happened this week with his hidden camera video leaked to mother jones, they were put on the defensive over economic issues. >> jessica, we did see ambassador susan rice at the u.n. saying that -- i mean, indicating, not really talking about this in terms of being a terrorist attack. it was days later the terrorist attack part of this was really discussed. is there concern in the obama campaign this controversy might be providing republicans some fodder to put a chink in the president's foreign policy armor? >> well, not yet. not given romney's response so far, which was not handled well, anderson. but the larger potential here is that if there is another attack on americans in another country or in libya, if this grows in some way, that's the real danger for the president, because his strength in foreign policy is really about the perception that he is a decisive and clear leader, and that's what voters, it's perceived that voters are responding to. if world events seem to be spinning out of his control, then that leadership quality could erode for him. but we're not at that stage yet and so the campaign is not refle