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Job and how has that affected them adversary in office or in terms of their legacy? >> its interesting, i choose because im going to take so long to write about my presidents. i would never choose one i didnt feel respect for. even though there will be disappointments in things they did, but i look at the people who proceeded each of my presidents. i look at buchanan proceeding abraham lincoln when the country was falling apart and he escalated the problem of the north and south. you look at hoo...

They were part of a mission, they could deal with it. when it fell apart, then it was much harder. >> so, who have the next president is, whoever wins on november 8th, what lessons from past presidents, doris, do you think they should draw from when they take that seat in the oval office? who can they learn from most? >> theres a couple of things. i think they can learn, especially given the complicated relationships with the press, fd had a press conference twice a week. i think they have to op...

Democrat in presidential election since lbj in 1964 but all bets are off. few things happening not the least of which is a third party candidate, evan mcmullen. were joined with more on the buzz from the beehive state. in terms of polls, look at utah population. >> this is just a stunning development in this race. utah, hillary clinton shouldnt be in the hunt at all. one poll you see that evan mcmullen at 20%. another poll 26-26 between trump and clinton and see ran mcmullen in the hunt. these a...

Theyre only going to have one insurer. its worth noting in the battle ground states except for arizona the changes are relatively smaller. when you get done, because of the medicaid expansion, the percentage of americans that dont have insurance has dropped to an all-time low. going back to the beginning the creation of medicare brought it down substantially in the 70s. lbj brought it down to about 13%. its been creeping upwards as employers reduced coverage. it peaked over here. obamacare broug...

Around? should mr. trump be in the state of utah rather than mike pence? would that help. >> i dont think mr. trump visiting utah would help his campaign. mike pence is probably the best surrogate he can send to whip up support there. at the end of the day, we will see. again, utah hasnt voted for a democrat since 1964, since lbj ran the table on all the states. and right now, if you say will evan mcmullin, this independent candidate, be able to pull it out, i dont know. hillary clinton sent fiv...

You if youre president of the united states and if youre the first female ever to be president, that shores up the internal confidence. the thing obama showed in that interview was that he was confident. he said i can do these other things, yet he also realized and yesterday what if i had the legislative acumen of an lbj, the genius of a lincoln, the communication skills of a churchill, then maybe there would have something i could have done that i didnt do. so you need confidence but you also a...

Parties, and we have to think about money in the elections. still the poison in the system. so theres a lot hopefully this election will make us think. >> thinking is a good thing. and with regard to thinking ahead we know that the clinton team and the trump team have transition teams, right? theyre thinking ahead and we had reporting earlier in the week that apparently hillary clinton is picking up the phone or contacting folks on the hill, some folks shes worked with in the past as a senator a...

Anniversary of the republican revolt in the deep south against lbj and the civil rights bills and the fact that weve been forfeiting 90% of the black vote now for 50 years. its about the fact that were forfeiting 80% of the hispanic vote. that is the real -- i think there is a reckoning coming. but i dont think its to america. i think the reckoning comes within our republican party because we either look forward and reach out or were destroyed. >> one thing i would say to sean hannity is if dona...

Liked them. and that is what must be expected of anyone standing on a debate stage during a general election. >> trumps performance sparking a swift back lash from some republicans. ted cruzs former campaign manager tweeting, hold it together, man. its all on the line. not just you, all of us. trump critic arizona governor -- or arizona senator rather jeff flake tweeted donald trump saying that he might not accept election results is beyond the pale. so lets talk about this. im joined by donald ...

End of a lot of prolonged pronouncements and charges and countercharges from a lot of leading democrats criticizing donald trump today with regard to that campaign. cant have it both ways but listen, in an election, the american people whether its nixon and lbjs first race, questions with regard to your race, we had a contested race in maryland in 1994, the vote reer are pretty clear that they generally want you to submit to the numbers in the end but last night was more about the substance, lef...