from the perspective of somebody who thinks accountability, standards and education is a good thing. i m glad he s a part of this debate. who would be a part of it if he doesn t run? i think he can push right up into it at that line. i think he s kind of setting himself up as this kind of white knight candidate. this is exactly what george w. bush was doing in 1998 chlts i remember writing a lot about george w. bush that will really appeal to liberals. well, maybe not as much as it turned out. he was in the same place on immigration. now, the question for jeb, because there are so many that carve themselves up so much, there is no clear alternative. you guys forget. the crazies ran. the primaries.
space to the other potential democrats who may want to run. if she does decide she is going to run, it helps her to put it off a little bit and she also was she looks back and really does not like that she declared in january of 2007 and had almost two full years of campaigning really did not like that. so i think she will put it off as long she won t have long to wait. a lot of pressure. she s running. can we just say that, she s running. if she doesn t run, i totally agree with you. if she doesn t run, that will be a huge story. like everybody believes she s running. it will be like, of course she s in the meantime, she freezes out other potential democratic candidates. saying it is a fantastic field and we have tons of other people, which she has said in other interviews, there isn t a ton of others. there a vice president. he is thinking about running. he is at the world cup, by
or another whether she runs or not. everybody s jury is out on this. is this good for the party? is it not? on one hand if she ultimately runs, she s avoided this period of all of the attacks and instead she s gotten to the benefit and to the party by extension of everybody s curiosity. it will sell books. keeps her in a favorable light and if she doesn t run, again, it precluded this extended period for attacking other democrats who might run. on the other hand, you know, you can have some downsides. we re waiting to analyze whether waiting is a good thing. it s a lot of waiting going on. interesting. you think of book tours and maybe a good litmus test. we heard her talk karl rove made comments about her potential brain injury.
clinton is saying to people, i m not quite sure whether i m going to run. the truth of the matter is, there s grassroots organization out there. there s a very active political action committee. there are surrogates out there who are being trained with talking points and, you know, the west wing of the white house has an awful lot of hillary clinton supporters in it, jim messina involved with the political action committee. i m sure they vetted this book. so there s a lot of coordination already going on. even though she is not officially a candidate. all dressed up with no place to go. if she doesn t run. you could say. certainly the i think she has a few places. the launch of this book potentially clearly is a launch for her presidential campaign. yep. see how that works out. guys, thanks very, very much. just ahead, a new statement from the family of an american detained in north korea. is he now being held because of his religious beliefs? we re taking a closer look
is it too cautious? does she not say enough for instance on the issue of benghazi? as is usually the case with the benefit of hindsight, i wish we could go back and resist certain choices but i m proud of what we accomplished. resist certain choices. that s language she used. talking about hindsight in dealing with benghazi. is that enough from her here on this subject or does she need to dive into this more with less caution as you say? i think it depends, john. if she runs, it s definitely not enough. if she s running in large part on her record as secretary of state and the choices she has made. the actions she has taken. the policies she s advocated as secretary of state are going to be fully scrutinized much more so than her shaping her own narrative and her own choices in this book. so if she doesn t run, this may do it. if she does run, there s going to be a lot more explaining to