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Of politics id ever heard or seen. i thought it was outrageous. but the republicans have to show some restraint on that stage, too, but they didnt want so, so that troubled me. when youre getting hit with machine gun bullets, at some point, you may say something thats odd, but i thought he muscled through better than most would. sxwl ben carson. the poles are fascinating to me. two outsiders that are leading in the polls. ben carson, my take is hes a great guy. he has a compelling story. hes a t...

Of politics id ever heard or seen. i thought it was outrageous. but the republicans have to show some restraint on that stage, too, but they didnt want so, so that troubled me. when youre getting hit with machine gun bullets, at some point, you may say something thats odd, but i thought he muscled through better than most would. sxwl ben carson. the poles are fascinating to me. two outsiders that are leading in the polls. ben carson, my take is hes a great guy. he has a compelling story. hes a t...

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Hot donald trump. mr. trump is averaging more than 23% support in the polls among republicans. next is jeb bush 12.8% followed by scott walker 10.6%. all the rest of the contenders are far back. so the upcoming debate is all about donald trump and how he will handle his frontrunner status. it is likely many will tune in simply to see my drama will trump go after his competitors or will he become a statesman trying to demonstrate that he has the political finesse to run the country? talking point...

Articulating values that are consistent with what the president has been fighting for and im perfectly willing to hazard a guess there will be a stark contrast with the values and priorities articulated by all of the republican candidates next thursday. >> back to my new york panel here. were all sort of looking ahead to this as if its going to be hilarious and entertaining. >> because it is going to be hilarious and entertaining. >> right. but actually to joshs point. do people come away thinki...

And at the same time they didnt want to be the ones to get rid of candidates. i think it is very hard for a news organization to be the one at the beginning of a process to limit them. i mean this is a very -- were all dealing with this. but we in the media. is it our job to tell which kant candidates are allowed on stage and which arent? >> i agree with chuck. ive been saying for a lot of time now this is not the process. the process, divide it up two nights. open it up. dont even do the tradit...

General sockey is the traveling press secretary for the obama campaign. >> hi, andrea. >> looks beautiful down there. >> it is. hi there. >> first of all whats the mood inside the debate? how is he doing? >> hes energized. hes focused. hes energized, hes excited to be here. hes excited to get to new york tomorrow. and hes focused on having a good debate tomorrow morning. hes his own worst harshest critic i should say, and hes looked back at the tape from last week. he knows that he can do a bett...

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It might be the format that the debate commission has been groping for for years, that really works the best. it is not too loose so things get out of hand. but it is not so tight that it feels completely controlled. that will be interesting to see as well. >> joe, let me ask you, as somebody who has handled candidates on big debate nights, we forget -- they are human beings. are they likely to be nervous right now? >> i dont think so. look, they have both been through a lot. romney has been thr...

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