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Ignatius? >> our options are limited. i do think the utility of tough statements and warnings at this point is limited. i think if there's one thing this president's learned, it's making strong statements, drawing red lines without having either the political or the military muscle to back it up is a mistake. >> so you're saying he should not make a statement today. >> what i'm saying is if he decides that there's going to be a coordinated, prolonged response to what's happening in ukraine, we need a strategy for the next five years, not the next five days. that's what the president should be ...

That was the way they were getting to healthcare.gov that day. so it did actually show it was driving some traffic. whether people sign up, that's still an open question. >> and whether they paid. that's the main critique i've heard in consumer media the last few days is okay, 6 million people have signed up but have they paid? how legitimate is that question and how loud will we continue to hear that? >> i think it's a reasonable question to ask, especially since this isn't something that's been asked by reporters of the white house on numerous press calls, where every month we have a press c...

>> it was only after we reached a very high level that we even to found -- and she found out about it from press calls like mine. >> unbelievable. john? >> i'm with richard on the sense that i feel like the number of questions really outweigh the number of answers to the point where it makes you a little bit wary about offering lots of u n pontificatory analysis. if you step back and put it in context which you started to do at the beginning, this happens on the eve of an election. again, among the many questions, jane mayer has a piece that raises a lot of these questions. it's amazing that e...

Attending a fundraiser in new york city hosted by a prominent private equity executive. >> surprise. >> surprise. surprise, surprise. donny? >> josh, you know, i think there's a difference between private equity and what it really is and what we understand inside baseball versus what i think obama is doing, is basically saying, he is a rich guy. it's wall street. it's all of that. private equity is one of those words that the average american thinks is a bad thing, like hedge funds. so there's the literal translation. but i think obama is just trying to tar him with rich, disconnected guy to t...

Newt gingrich. -- >> -- violence in this country. mcveigh was a terrorist. that's what he was. a terrorist. just a second. and a very powerful and popular conservative television host pointed to his audience and called them a burcnch of timoth mcveigh wannabes. >> that's a terrible thing to call anybody -- >> clinton's speech writer told pbs that the president was using this to wond ber the republican revolution on capitol hill -- >> i don't think that -- >> what he did last time. >> when you see the full interview, he speaks at length about his passion. >> i'm sure -- >> a lot of the tea part...