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But it has no policy content at all. its partly because nobody seems to really have a clear plan on either side of the aisle about what to do about -- certainly about the mess in the middle east and about isis. i think nobody wants to commit the number of troops that would be required to actually take them out. so its a question of sort of basically projecting strength without actually doing anything. so really it matches what were hearing from a lot of the candidates. >> joy, he reiterated some...

That people flock to him when theyre scared. i thought that answer was interesting because it didnt really mean anything. they asked him what are you going to do about this? and its just oh, im going to be so tough, im going to be so tough, which matches the sort of emotional valence that people want, i think not just even in the republican primary. a lot of voters want that. but it has no policy content at all. its partly because nobody seems to really have a clear plan on either side of the ai...

And i think that actually is good analysis of the situation. that people flock to him when theyre scared. i thought that answer was interesting because it didnt really mean anything. they asked him what are you going to do about this? and its just oh, im going to be so tough, im going to be so tough, which matches the sort of emotional valence that people want, i think not just even in the republican primary. a lot of voters want that. but it has no policy content at all. its partly because nobo...

Thats what i meant by obama has the ideas. there was no content. lovely personality story, but zero policy content thats actually true about everything thats happening. >> i think theres perhaps a slightly different view from the republican side. >> did you see consent in that speech? >> i saw a narrative, a vision very different from the vision of barack obama -- >> what content? >> very different from what obama presented. to tell america after oba obamacair -- >> what i saw -- what i heard to...

Trust me, im do better. so for those who are predisposed to trust him, that is going to be sufficient. but for everybody else who is looking for policy content, to what that trust may mean, he failed to hit a home run on that. >> very interesting, richard wolffe was talking about this is about a firing and hiring decision. and seeing if he can meet the bar on wanting us to fire the president and hire him. and it is down to that trust issue. >> yep. and the president hasnt had his chance to make ...