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Over there? what are you hearing? >> yeah, i think to davids point and to your point, they dont know what they dont know here. the core problem, its been the problem from the very beginning, and i think that were seeing them try to figure out a way around this. they are actually doing some variation of the clinton model, bringing in a lawyer, ty cobb to deal with some of these inquiries, to deal with some of the media, but someone who actually -- i mean, the legal experience here is really impor...

Attorney to fight back. but bill clinton was still impeached. he still had to go before a grand jury because the basic facts were the basic facts. no matter how good your team, you cant change the facts. >> the white house is as preoccupied with the story line as its critics are and this is perhaps a reflection of that. the guys theyre talking about are not just counter punches, but first punchers. the thing they may have over the folks now and i dont know if it ends well, but they may have a cl...

Billion dollars, he sets up this foundation attached to the library and then he can fly around on private jets all over the world and do whatever he wants to do. its the clinton model. you know what it is. >> i dont think that. i think if people want to give money more power to him. i dont care. i do care about where it is. i want it to be on this dr. martin luther king drive and i want it to be right in the middle of this horrible, horrible section of chicago because if it is, that whole sectio...

Is not the same model to follow that bill clinton used in 1996. thats why daily is brought in. it was going to be triangulation and try olive branches. now its going to be a recognition of the republicans are both unwilling and ip incapable of working with the democratic white house right now. i think this is a lagging indicator of that. >> the clinton model was first of all pray that colin powell doesnt run and then do everything can you to help bob dole get the nomination. is that going to wor...

A fairly extreme result they got. and yet that extreme result got put on the table by barack obama and the democrats. they had a $2.4 trillion deficit reduction, and the republicans didnt just say no, thats not quite good enough, they walked out. >> yeah. the interesting model for deficit reduction i always thought for the obama white house was the clinton model, the 1993 bill, which was 50/50. it was first% spending cuts, 50% tax revenue increases. why wouldnt the white house have looked at the...