mr. romney's performance in foreign affairs to shhis shoot first and request questions later suggests a bull who brings his china shop with him. i'm joined by "the huffington post" howard fineman, johneilemann, and delaware attorney general beau biden. our special guest must be given the first question. you will not like this question, sir, mr. attorney general. >> it's "hardball." >> general, can i call you general? >> beau is good. >> thank you. >> does romney win if it's a tie tonight? does he win if it's a tie? >> the president is going to be the strong decisive commander in chief he always has been and talk about how he has been such a -- look, he's been the most strong commander in chief in mylitime. he said what he said he was going to do. he ended the war in iraq. you have mitt romney talking about whether or not we should even take troops out. in afghanistan, the president of the united states has set us on a time line to take us out of afghanistan. on that front, i'm unclear as to what governor says to that. as to bin laden, the president of the united states hunt the down president obama. >> where did you learn all this? >> wait. >> your father taught you this. >> they sa