me that 2012 was a critical election, really a hinge point in american history and the world would look very different had that election gone the other way. for starters we would be in the second year of paul ryan s first term as president. this soundbite of barack obama dealing with medvedev. after my election i have more flexibility. bret: there was a lot of talk about that, at least on this channel. but not on a lot of others. i want to play one more soundbite we talk about the former president saying it s genius the strategy that putin is deploying right now. here is the former secretary of state on putin. very capability. i have enormous respect for him. i have been criticized for saying that. i have renor must respect of him. he was also an interlocutor that