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Little -- we need to understand the process within the bureaucracy before you judge it. one last thing i want to say, a very important point, theres an enter agency process. another key piece where you are not e-mailing directly the secretary, you are actually, as when i was ambassador, interacting with the national security council, and my colleagues at the pentagon to deal with policy issues. >> ambassador pickering, your investigation and report was the one that specified -- >> let me make on...

Calculated, very sort of prepackaged political candidate. bernie is just the absolute opposite of that. i think he, like, for instance on guns, he knew that was coming. his staff knew that was coming. all im saying is they prep him next time and say youre going to get hammered by guns. whats your answer? i think, again, it has to do with predebate discipline more than policy issues. >> i agree thats a problem, too. im telling you if you put that guy with tom friedman for an hour on national secu...

Help you on the big stage last night. the problem long term may be in order to lock up the nomination she kept moving left last night on various policy issues. she also had had a much easier time deflecting questions about the email controversy. because, as you played that clip, she had her chief rival, bernie sanders basically saying enough with this i dont care about it and they elm embraced shoe. is he not going to have the same kind of reaction down the roads. republican voters and independe...

Second was better. even people who support him, one of the suggestions i hear repeatedly, they think hes not tough enough. he needs to go after trump more. the other thing that jeb told me when we had a few things to talk about, he noticed that hillary clinton is a good debate ever. they still do believe in this campaign in spite of poll numbers that have been disappointing, that theyll be standing on the stage with against hillary clinton or whoever the democratic nominee is, they believe that ...

This. bernie sanders walks into tonights debate with a lot of democrats inside the party wondering, is this somebody who could be elected president of the united states? yes, he has fired up that liberal base of the democratic party so hes going into tonights debate with a strategy. that is essentially not attack, to get his message out. he wants to talk about wall street, wants to talk about the economy, the environment. but his advisers werent listening. if bernie sanders attacked, you will fe...

And talk about a range of issues that goes beyond the economic populism that he has been very good at rallying the base and rallying a tremendous amount of support for. i also think theres a place in which hillary clinton seems a little vulnerable on, the question of race and attracting minority vote. if he can draw some late between her and barack obama in this debate, that that could be very good for him long term. >> okay. andy, im wondering about this. should hillary clinton portray herself ...

Office and lost. when he finally won, he stayed and hes very comfortable going back to those core messages that hes been talking about all his life. hillary clinton on the other hand, has been somebody who has been a sturdier her whole life, how she was back when she was a student at wellesley, this is something that comes very naturally to her and something that that was on display quite a bit even in the debates in 2008. we focused to a certain doog on some of the mistakes she may have made. s...

Issues because i think its important that she has some new policy proposals on climate change, on the economy, on trade. you know, in a way shes changed her position on the asia issue, which i regret. i wish she would have stuck with it. i understand the politics, theyre very important, especially in a state like nevada, which has a lot of minorities, labor, activist voters that are really hillary clintons base. >> on the subject of bernie sanders, im sure hell bring up the fact that he did not ...

Back to those core messages hes been talking about all these life. hillary clinton on the other happen has been someone whos been a studier her whole life. if you look at how she was back when she was a student, at wellesley. this is something that comes very naturally to her. and it was something that was on display quite a bit even in the debates in 2008. we focussed to a certain degree on some of the mistakes she may have made but she really delivered a series of strong performances on policy...

Much. >> he is the real deal because hes tapped into a progressive base in the country throughout the party. i think hes going to have difficulty beyond iowa and new hampshire when you start getting into south carolina, nevada, states with a lot of minorities, with a lot of activists, with a lot of unions, super tuesday, my state of new mexico. i think thats where hillary clinton is strong. thats where she has that democratic base in good shape right now. i think the best thing for hillary clint...