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Unnecessary attention to what otherwise would have been a small topic. >> jesse: yes, anyway. dana, how would you like to respond to juan williams? >> dana: it made me think about an antidote that i remember from the philadelphia suburb, suburban women in the year 2000. so it is neck and neck, gore and bush, and he cannot pull ahead, they think its going to be a problem because pennsylvania was one of the possible states that president bush did not win. but they focus group before the election, ...

Quite popular. at the height of the monica lewinsky scandal her favorability rating shot to 67%. when she was secretary of state she enjoyed an approval rating of 65%. today, her likability factor is in the tank, and president obama is now trying to fix that. >> her hearts always been in the right place. works hard every single day. i know. she worked hard when she was running against me. i was worn out. she worked hard when she was working for me. she was there in the situation room as my secre...

Compute. >> wow. so back to you, charlyn. why do you want to get your husband re-elected, you want him out of the house? is he really that boring? you want him to go to work in the morning, come back at 6:00 or 7:00? >> hes not boring at all. but he loves what he does. and i really do not consider him a politician. i consider him a public servant. he cares about the people in this community, and he wants to do the right thing. so i want him to have the opportunity to continue to be commissioner....

About women and groping have been in the news. this is -- >> all right, lets have fun. youre all pros. perry, if youre secretary clinton, what do you want to be the topic of the last week? >> donald trump groping. >> what about you? >> nuclear war. >> but they both talk about nuclear war. >> you dont mind her starting a war with assad -- >> she had a four-minute response in the last debate. you only have four minutes from push the button to irretrievable warhead. that is what she wants to sell a...

Catching up with donald trump in iowa. he is probably not going to win iowa. this is why ted cruz is gaining on him and perhaps surpassed him at this point. that looks like thats the trend. this is a big issue for him. i think his likability factor for women will be a problem. >> ted cruz does worse with women. penny, let me ask you when you heard about what donald trump said to carly fiorina, who could vote for that face. people say he just likes beautiful women, its so nasty. we looked up all ...

You see ted cruz doing it now. what did we see this weekend? donald trump calling ted cruz a maniac, which might be the funniest thing ive seen donald trump say in a long time. him calling someone else a maniac, saying theyre off their rocker and crazy. coming from donald trump, i mean, its quite fun to watch. itll be interesting to see how they deal with that. >> lets talk about ted cruz for a second, patti. he has a problem with his likability factor, right, but hes really smart, has a lot of ...

Little more aggressive towards the other candidates on stage. i think he needs to do a better job bringing the complex problems back down to the kitchen table level so people feel like they can trust him, they understand him and he can latch on to that likability factor. >> lets talk about his new slogan then. "jeb can fix it." fox says the debate will focus on the economy. the unemployment rate is 5%. the "wall street journal" says that is only true if you include all the teenagers and retirees...

>> speaking of social security, you have said in the past it is a ponzi scheme. >> i like to take a look at the best moments in previous debates, learn from my colleagues, see how they went and handled it and i think that is just a useful experience. >> and a lot of that stuff is changed the last second or even during the debate. the ebb and flow you can never quite predict and that is what makes it exciting. >> the goal is to help make the voter out there a little smarter on where these candida...

>> lisa, there was another key moment, they had over 20 debates between each other back in 2007-2008. watch this one and well react on the other side. >> what can you say to the voters of new hampshire on this stage tonight who see your resume and like it, but are hesitating on the likability issue, where they seem to like barack obama more. >> well, that hurts my feelings. i dont think im that bad. >> youre likable enough, hillary. no doubt. >> thank you. >> theres a couple ways to break that d...

I want to give your office the respect that it deserves. how much is that? >> vice president joe bidens first interview since the death of his son bo was a remarkable piece of television because it was so much more than what we are used to seeing when a politician sits down with a comedian. joe bidens conversation was with honest, tend and profoundly moving. it began with colbert trying to shed like on bidens likability factor. >> everybody likes joe biden, right? ill tell you why i think that i...