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It paints a broad picture, this is stuff that we've known, it gives you more of the setting, how it was said and what have you. for the president to try to discredit bob woodward of all people. it's kind of cyclical. think about this, during the watergate years, nixon was trying to discredit reporters then, and it's happening again, some would say there's similarities here, what bob woodward did is paint a picture of what was happening, there's a credibility issue here, who do you believe, bob woodward or the president. when i say a credibility issue, it leans toward the president than bob woo...

Or a tv show, but it's not true. what is true is the economy is strong. >> very strong. >> you don't need to exaggerate or lie or embellish because gdp growth, 4.2%. the unemployment rate, those numbers stand alone. >> especially job growth for some of the places where the president has done the best, and among groups in which the president has performed the best. blue collar jobs. fascinating piece by our former colleague, heather long, in "the washington post" this morning pointing to blue collar job growth. fastest rate we have seen in three decades. >> since 1984, 3.3%, the best rate for g...

Nominee on that question. and his answer was very much, as you guys were talking about, it showed the savvy with which he understands because of his political and judicial experience. his refrain was, i don't live in a bubble, which is a wink and a nod. it's almost a rorschach test of a wink and a nod. conservatives can look at that and say he's one of us. others on the fence, oh, so he's saying he understands the real world. pointed at murkowski and collins. >> there's two messages he wants to communicate. one on social policy issues, he is going to be in the mainstream. abortion, affirmative...

House, i'm wondering how it compares and how much it alarms you, smb someone who actually worked in the obama white house. >> let me deal with the credibility issue. it is preposterous to assume that all of these stories and all of these sources are concocted by bob wood ward to present a negative portrait of this president and has been pointed out, many of the anecdotes square up with things reported elsewhere although not this detailed. i don't think there is any question. no book of 479 pages is are inially impeccable. you may have some nits to pick here and there, but the portrait is stark...

Senator lindsey graham had told the president about the book and woodward's desire to interview the president. oh, yeah, he had been told by senator graham. so what he had been told about not being told he contradict he had been told. joining us david axelrod, carl bernstein of bernstein and woodward fame, david gergen who has served numerous presidents dating back to the nixon administration, and our chief political analyst gloria borger. david gergen, i'm not even sure where to begin on this. what stands out the you? >> first of all, i think we ought to talk about the credibility issue. i've...