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Our economy so you have to look at the people who are directly engaged with this who understand the bottom line and tuned numbers and they, in turn are going to have to talk to some of these republican house members and governors. this is not smart for anybody. lets see if they can have an effect. >> this is one point where the clinton/obama parallel doesnt work. the republicans are more conservative than they were in the 1990s. look at the ten most polarized years in terms of politic, nine of t...

Again. he talked about how the country had thought about terrorism before 9/11, about his past work as a prosecutor, about balancing the aggressive pursuit of dangerous criminals with our basic values and way of life. we have to get back to the place we were kerry said where terrorists are not the focus of our lives but theyre a nuisance. it was a thoughtful response and gift to his republican opponents. >> first, kerry said defeating terrorism was really more about law enforcement and intellige...

To be critical. the president has come down on the right side on a lot of these issues rhetorically in the past. >> to clarify, if i get sort of bogged down there and say oh, its amazing he gave this speech im not saying oh, everything in this speech is great. i want to make clear and my hope with this discussion i think theres a lot of complexity. theres areas with drones, essentially he redefined the perimeters but left it open to say hey if these perimeters dont work. i think thats very troub...

Much more positive reinforcement every time they do something halfway nice he praises them and reluctant to call them out. the way president clinton handled it he kept distancing himself saying im doing the work of the american people and the american people looked at it and decided thats what he was doing. thats what the president now is trying to do. focusing on the work of photo ops that show he cares about his program. this is never going to go away. youre proving that by the history. >> als...

Shifting this paradigm. one. places where that has to remain true is on this notion theres a category of men at guantanamo that cant be tried and be held indefinitely. that doesnt hold up. if after more than 11 years the government cant make a case against these men then they cant make a case against these men. if all the evidence you have against an individual is based on torture or coarse evidence its not for high minded moral reason its unreliable. one of the things that was missing from the ...

Agonizing over decision involved in national security and counterterrorism on a national stage like that. it doesnt mean you agree with everything he says. it doesnt mean oh, im an obama convert. i dont listen to that and say i agree with everything he said. i appreciate theres an awful lot of gray here. >> thats a soft to liberals yourself hes being thoughtful its okay. >> no, no. i didnt say its okay. when i say thoughtful it gives me something to think about. it makes me say this is a complic...