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Some member of democratic voters or independent voters leaning democrat, who wont come because theyre not that enthused about hillary, and as long as shes going to win, they may stay away. >> james, do you think the trump message that its rigged -- do you think that actually does -- i guess, initially, his thought was that its going to fire up, you know, republicans to come out and, you know, overcome the rigged system in his opinion. but it does seem like it could also do the reverse, which is ...

But the base is very restive and does not and resents peeling away, in fnevada, for example, joe heck, running for the senate, separated himself from trump after the sprovideo and t was a huge backlash among his base. now hes trapped the between a rock and a hard place. >> right, theyre kind of damned if they do and damned if they dont. >> exactly. >> james, as far as you know, is there any historical parallel though, down-ballot republicans trying to distance themselves from the top of the tick...

Biography, kathleen hall jamieson from the university of pennsylvania and james fallow, the national correspondent for "the atlantic." jim, let me start with you. you were the chief speechwriter to jimmy carter and you describe that as being like fdrs tap dance instructor. so here we have another, shall we say, a difficult person to coach in donald trump. and i want to start with that because we can go back in history but trump has never been something quite like him. what have you observed, loo...

The ways in which we think of barack obama as being eloquent is usually in large set piece orations that go on for 20 or 30 minutes which is different from the sharp comeback that he sometimes has been able to master but sometimes it takes him longer to get the answer out than you want in a debate format. but in this setting, that could work better for him than it did four years ago. >> james, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. up next, the good, the bad and the ugly. our teasin...

The race is super close and has been for months. the final round will be decided by a series of fights. a.k.a., the debates. the great writer james fallows has watched every moment and thinks we are in for a serious battle. both men are strong fighters. two men enter, one president leaves. he writes about it in his excellent cover story "slugfest," which appears in the september issue of "the atlantic." james, an honor to have you on the show. youre a great writer. thank you for being here. >> m...

Ran it -- when i was running for pennsylvania, the big city mayor of philadelphia, my folks wanted me to don overalls and milk a cow. i said, absolutely not. >> good for you. thats the right answer. >> i said absolutely not. i am who i am, im a big city mayor. but i learned more about agriculture. by the end of that campaign, i could talk about manure dige digesters as good as anyone in the state. >> thanks, governor rendell. >> thanks, guys. >> last night was just a preview of the fight nights ...

Then theres the town hall format, which is a bit more free flowing and loose. do you think the town hall format would advantage the president more? >> yes, i think the range from his best to his worst is wider than it is for most of the candidates. when prepared, hes actually good. he knows how to stay on message and advance these attacks. but when he has to improvise, it often brings out the worst in him. weve seen it on stump appearances and in the clip you just showed. the more things are bey...

Tired-looking first president bush. al gore overhandling himself against the second george bush. >> james, during the republican primary debates, romney had a particularly awkward moment that you talked about in the piece. i want to play that clip now. >> im just saying. you were for individual mandates, my friend. >> you know what, youve raised that before, rick. and -- >> it was true then. its true now. >> ill tell you what -- 10,000 bucks? $10,000 bet? >> im not in the betting business but il...

well hit all of the hotspots, syria, iran, china, egypt, and more. later in the show, the u.s. rolled out the red carpet for chinas next president but what is going on behind the scenes between the two rival nations? we have a great panel of china watchers. also, believe it or not, the eurozone crisis is solved. how, what? stay tuned, well explain. first, here is my take. were hearing a new concept these days in discussions about iran. the zone of immunity. the idea often explained by ...

more. later in the show, the u.s. rolled out the red carpet for chinas next president but what is going on behind the scenes between the two rival nations? we have a great panel of china watchers. also, believe it or not, the eurozone crisis is solved. how, what? stay tuned, well explain. first, here is my take. were hearing a new concept these days in discussions about iran. the zone of immunity. the idea often explained by ehud barak, israels defense minister, is soon iran will have ...