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47 states. >> democratic primary voters would like to see joe biden do well, they're focused on who can win. i'm not concerned about the likability question. that's obviously highly subjective. i'm concerned about the policy question. medicare for all is something the majority of americans don't want to see. >> let's stop right there. that's a loser. you'll get on there and tell somebody like anybody at this table that we can't get the kind of insurance we want for our children? no, ain't gonna work. great in theory. it's a loser. i'm sorry. i just did a scarborough. >> i agree, americans trust themselves to make decision about their health care more than the government. the idea that bernie sanders for example will decide for everybody what sort of health insurance they have i don't think is going to work. frankly with democratic voters, let alone voters in a general election. i'm more concerned about the policy orientation. continuing to have a series of proposals that are very expensive and not being clear on
vulnerability. i think they're focused on who can win. i'm not as concerned about the likability question. highly subjective. i'm concerned about the privacy queflt i think medicare for all is something that most don't want to see. they don't wantwa to see the government taking it away. >> that's a loser. you're going to get on there and tell somebody like, anybody at this table that we can't get kind of insurance we want for our children. great in theory. it's a loser. i just did a scarborough. >> the idea that bernie sanders, for example, will decide for everybody, i don't think it will work. i'm more concerned about the
john bolton was saying -- i think the message that john bolton delivered when he was in israel was to make sure he was very clear with our allies that we are not just going to willy-nilly pull our troops out. that there is going to be a process to this, and a method in terms of how and when -- >> kennedy: would you consider turkey and ally? >> sean: no, i don't believe it is an ally. i don't think we should trust their motives. >> kennedy: i agree. >> harris: i want to get your thoughts just on the end game, here. every mission as to have an. >> melissa: that's very difficult. the reality is, we were seeing something -- i felt like every week we were covering it, constantly. there was constantly an attack, and that has changed. i think the end game -- i don't think we can go away at this point. >> harris: is interesting, because we have been trying to hold whatever position we had there with fewer than 2500 troops to begin with. it's complicated, as we pointed out. the likability question for women candidates rearing its head once again. it's the very first question for
whether or not people can relate to them, within the file feel like they can have a beer with them. that that person understands the concerns they feel. that's a bipartisan issue. i think the question that do the brain in particular faces isn't the likability question, but a credibility problem. kirsten gillibrand, the comments when they got elected in the early 2000s, she was endorsed by the and ra. it was a very -- she billed us of is my view of conservative democrat. the senator gillibrand i got elected is now antigun, anti-wall street. >> kennedy: i want to bring harris end. >> harris: i will yields you can finish her sentence. kennedy, thinker. >> sean: i think that's issue she will face. it's a credibility issue. but her comments and what she's fighting for, it made the case for president trump's reelection. he's a candidate fighting every day. if that's a standard she wants to talk about, i think you just made the case for term 2020.
lot of tests. the likability question was sort of the first one. i saw her this week in the senate and asked her whether she thought this was sexism. she didn't want to go into the issue. but that's something she's not going to be able to do this entire race. so there will be difficult situations that come up. a lot of people in washington were pretty dismayed with how she even -- some of her supporters, with how she handled the dna issue. she's going to be tested again and again. that's what running for president is. >> part of the likability came about when she released this video on instagram. >> hold on a sec. i'm going to get me a beer. hey. my husband bruce is now in here. you want a beer? >> i'll pass on the beer for now. >> you sure? so this is my sweetie.
credentials and her own experience. >> mike, sit tight. let me come back to the panel for a moment. as you heard mike mention, she is positioning herself as leader of the pack, being more grassroots and in opposition to president trump even though she did not mention the president by name. let's go for a few tweets now with regard to this whole likability question. i know we never talk he twoots. never, ever. might as well. how elizabeth warren avoid a clinton redux, written off as too unlikable before her campaign gets off the ground? then you have this tweet where she says i hear women candidates are most likable in the quiet car, referring to the interview she did with rachel maddow earlier this week. what does this likability thing mean for female candidates? i always worry about reading too much into these matters, but i also worry about not reading enough into them, like the way we talk about women and women's
my point is you were in texas when i came home to the state convention of the texas federation of republican women and you saw the reaction of in that case the women back home who enthusiastically appreciated someone who was standing and fighting for them. >> i absolutely did, but the white house isn't in texas, it's in washington. >> that's part of the problem. >> well, but you have to work with with -- if you want to be president of the united states, you're going to live in the white house and work within the confines of the government. you're asking people about the constitution in texas. you don't want to change the system that much so within those confines as president how do you change that? how do you get to a place where you would be likeable enough and have relationships enough to actually get things done? >> well, let me draw a distinction on the likability question that you're raising. there's a distinction between how you treat people and what it is you say and do. in my time in the senate there
and you saw the reaction of in that case the women back home who enthusiastically appreciated someone who was standing and fighting for them. >> i absolutely did, but the white house isn't in texas, it's in washington. >> that's part of the problem. >> well but you have to work with with -- if you want to be president of the united states you're going to live in the white house and work within the confines of the government. you're asking people about the constitution. you don't want to change the system that much so within those confines as president how do you change that? how do you get to a place where you would be likeable enough and have relationships enough to actually get things done? >> well let me draw a distinction on the likability question that you're raising. there's a distinction between how you treat people and what it is you say and do. in my time in the senate there have been more than a few rocks tossed my direction, from democrats and republicans, and yet in my entire time there, i
byron york. steve, your thoughts about hurricane sandy and whether she'll have any impact whatsoever on the election. >> you know, greta, i actually think that she could have an impact on the election in part because she allows president obama to do two things that he has been unable to do throughout the rest of october. since the first debate. one is restore this likability advantage that he had over mitt romney. remember, going back over the summer, he had advantages on this likability question of sometimes 30 points in polling that we've seen. by being president in this case, by going out and by talking to the victims of this tragedy, he's able to, i think, convey once again the barack obama that people found attractive back in the summer before the debates and before he was sort of tougher and more aggressive, and the second thing, and the more obvious thing is he's able to be presidential. i think the obama campaign has been trying to position him in such a way that he can show sort
personality questions are always very interesting to me. in terms of the connecting the likability question, president obama is trouncing mitt romney, 57% to 25% on the easygoing likeable question. same with compassion and understanding average people, obama is 53%, romney is 29%. but when we come to commander in chief, it's a much, much more narrow. obama at 44%, romney at 41%. >> well, look, first thought, anyone's likability numbers can hold up and 8% unemployment and hundreds of millions of dollars of negative advertising, there's something there. at this point, that's not going to change. i suspect the debate tonight is going to move things around to that commander in chief question because mitt romney just hasn't had to explain a number of contradictory positions he's had on national security. i will say, though, it's a race against time. the fundamentals of this race are about the economy. all those economic numbers, including gas prices that john was talking about, they're coming down. unemployment, gas prices, the two biggest things that drive opinion poll numbers.