i was in poland some weeks ago and met with lech walesa. i came in his meeting area there and he said mr. romney, you must be tired from coming across the ocean. he said why don't you sit down and i'll talk. i sat down and he began to speak and what he said for about 15 minutes was boiled down to this. he said where's america's leadership. we need america's leadership. america must lead. there's no question but the principles of freedom and personal responsibility and dignity that have always formed the basis of america, those principles need to be spoken loud and clear and demonstrated on the world stage, and i will do it again. now, yesterday, yesterday you had the chance if you wanted to to watch the president of the united states address the people of america in his acceptance speech, and i read that this morning. you haven't perhaps got a chance to do that, but if you did, perhaps like me, you found it extraordinarily disappointing. surprisingly disappointing, because his speech four years ago, he laid out a whole series of lofty goals

i was in poland a few weeks ago and i met with lech walesa, a world hero, and he saw me come in and through an interpreter he said you must be tired, you've come from across the ocean. he said, you sit, i talk, you listen. and abrupt and to the point. and he said this time and time again. he said, the world needs american leadership. where's american leadership? we need a strong america. where's american leadership? and i intend to lead and have an america that's strong, that helps lead the world. as we -- as we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we're at the mercy of events instead of shaping events, and a strong america is essential to shape events. and a strong america, by the way, depends on a strong military. we have to have a military -- we have to have a military second to none and that's so strong no one would ever think of testing it. this president has done something i find very hard to understand. ever since fdr, we've had the capacity to be engaged in two conflicts at once, and he said, no, we're going to cut that back to only one conflict. and so he's put in place c

i was in poland a few weeks ago and i met with lech walesa, a world hero. and he -- he saw me come in and, through an interpreter said, you must be tired. you've come from across the oce ocean. he said you sit, i talk, you listen. abrupt and to the point. he said this, time and time again, the world needs american leadership. where's american leadership? we need a strong america. where's american leadership? i intend to lead to have an america that's strong, that helps lead the world. as we -- as we watched the world today, sometimes it seems that we're at the mercy of events instead of shaping events and a strong america's essential to shape events. a strong america, by the way, depends on a strong military. we have to have a military -- we have to have a military second to none and that's so strong no one would ever think of testing it. this president's done something i find hard to understand. ever since fdr, we've had capacity to be engaged in two conflicts at once, he's saying no we're going to cut that back to one conflict. so he's put in place cuts o

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i was with lech walesa in poland. he said where is america to lead? we can't afford a president who's incomplete. we have to have a president that understand wlaz it takes to restore america's economic vitality, put americans to work and be able to provide the kind of military strength and leadership globally that the world needs and that americans deserve. >> governor, thank you for having us to your headquarters. sorry about the gusty conditions but stay safe on the campaign trail. >>> my conversation with governor mitt romney. >>> coming up here, reaction. how did governor romney change the debate in this campaign with this interview. we'll get reaction to all of it from our political roundtable. one of the stars this past week in charlotte for the democrats, julian castro. bill bennett. we know why we're here. ♪ to connect our forces to what they need, when they need it. ♪ to help troops see danger, before it sees them. ♪ to answer the call of the brave and bring them safely home. [ female announcer ] around the globe, the people of boeing a

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i was with lech walesa in poland. he said where is america to lead? we can't afford a president who's incomplete. we have to have a president that understand wlaz it takes to restore america's economic vitality, put americans to work and be able to provide the kind of military strength and leadership globally that the world needs and that americans deserve. >> governor, thank you for having us to your headquarters. sorry about the gusty conditions but stay safe on the campaign trail. >>> my conversation with governor mitt romney. >>> coming up here, reaction. how did governor romney change the debate in this campaign with this interview. we'll get reaction to all of it from our political roundtable. one of the stars this past week in charlotte for the democrats, julian castro. bill bennett. peggy noonan and nbc's own chuck todd. we know why we're here. ♪ to connect our forces to what they need, when they need it. ♪ to help troops see danger, before it sees them. ♪ to answer the call of the brave and bring them safely home. [ female announcer ] a

lech walesa. talk. is america's leadership? america must lead." and there is no question of the principles of freedom and personal responsibility and the basis of america. and i will do it again. if you wanted to, to watch the his acceptance speech. i read that this morning. that. disappointing, surprisingly disappointed. series of lofty goals. kept. for people. per family. business, people who wanted to business start-ups. remember his stimulus plan? unemployment below 8%. above 8%. and after he double that. one promise he kept. put it -- his energy plan was happened. i was surprised by his address because i expected him to confront the major challenge of the last four years. which is an economy which has not produced the jobs that the mesh people need -- american people need. i exeblingted him to talk about 23 million people or at least to talk about the unemployed in america. i expected him to talk about the number of families having a hard time making ends meet. the number of middle income families who have seen the cost of health insurance go

as lech walesa indicated, america's leadership is needed today. if i am president, i will do everything in my power to unite the american people. now, you might have expected the president of the united states to lay out a plan for what he would do to get the economy going again -- going again and getting people working again. again, that was surprising to me. i laid out the things i will do to get this economy going. let me tell you what they are. five things. i want to talk about them some more because i want you to know i am not just talking about 12 million new jobs. i know how to get the private sector to create 12 million new jobs. i know what it will take to do that. let me tell you what they are. number one, i will take full the advantage of our energy resources -- coal, oil, gas, nuclear, renewables. i am doing that, -- by doing that, we become energy independent by 2020. you take advantage of what is known as tight oil, in tight formations and a pump in fluid to get more oil out. it takes taking advantage of that pipeline coming out of c