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Corner the president and try to, like, drill him on something or remind him of a set of facts. over time he realized that the performance isn't as important as precision. so the policy prep should be over by now, and it should really be about either the larger strategic goals and also sort of figuring out what are the lines? what are going to be the moments that you want to make sure you get in in this debate and practice that a little bit but keep it loose. >> you know, george w. bush used to get a massage. i remember he used to get this big massage on debate day. i thought at the time that s...

One. so they are nervous. they are beginning. there's intense policy prep peppering the candidate with questions and answers over the last few weeks here. but as you get to the end, as much from sort of policy prep to psychological management. get on the stage and make sure they can perform. >> i can't see dan being nervous. jitters, i never thought about this had. i wish i knew this. there's an incredible adrenaline surge in the campaigns. the really good campaigns is where it's game day and they focus and start to think about what is it they want to execute over the next 24 hours. . i think ...

On the republicans as they face-off in their first debate. there are ten of them on the big stage. then you have the earlier debate as well. how are they prepping? we have people joining us live to pick your that out. we have patty solis dolan here. fill us in, patty, on the kind of people the candidates gather around them and the mock debating that goes on and the policy prep. how does it work? >> well, you know, normally i've been involved in the prep with hillary clinton. normally, we have weeks and weeks of putting briefing books together on each of the hot button issues. we have a mock de...