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Im not going to ask you to speak about anything privileged. is this a problem not just on the optics that you described. is there a smoking gun here at the policy level? >> i think there is a policy problem when you have, you know, two governments in essence operating on behalf of the u.s. or at least the perception of that by one of the major world powers. if you have, you know, general flynn having a voice on behalf of then president-elect trump arguinagainst existing u.s. policy or at least s...

Speak about anything privileged. is this a problem not just on the optics that you described. is there a smoking gun here at the policy level? >> i think there is a policy problem when you have, you know, two governments in essence operating on behalf of the u.s. or at least the perception of that by one of the major world powers. if you have, you know, general flynn having a voice on behalf of then president-elect trump arguing against existi u.s. policy or at least suggesting that theres going...

From ivanka. this quote was to punish assad for a nerve gas attack that was influenced by the reaction of his sister, ivanka who was heart broken and outraged by the atrocity. >> they clearly have a big messaging problem here, but im not going to say that sean spicer and eric trump and everything being off the reservation, but it comes back to huge policy problem. in politics, one thing is always true. maybe one of the only truisms. whenever anyone is complaining about the messaging, its the und...

A member of your party cannot say they would prefer any part of obamacare. they cant say it. >> they cant say it. >> but he basically said it. >> he basically said it and laid out the parameters under which it would make sense to do a repair and what to repair. but when you pressed him back on why dont you just say that? they have to stick with the nomenclature that has been on the street for the last six years and thats what is getting them in this box. repeal and repair language is deadly at t...

Be a huge political problem in addition to a policy problem. thats why think the speech has the potential to be so important for donald trump. he sticking to the country. hes going have tens of millions of people tuning in. i think the most important people to speak to are the republicans in the room. hes got to say this is what we are going to do. im the president remove got the majority. here is how we are going to do it. if he gives them that, hes likely to see cooperation. if he doesnt, were...

Civilian jobs. you have to know how the whole thing works. weve seen the process problem highlighted and the process problem should be highlighting the policy problem. we dont even know what their policies are, this administrations policy on russia, on north korea, on a number of things. its because the whole process is broken. >> kevin, do you see it as an issue that none of these contenders come from a strong civilian background? >> sure. its not -- im not so worried whether they have stars on...

They didnt communicate. they didnt message it correctly. this is not a messaging problem. this is a failed policy problem. you have obamacare, tax increases, premium hikes. one in five consumers who now only have access to a single insurer. the majority of americans are not happy. they disapprove of obamacare. this is the opportunity for republicans to take hold of this process. the problem is is if theres one lesson the republicans should learn its the fact that obama pushed obamacare. only wit...

Saying hes taking responsibility for the fact that they didnt communicate. they didnt message it correctly. this is not a messaging problem. this is a failed policy problem. you have obamacare, tax increases, premium hikes. one in five consumers who now only have access to a single insurer. the majority of americans are not happy. they disapprove of obamacare. this is the opportunity for republicans to take hold of this process. the problem is is if theres one lesson the republicans should learn...

Have evidence of what hes like when he doesnt think the cameras are on, right? and its pretty consistent, actually. like thats the thing thats sort of amazing, right? theres no hidden depths to hem. theres no other side of donald trump. hi like hes exactly the jerk you think he is. >> and what matters is who a president is going to be publicly. this is who he is publicly. >> and the temperament argument that all the hillary surrogates is making is a powerful one. wed like to live in a country wh...

>> and the temperament argument that all the hillary surrogates is making is a powerful one. wed like to live in a country where were having our disagreements about policy, but in the end, it really is about temperament when we elect a president, because theres not going to be, we cant predict every policy problem that comes forward. we cant predict everything that will happen in the world. at some point, it will be the president at his or her desk making the decision about millions of lives of ...