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Who is best able to handle terrorism or isis becomes issue number one as we see in the polls. john was just talking about i think somebody like carson has more of a problem. i think the challenge for trump tomorrow night is to talk about specifics. i'm sure he is going to be pressed by wolf and our colleagues on specifics because we really have not heard that from trump beyond what you were talking about. >> but jeff, does he need to talk about specifics? he has not talked about them in great detail so far and yet he is doing very well. >> i don't think he does. i really do think we collective...

The idea of tonight is not just about how bernie and hillary and jim webb and martin o'malley and even lincoln chafee go at it with each other, that they have their own bar for success. what does hillary clinton need to do tonight regardless of how she deals with what comes at her from the other men on the podium? >> she has to connect up the ideas that are animating her campaign with the voters she needs. this is why she's running. she is, at heart, kind of a nerd. she has impressive position papers, northern of which anybody knows anything about. she's got to connect them up. there have been...

Communicating than republicans. so mitt romney need to get out there and women's issues --. rick: is it a better message, i'm sorry to interrupt you, is it better message or better policies. violence against women act back in the 1990s. up for renewal. the republican are against it as it has stood all these years. what kind of a message does that send to women voters? >> first of all republicans are not against the actual act. bush signed it and reauthorized it in 2006. what republicans are against, if you give the right to same-sex couples and the rights to illegal aliens that are being abuse...

>> right. >> it turns out, there wouldn't have been as much discussion of the ryan plan if you picked portman or pawlenty or someone else who wasn't associated with it. >> right. i do think you've got to ask yourself, they knew all of this, right? they knew they'd be discussing the ryan budget, but they obviously thought the risks were worth it. why would you take on that risk if you were in a position of strength? they're looking at the same research that everyone else is. they're look at the dramatic decline in romney's favorability rating, the lack of confidence in him as a leader, and they...