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Implications for them on the credibility factor. what if some major national security event happens? you need to say that the president is acting in the best interest of the country, not saying that he wouldn't do that. but what's going to happen is you'll have a partisan fight, are you telling us everything, why are you making these decisions when it comes to something overseas, a national event. he can say i miss interpreted what i said, i'm sorry about that, we need to move forward. he should stop talking about it, he should move on. think about what's happening in north korea, think about ...

A huge dip in youth voters. these are the president's base walking from him saying this isn't just independents or right republicans. this is the president's base saying we're rejecting this. >> they haven't come to the republican party. >> washington's approval rating is even worse. so they're rejecting that. >> in the final two years, and his base isn't standing firm when you're watching hispanics walking with them. and he is saying for the fifth or sixth year in a row. they've just lost, the credibility factor. not just the trust has been lost. >> i want to give you the final word. what do ...

The administration does not deter assad from using chemical weapons then the president has an extraordinarily difficult decision to make. does he go back again. does he use more lethal force? what is the credibility factor of the united states if we're looked upon as a paper tiger that has these naval assets and we're unable to stop assad from killing all these people? >> what does the united states do if we what believe we may be undertaking is not successful. do we go in with a stronger strike? >> well, the at least interesting question is the military aspects of. the military navy and air f...

It's a credibility issue. if you're caught spinning a war, you lose credibility on the rest of your agenda. with and when the president talks about the fact, or he says the fact that the u.s. is not leading in this effort, when, in fact, we are, that could undermine his credibility. when the president says this could be days, not weeks, that could undermine his credibility. one thing that has held his numbers up, people do see him as a trustworthy figure and he doesn't want to do anything, especially in a manner of war to undermine their credibility factor. >> and the white house was trying to...