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And heard in. we got overwhelmed the last time we had an open primary. there were 26 debates, six sanctioned dnc debates in 04 and 08 like we have now but it was important to make sure we not let that process get out of control so we can make sure our candidates are able to reach the voters and be able to showcase and contrast themselves from one another and, of course, from the circus on the other side of the aisle. >> two points on this. one is that the omalley campaign says you never negotiat...

Balance to make shoo you are our candidates are able to spend the time they need to do the grass-roots retail campaigning that is essential for those voters to kick the tires and also to allow for a variety of other platforms for our candidates to be able to be seen and heard in. we got overwhelmed the last time we had an open primary. there were 26 debates, six sanctioned dnc debates in 04 and 08 like we have now but it was important to make sure we not let that process get out of control so we...

Has completely evaporated between the american people and very nearly every institution in the country with the exception of the military being the outlier to that. which is why all of these politicians try to cloak themselves in the u.s. military as they run for office whether theyve had military service or not. >> and whether or not the veterans groups theyre fund-raising for on any given tuesday evening are actual organizations. steve schmidt, msnbc political analyst, senior advisor to the 08...

Organizations. steve schmidt, msnbc political analyst, senior advisor to the 08 campaign of john mccain. weve got much more ahead tonight. please stay with us. i hate cleaning the gutters. have you touched the stuff? its evil. and ladders. sfx: [screams] they have all those warnings on em. might as well say... youre gonna die, jeff. you hired someone to clean the gutters. not just someone. angies list helped me find a highly rated service provider to do the work at a fair price. ♪ everyone can...

Military prep school in the 60s. even though he got multiple deferments to avoid service in the vietnam war, he told his biographer he believes he did be in the military because of that expensive prep school experience. he told him, "i felt that i was in the military in the true sense." donald trump was not in the military. but he did use a pretty military backdrop tonight to raise money for a nonexistent veterans group. which endorsed him formally as part of his introduction. he said they have ...

Experience. he told him, "i felt that i was in the military in the true sense." donald trump was not in the military. but he did use a pretty military backdrop tonight to raise money for a nonexistent veterans group. which endorsed him formally as part of his introduction. he said they have hundreds of thousands of members. and they dont. and so the whole thing is fake. the whole thing is made for tv. except for the fact that presumably he did raise money for this guy tonight. and this really is...

Voters that hate republican leadership. >> theres no question that thats true. but there is commonality in the sentiment of contempt towards the system is. >> for the system. >> that both sides look at and say is not on the level. lets be clear. we live in a time where trust has completely evaporated between the american people and very nearly every institution in the country with the exception of the military being the outlier to that. which is why all of these politicians try to cloak themselv...

On is the electability argument. you have to go to mccain in 08. if you are looking at this right now in republican voters saying donald trump is the most electable that is a tough argument for jeb bush or rubio or others to step in. >> he is not the most electable. he has alienated women and hispanic voters. i will stand by my comment on the last debate day i was on with you. this guy is not going to be the republican nominee and certainly not the next president. i think we have work to do to m...

Begin bombing in 30 seconds talking about russia. it was a slightly aggressive thing, but it was tinged in humor and that was the way that he managed to really still be strong and forceful and project leadership but doing it in a way that was approachable and accessible to people. >> you know better than most what its like to be on the inside. you were a senior adviser to mike huckabee in the 08 campaign. we are almost 24 hours away. what would you be doing this close to the debate with your can...

Boister and bluster. >> joy, your new book, a great one, "fracture: barack obama, the clintons and the racial divide." you talk about race and politics. if you look at the other side of the aisle, the republicans at the moment. we have ben carson who weve been talking about, an african-american candidate, the only one on that side. apply what you wrote about in your book to what is happening with the republicans? >> the republican party has sort of an interesting position right here, given that ...