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Proposed was far worse than the obamacare we got, and that's going to pin her to the wall talking about nothing but that once it comes out, but i'm speculating because i don't know what's in there. >> juan, what about these? >> well, i think the keep point is that she's the leading democratic possible candidate for the presidency, and so i think for people who are wondering how you possibly can derail this ship that has so much momentum behind her, poll numbers are incredible among democrats right now with more than 70% support, they are looking at this as a possible way that you might find so...

Department of state and call the department of homeland security when something comes to their desk that they think is worth supporting? >> yes, i think it is. there are two ways to look at this. one it looks like a classic instance where if you are powerful and have a lot of money and you are in trouble. what do you do to get the attention of a politician? you 5 them lots of money and suddenly they take a lot of interest in your case. mark rich, his ex-wife gave a million dollars to clinton in his various enterprises and bill clinton pardons him at end of his administration. i don't thinking ...

And there you see a chart of its decline over time, in the last year of office, bill clinton had 218 pardons. in 2012, president obama had 12. now, of course, that's not an apples-to-apples comparison. that was the last year in office, you face no political ramifications for your pardons. why are we seeing this huge decline in pardons? >> right, apples-to-apples, president obama is still very, very low, compared to any modern-day president at this point in his presidency. and i think a number of things happened. one is, we saw some abuse, or what people perceived as abuse, in the pardon system...

Modern-day president at this point in his presidency. and i think a number of things happened. one is, we saw some abuse, or what people perceived as abuse, in the pardon system, and so i think that frightened other presidents. you know, bill clinton had a problem at the end of his presidency with mark rich. people saw it as a quid pro quo. >> mark rich was someone who was extremely wealthy, his wife was very connected in democratic politics, donated a lot of money. he was, i believe, on the lamb, right? this is not someone who had faced justice and done time. this is someone who had fled from...

Ramifications for your pardons. why are we seeing this huge decline in pardons? >> right, apples-to-apples, president obama is still very, very low, compared to any modern-day president at this point in his presidency. and i think a number of things happened. one is, we saw some abuse, or what people perceived as abuse, in the pardon system, and so i think that frightened other presidents. you know, bill clinton had a problem at the end of his presidency with mark rich. people saw it as a quid pro quo. >> mark rich was someone who was extremely wealthy, his wife was very connected in democrati...