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You know, take the trade deal. i did say when i was secretary of state three years ago that i hoped it would be the gold standard. it was just finally negotiated last week. and in looking at it, it didnt meet my standards. >> how was that response? >> i think one of the big vulnerabilities that hillary clinton has is that shes seen as a calculating politician who tries to go with the flow of the day on some of these big issues. i think thats one of the things that sort of emerged. chris mentione...

Attached to that. one of the things that biden, i think, understands is the degree to which hillary clintons credibility, her numbers, her trust numbers, have been decimated over these last months. shes always going to perform well on a partisan democratic debate audience, but in the real world, there are vulnerabilities that joe biden certainly looking at has every reason to believe, hey, can i get in there in the gap and take this nomination? its difficult to argue that thats not a possibility...

She seems to be trying to address all the potential vulnerabilities to an attack from bernie sanders or anybody on that stage with her. has she done a good job inoculating herself from attacks on the left? >> i think it will be interesting to see how much policy coherence there is among the democratic party. you see sanders, omalley and clinton going after each other how quickly the other person can get to get-free college for all. that is huge for the american people, huge for the party that th...

Debate tomorrow and i think trying to take stock of whats happened in the last few days, weeks in advance of it, sort of in what i would call the inoculation dance phase of the predebate activities. what that basically means is the candidates who are going to be on that stage tomorrow night take a look around and say where am i vulnerable to attack from my opponents and what can i do to prevent that attack or to lessen the severity of that attack during the debates. mentioned that with hillary c...

Up if anderson or one of the moderators didnt bring it up. this is a committee thats investigated hillary clinton, not investigated what happened to four brave americans that night in libya. it should be disbanded. theres no reason why the committee should continue. secretary clinton is going to testify in a couple of weeks. and after she testifies, again, she should disband this committee. the american people will figure this out for themselves and i really do believe that the chairman should o...

Necessary that provision. >> im going to go back to susan. there is a st. bernard aspect to this guy. nobody wants to hit him. chuck was gingerly going after what most people would consider vulnerabilities. you claimed co status, now you want to be commander in chief and run the u.s. military and send men and women into battle? you declared yourself morally opposed to war. not vietnam, war. i remember ted sorenson was knocked out of contention to be cia director over this issue because he was a ...

You thing the first thing is hillary clinton dealing with being hillary clinton. >> yes, clinton versus clinton. shes her toughest competitor. and this is what i mean by that. obviously, with the e-mail controversy or her recent moves on positions, its less about, i think, for her, what others may bring to attack her on the stage and more how she takes this moment to explain those things. and weve seen her employing this strategy over the last month, were seen her do a ton more interviews than i...

Number, is that fertile ground? do you expect martin omalley, thats a good way for him to make his name saying she cant win, shes got so many problems? its sensitive for a democrat, isnt it. >> its against the grain of where the party is at. they do think she is their strongest candidate. go back to those favorable and unfavorables. this is what fascinates me. hillary clinton and donald trump are kind of tracking each other in each of their nomination races. they have very good numbers leading t...

Political purposes? >> and it also raising so many questions about the hillary clinton clinton and if he gets in, how do they respond to it? and what do they do about -- i dont know how to say this appropriately. but his son died, and its a tragic thing, and how does that play politically if clinton gets involved? >> theres sensitivities two ways here. both camps are gaming out how this might play. this particular story is something the clinton campaign would probably leave alone. but theres a r...

He doesnt have vulnerabilities. hes run for president twice before in 88 and in 2008. and he has achieved exactly 1% of the vote in iowa in both presidential runs. so he hasnt proven electoral success across a wide margin at being at the top of the ticket. of course he was able to be reelected as vice president under barack obama so he does have vulnerabilities. clearly he has shown that hes not very controllable. hes not a very eloquent speaker. but this debate, this election does seem to favor...