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John bolton trying to distance himself tonight from some of the things he said in the past as he gears up to replace h.r. mcmaster as national security adviser. i want to bring in keith boik and peter binert and ben ferguson. hello one and all. the gang is all here. a lot of people take issue with bolton's politics. you say he has anti-muslim ties or ties to anti-muslim groups. what are they? >> he wrote the forward to a book called "the postamerican presidency of barack obama." in the forward bolton says that barack obama was a post-american president. if you look at the book itself the autho...

Security, he doesn't have the same identity on these issues. he doesn't have the same command on the issues and it allows hillary clinton to find it a much, much easier perspective >> from the republican perspective, who won this debate? >> well, she did. and i think peter is right. bernie sanders sooeg seems very unwilling make to take the dirty victory. he was constellatory, very sorry, very statesman like. david talk about their fun banter, that's great, but it's not going to move you up in the polls. so if bernie sanders wants to stay high minded, that's lovely, but bernie sand serious goi...

Within each party that we saw a display within the last weeks on the two stages about regime change versus keeping dictators in place because it is more realistic, realism. but the bottom line is, if you're a republican and the general election, all you're going to do is benghazi. you name your issue across the worlds -- >> russia reset. >> yes, she was secretary of state, she has command of the issues. rhetorically she understands them, but sheer going to see she didn't execute them properly across the board. the playbook is already written. >> on peter's point, it's not just a matter of her ...

Problem with this and what was so brilliant about bernie sanders is the back drop of all of this is the debate on a saturday night before christmas where nobody is watching it pup sort of follow dovetails to the whole problem, right? a few debates helps hillary clinton. so i think the compounding vote issues is the real problem. >> millions of people were watching. political news junkys were watching. people who like to vote, they probably were watching. so i wouldn't necessarily belittle the number who were out there. peter. >> and i actually think that hillary clinton, if this campaign thoug...

Hillary clinton, but is she vulnerable when it comes to libya is ch is a total mess right now? isis is taking over huge chunks of libya. gadhafi may be the gone. yes, he was a dictator, but in the end, he was request cooperating with the u.s., gave up his nuclear program, compensated the pan am victims. waits a blunder to get rid of gadhafi in exchange for the isis developments in northern africa right now? moammar gadhafi bombed diskco tech in west berlin, took down an airplane filled with americans. he was a terrorist. what people want stop sign politically his strength. and it's important t...