reagan platform. Economic strength and military strength.
3. Tom Stemberg. I don't see how you can say that the
economy is healthy with a 2 percent or less growth, huge
numbers un-employed, trillions of dollars in new debt.

Kudllow to Robert Wolf. I don't think you did a bloody thing you wanted him to do.

The Kenyan usurper's teams are totally clueless, or simply
don't give a shit as we watch America slide down the tube.
Or it is a very carefully construed plans to deliberately undermine America's strength.