>> with vice president joe biden last night after the debate and started by asking him if he thought governor romney is a qualified candidate when it comes to his vision and understanding of foreign policy .
>> no. he's not. he's a good man. he's a decent man but he demonstrated an overwhelming lack of understanding in international community . he demonstrated a lack of understanding in the military, and -- and i was amazed that even just a couple of weeks ago when i debated congressman ryan , congressman ryan was laying out the foreign policy with regard to what he and what governor romney believed. the overwhelming criticism our positions in syria, iraq, iran, across the board, and tonight governor romney seemed to be rushing to agree with everything the president had done already.
>> if you compare mitt romney today to barack obama at this time four years ago when he was running against john mccain and his extensive military experience and foreign policy experience, does mitt romney have the same level of expertise in foreign policy that barack obama did in 2008 ?
>> not even close. barack obama , i was chairman of the foreign relations committee . he was on my foreign -- our foreign relations committee for four years. he demonstrated a grasp and a gravity. he had a world view of where america 's position should be, how we should interact in the world, how we needed to rebuild alliances, et cetera , et cetera , acted on those from the time he came in. governor romney didn't demonstrate any breadth, any breadth of understanding, and -- and it -- it was a little bit, quite frankly , surprising.
>> let's go back to the point you made a second ago about how governor romney seemed to agree with many of the positions that the administration has taken over the last three and a half four years. in your opinion what's the most significant difference in foreign policy between mitt romney and barack obama ?
>> governor romney showed absolutely no vision of what he thought america 's place in the world -- role in the world should be.
>> i'm talking about a specific. in a particular country, in a particular situation, what's the biggest difference?
>> well, i mean, the -- quite frankly in light of what he said tonight i don't know. he agreed with everything we've done on iran. agreed with everything we've done on syria. he's agreed with everything we've done in libya.
>> i think if you were to talk to people six months ago they would have said that foreign policy was something that was firmly in the pocket of president obama . he could say we killed osama bin laden . we're out of iraq. we're winding down in afghanistan, end of story, and yet if you look at some recent polls, mr. vice president, they are tightening considerably. people seem to trust mitt romney on foreign policy as a commander in chief and in his dealings of how he would deal with terrorism. why do you think that's happening in.
>> i don't think it's happening, number one. i don't believe that. i don't believe there's any understanding demonstrated on the part of a governor that he in fact is ready to be the commander in chief. as i said, he's a nice guy and was a great businessman, but i don't -- i mean, my guess is, again, i'm not a pollster and i'm -- i'm -- i'm out of my depth here, but i would be dumbfounded if day, two and three and five and six days from now they thought that they had demonstrated a command of the international circumstances and america 's vision of the world that he would be a credible commander in chief.
>> 14 days to go until the election. ohio , virginia.
>> yes.
>> and florida . it seems those three states are going to decide it all. is that the way you see it?
>> i think they are going to be critically important, and i think we have a chance. i think we'll win ohio . i think we will -- i think we're going to win florida , and -- but, look, this is going to be close. we always knew the end of the day this was going to be a close race, no matter who the republicans nominated.
>> you think it's fair to say that in states like where you are in ohio and florida and virginia this is going to boil down in some ways to disappointed voters, voters who voted for barack obama back in 2008 . i want you to speak to those disappointed voters and tell them why they should stay the course.
>> well, to the disappointed voters, and there are disappointed voters. this will be a choice. i've been convinced of that from the beginning. people are going to and some reluctant to make the choice because they -- because things haven't turned out for them yet, but they are going to look and say is governor romney going to better my circumstance, or am i better staying on this path? and i believe they are going to make a choice, and they are going to pick the -- the obama/biden ticket as opposed to the romney / ryan ticket.
>> good to see you, sir.
>> good to see you.
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