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With people in high profile positions, with republicans and democrats, you have to not only appear to be caesars wife, you have to be caesar ceas wife. it is theres a difference between saying that bob mueller is a qualified, smart investigator. >> under what premise, you dont think hes investigating -- so you think that democrats can only investigate democrats and republicans republicans? >> no, im not saying that. >> wouldnt republicans become the thought pleolice talking abt cleaning house be...

This is one of those where they knew this was coming. did they know today, tomorrow, a week from now but knew they wanted to do that. the president creates these perception problems for himself by make tg seing it seem as if s one thing he can say or do to stop this. north korea is not negotiating until they have a deliverable missile. that is sort of the situation, the paralysis we are in right now. north korea doesnt want to talk to the chinese or us. >> the president just yelled something at ...

Then the nature of our relationship with them can change. >> personnel problems inside the white house and the perception problems it might create. >> i will always support whatever decisions the president makes. both of us know general kelly is going to do an outstanding job as the new white house chief of staff. i think with the world season president donald trump is a strong american leader. bringing about real change. in americas place in the world and real economic growth and strength at ho...

Then the nature of our relationship with them can change. >> personnel problems inside the white house and the perception problems it might create. >> i will always support whatever decisions the president makes. both of us know general kelly is going to do an outstanding job as the new white house chief of staff. i think with the world season president donald trump is a strong american leader. bringing about real change. in americas place in the world and real economic growth and strength at ho...

Declassify as much as he could about the russian intervention and pursue sanctions then, not wait until after the election. as it turned out senator feinstein and i had to to odo o own attribution because we couldnt successfully persuade the administration to do it. when they did it the following month in october before the election it wasnt enough to impress upon the public the seriousness of what russia was doing and i think they did that for perhaps understandable reasons. they didnt want to ...

Complied with law. >> but a perception problem, no? >> lets lots of perception problems. i think the fact the real issue is whether or not he did anything wrong. is there anything to create a problem for us for either him as governor or us as a country and the fact is its very different from what hillary clinton did with classified documents and wiping uft server and to compare the two is silly. look at what governor pence using an aol account, and say i didnt know aol accounts existed, that may...

It was a serious mistake, one that he caught and remedied. >> its perception problems that may dog daschle than legal ones. the simple fact that he had a car and driver was in a contrast to what he projected in the 80s. democratic leaders are confident daschle will be confirmed but republicans who can slow the process down have yet to weigh in as a group. >> republicans problem did not have the numbers to stop tom daschle outright. remember, in the 2008 election, democrats had 60 seats in the u....

Maybe its because the amount of taxes he owed was more than what geithner owed. i think it was also maybe because of what exactly he owed the taxes on. >> the president has been forced to expend political capital hed rather use for his economic plan instead protecting tom daschles confirmation chances. just weeks ago, after his nomination to be the point man on health care reform, daschle paid back taxes for a car and driver made available to him by a political supporter over a three-year period...

"the daily beast" where im editor in chief, but this exchange is extraordinary. chelsea clinton is trying to raise a red flag early on saying there are at the very least perception problems shaken up people at state -- >> thats how the trump campaign is using this. pay for play. >> i dont see pay for play and i see an enormous amount of bad blood and one of the mysteries of this campaign is how political professionals like the clintons have been clueless about the perception of many of their dec...

Senate foreign relations committee raised precisely this concern. take a look. >> the clinton foundation exists as a temptation for any foreign entity or government that believes it can curry favor through a donation. it also sets up potential perception problems with any action taken by the secretary of state in relation to foreign givers or their countries. >> theres the chairman and a pretty nonpartisan chairman, richard luger. >> absolutely. >> giving an explanation of the concern that clint...