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Proposed was far worse than the obamacare we got, and thats going to pin her to the wall talking about nothing but that once it comes out, but im speculating because i dont know whats in there. >> juan, what about these? >> well, i think the keep point is that shes the leading democratic possible candidate for the presidency, and so i think for people who are wondering how you possibly can derail this ship that has so much momentum behind her, poll numbers are incredible among democrats right no...

Department of state and call the department of homeland security when something comes to their desk that they think is worth supporting? >> yes, i think it is. there are two ways to look at this. one it looks like a classic instance where if you are powerful and have a lot of money and you are in trouble. what do you do to get the attention of a politician? you 5 them lots of money and suddenly they take a lot of interest in your case. mark rich, his ex-wife gave a million dollars to clinton in ...

And there you see a chart of its decline over time, in the last year of office, bill clinton had 218 pardons. in 2012, president obama had 12. now, of course, thats not an apples-to-apples comparison. that was the last year in office, you face no political ramifications for your pardons. why are we seeing this huge decline in pardons? >> right, apples-to-apples, president obama is still very, very low, compared to any modern-day president at this point in his presidency. and i think a number of ...

Modern-day president at this point in his presidency. and i think a number of things happened. one is, we saw some abuse, or what people perceived as abuse, in the pardon system, and so i think that frightened other presidents. you know, bill clinton had a problem at the end of his presidency with mark rich. people saw it as a quid pro quo. >> mark rich was someone who was extremely wealthy, his wife was very connected in democratic politics, donated a lot of money. he was, i believe, on the lam...

Ramifications for your pardons. why are we seeing this huge decline in pardons? >> right, apples-to-apples, president obama is still very, very low, compared to any modern-day president at this point in his presidency. and i think a number of things happened. one is, we saw some abuse, or what people perceived as abuse, in the pardon system, and so i think that frightened other presidents. you know, bill clinton had a problem at the end of his presidency with mark rich. people saw it as a quid p...

Talking about nonviolent drug offenders. and, you know, the idea that you let 5,000 people go, the odds are that at least one of them will commit a crime. so talk to us about how this -- this plays into this conversation. >> i think, actually -- possibly obamas greater fear than that is the politicalization of the pardoning office in the past. i think if you look at whats happened with mark rich, scooter libby, even richard nixon. i think this administration has shown their white house is not fo...

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Zimmerman lived and where trayvon martin died. >> you want to get back inside. well check back in with you. phil keating live. bill: mark rich who was famously pardoned during president clintons final hours in office has died. if he was known as the king of commodities. he was indicted on 50 counts of fraud and racketeering and tax evasion. good morning, stuart. news on mark rich? undercover in greece for years. >> his life story is the story of the vigorous per sui -- pursf money. it goes back ...

Lead law enforcement officer in this country would conduct himself like that, support the pardon to mark rich, would have a cast of characters in the department of justice that hes brought in that have supported gitmo detainees, all down there working for them pro bono. i mean, its almost like the world has been turned on its head. this is the person leading the department of justice? stunning. >> its hard to imagine eric got into power. how did this happen? >> hes always done exactly what his s...

Lead law enforcement officer in this country would conduct himself like that, support the pardon to mark rich, would have a cast of characters in the department of justice that hes brought in that have supported gitmo detainees, all down there working for them pro bono. i mean, its almost like the world has been turned on its head. this is the person leading the department of justice? stunning. >> its hard to imagine eric got into power. how did this happen? >> hes always done exactly what his s...