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But what about the case that she tried to make rast night that she avoided in 08? she ran away from the fact of the gender issue then, but thousand now she seems to be running headfirst into it. >> yeah, she sure is. i covered her whole campaign in 2008 and she was very reluctant to bring up the fact she would be the first woman president. she steered clear of the advice of her then strategist mark penn to present herself as a powerhouse and not as a woman. clearly different this time. shes talk...

Its not a big deal. i think this is easily resolvable. >> was it as divisive as something as accusing of limiting debates? >> reince priebus limited the number of debates on the republican calendar. he said we are not going to have as many debates as 2012. we limited the number of debates. i think what debbie has done is put a temporary limit on the number of debates. lets assume this remains competitive and out of the five candidates three go through iowa, new hampshire, nevada, south carolina....

Sessions and one of his senior advisers tells me today that he was planning on doing a prepared session. everything was all set up. he got a couple minutes into it and he said i can handle this. then they stopped. now, erin, you never know if were getting prespin here, if theyre trying to lower expectations because hes not debated on this type of stage before. this is going to be the biggest audience that hes ever had of course as a presidential candidate. hillary clinton of course has debated s...

This article that ryan liza just published, how to beat hillary clinton, he got his hands for the first time on that memo that barack obama staffers put together in 2007, how to beat hillary clinton and the most vulnerable part of her was her credit ability credibility, her krakcharacter. and that could be a vulnerability she still has. >> its a totally different race. 08, i thought it was well within the bounds. there was a lot of shots back and forth between hillary and barack obama and both e...

Vision and what she intends to do. everyone would like to see bill clinton front and center in all of the states and being a surrogate -- hes a superspouse -- >> dont you think he would help her. >> bill clinton could help all of us. hell be a tremendous asset to the campaign. >> hes a double-edged sword and he understand that. he overshadows her. hes got incredible political talent, natural political talent. she doesnt. shes got to work at it hard. she has the likability problem, trustworthines...

Were there. at that point the royals won. we have a fair result. maybe i will make fans of mets fans. >> you were ahead at this point in 2007. >> sounds about right. so what bit of advice would you give donald trump right now? >> i heard your show earlier. one thing that hurt me a lot in 07, going into 08, people focused a lot on what i did as mayor, september w went went we. my social views tend to be moderate. some think they are liberal. my opponent started focusing on that i was pro-choice. ...

But not from any of the four individuals who will be on that stage with her tomorrow night. and by the way, very effectively, don, because those distrust numbers are really high. yes, theres a high approval, but shes got some issues and i think this is the rnc want to go make sure that they cement that perception. keep in mind that by this point in the 08 cycle, there had been 13 face-to-face confrontations mun democrats. this is a first. this is a reset tomorrow night and the rnc wants you to...

Obviously is going to build upon that in a major way. >> how do you see this issue and other foreign policy issues being played out during the presidential campaign? will they be on the radar screen? should they be? how do you see it evolving over the next year? >> you know more about this than i do based on the kind of living youve done in such a great way. everybody will tell you that economic issues end up driving campaigns, not foreign policy issues. i think in this case foreign policy is go...

News/washington pop out today. hillary clinton is plus 33. sanders is plus seven. thats staggering. >> with those numbers f they stay that way, its impossible for him to win a general election. barack obama proved that in 08 and expanded on it in 2012. we need women. we need hispanics. we need african-american. we need young people and white liberals. he needs to do something to reach out to a broader sector of people. the problem from him is, the reason hes been doing so well is his authenticit...

Stage tomorrow night? >> well, shes going to do it with what we have been talking about. this broad coalition of democratic voters that barack obama built in 08 and expanded in 2012. hillary has done a lot of work leading up to this debate that has gone unnoticed. >> how do you mean? >> shes rolled out women for hillary. shes met with the leadership of the black lives matter. shes checked a lot of boxes walking into this debate. i think shes going to display tomorrow night her vast support among...