. >> the word isolationism springs to mind. back in such a comprehensive way and what's gone is infusion of moral values that george bush brought to foreign policy. we had to bring freedom to parts of the world where those were not notions that were embedded in civil society. is that gone when you listen to michelle bachmann is that gone? >> two things are gone. what's the alternative to george bush's moralism which turned out to be reckless. it's called realism. realism means a sober recognition that countries have their own interest and will behave according to their interests and idealism stuff doesn't work. that depends on a careful understanding of other places and recognition of differentness of different places. russia has interest. china has interest. you don't feel that either. when you listen to michelle bachmann or gingrich or any of those candidates, you don't hear either the president's belief in democracy promotion america doing good things in the world nor do you hear the kind of old fashioned traditional sober r

. >> the word isolationism springs to mind.t they are pulling back in such a comprehensive way and what's gone is infusion of moral values that george bush brought to foreign policy. we had to bring freedom to parts of the world where those were not notions that were embedded in civil society. is that gone when you listen to michelle bachmann is that gone? >> two things are gone. what's the alternative to george bush's moralism which turned out to be reckless. it's called realism. realism means a sober recognition that countries have their own interest and will behave according to their interests and idealism stuff doesn't work. that depends on a careful understanding of other places and recognition of differentness of different places. russia has interest. china has interest. you don't feel that either. when you listen to michelle bachmann or gingrich or any of those candidates, you don't hear either the president's belief in democracy promotion america doing good things in the world nor do you hear the kind of old fashioned t

spring. but he also is going to deliver a very pointed message towards some republicans who he says are going down a path today's isolationismted comment towards mitt romney and jon huntsman, he's going to say that the party should not shrink from the challenges of american leadership. it will be a closely-watched speech. >> we're watching sarah palin, we're watching barack obama and we're watching tim pawlenty today. good to hear from you, steve. and steve brusk is in d.c. for us today, i said atlanta, but he's in d.c. >>> let's go to sports right now. pablo torre is a reporter for "sports illustrated." l.a. dodgers filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. to a lot of people, that means shutting down, game stopping. but in reality, bankruptcy for a baseball time is a lot like bankruptcy for a company. how rare is this, first of all? >> it's pretty rare. a couple of teams have done it. the texas rangers did it, most notably last year. what's different in this case, is its historically acrimonious and embarrassing, it started with the divorce proceedings of frank mccourt. a divorce that opened up all the books, as we know divorces c