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Border, enforcing the laws. >> so getting all different kinds of places. >> the immediate impact donald trump has had is he has rattled these guys, especially this week. if you saw jeb bush he said hes going to run a joyful campaign. not go on negative attacks. there he was in new hampshire the other night hitting donald trump saying he supported higher taxes. scott walker, unintimidated is the name of his book. thats how hes running as a fighter. he wouldnt take a position on birthright citizen...

Political autopsy and that seems to be in hindsight a perfect word. people forget trump is a brand. hes not a politician which is part of his appeal. but he has probably been testing that brand the trump name for decades through polling, focus groups. he knows where it will hit, it knows where it will work. so this shouldnt be a surprise to anybody. but the political field did not anticipate his activities and his strength. frankly the media was a little behind the curve, too. hell be out there,...

Joining me to talk about this, cnn political commentator and democratic strategist paul begala. >> hey, carol, i advise a pro-hillary super pac, so i love hillary anyway but i have a professional interest in seeing her win. >> we appreciate your transparency. in watching the tape, some of the people that belong to black live matter didnt like that hillary clinton was telling them what to do with their movement. they didnt feel that that was her place. your reaction to that. >> you know, this is ...

Hillary clinton is a candidate. you read between the lines and say, might pull some of the voters away from her but as a party overall was saying. >> well, hillary clinton has always flirted with high negatives. shes been around for a long time. people bring up issues like the e-mails and there is a steady drip, drip. the bigger problem for hillary clinton is the perception on the part of the republican that shes not an authentic candidate. weve talked through a number of election cycles here ab...

Party run if they dont treat him with respect. >> what would it mean, fareed, to think of a donald trump in charge of being the liaison between the u.s. and other countries? >> i think would be so many problems that foreign policy would be the least of our concerns. look, part of what were trying to figure south is this all an act? does he recognize that hes tapping into a certain kind of anger that is so frustrated with the degree to which politicians are prepared and have tested every comment ...

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Your polling. your focus groups. its not, by the time you do your group the deal will be dead. assuming i am doing deals. which i am not doing anymore. i am running for president. i told him no. every time i see a poll, it is negative. the guy is a lightweight. >> some of our viewers may not be familiar with who frank luntz is. ill play the moment. and i want you to respond. take a look. >> when you walked in here how many of you had a positive opinion of donald trump, raise your hand, overall? ...

People who are engaging with donald trump and following donald trump like some bizarre cult. theyre engaged in an infamous and fraud on conservatism. this man is not a conservative. he is not a republican. >> paeople who support donald trump will be insulted by that. there were people in the focus group, tired of people insulting my intelligence because i support donald trump. >> i think the one news making thing. >> let gloria. >> the one honest news making thing that we heard tonight was that ...

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How much she doesnt want to be eliminated from the apprentice. heres what happened. brandi said i dont want to do this. trump said excuse me youd drop to your knees. broderick said yes. trump said that must have been a pretty picture dropping to your knees. with the celebrity apprentice, obviously that is entertainment. certainly you can imagine trump explaining it that way. you look at some of the other quotes. a lot of them were about rosie odonnell being a fat slob being a pig. i just want to...