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Sensible. all he's done is say he's not going to put himself in that position where they have dinner. i don't draw the line there but i don't think there's any problem with drawing the line there. it doesn't have to imply guilt, either. he's very religious and traditional. this is how it would have been for a lot of human history. >> tom: carly, you took issue with the fact that he said pentz doesn't trust himself. why would that be problem? >> he's a traditional guy who made a passing comment years ago. he said he has a happy marriage, this is a value that he holds. it might be a little diffe...

It hacked into the dnc and john podesta and leaked out in favor of one candidate against another candidate. >> reporter: and other members will look at the evidence next week. in fact, of note, anderson, republican senator susan collins, tonight she's leaving the door open to actually requesting president trump's tax returns as part of the senate intelligence committee's investigation. >> and jessica, the fbi director, james comey, he had a public appearance today, and he spoke. if memory serves me, he did not, though, weigh in on the wiretap allegations? that correct? >> reporter: he didn't. ...

>> the conversations were dominated by libya. ryan tried to explain romney's libya mistake. >> it was a passing comment in general. it was not a claim that this was a result of the terrorist attack. >> i don't think they should have sent their u.n. ambassador out saying that this was by a spontaneous mob. i don't think he should have mentioned it six times. >> the problem for romney is, it matters less than how he answered it in front of 65 million people. the white house has questions to answer on libya, particularly on the libya lapses, questions that biden tried to address this morning. >> ...

Obsessed with as you guys can tell. kurt, i go back to the question of small ball. is it too much to be talking about mitt romney's campaign tactics or is this fair game? >> i think it's as a passing comment, fair game, but again, you want -- it's a presidential election. you want the big, important, you know, crossroads issues raised and that doesn't do it. >> not the literal -- >> existential issues. >> karen made a terrific point. it's also up to a media to ask the big questions and because of the 24/7 media environment we live in, we get fixated on the insta small bore. there's a false equ...

The debate i think that south carolina, if you look at the exit polling, 80% of those voters in south carolina is watched the debates and the debate had a major factor in how they voted. >> and they like newt gingrich. they liked newt gingrich whose record, his past record does not speak to the evangelicals. the reverend dobson was harshly personally critical of newt gingrich and his wife, callista saying she was his mistress for six years, his comment not mine, and that had an influence on the other leaders there. >> i think that was a more passing comment. i don't recall it being discussed. ...