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Will be biden but as his campaign continues to get hit over hunter biden, gets hit over ukraine, all these other scandals, that opens the door for someone like hillary clinton who has 100% name recognition, who already has all the mechanisms in place from 2008 to be able to step in and run. >> tucker: why are we ignoring the obvious? that's not to belittle your point, it's a smart point and no one else is saying it but i think you're right. of course she's getting in. >> any time a candidate mysteriously has a book tour for summer in the book, they are running for something. >> tucker: the obv...

But they're starting to believe maybe it doesn't and dumb people are in charge. >> well, what happens on the hill is the most disappointing thing. we have a rule roar that congress never authorized and they are climbing over each other. that's probably worse than everything you hear among the pond and class. >> tucker: that's right and that such a smart point. this is a war they never -- -- didn't have the courage to make it official widget about war. why shouldn't they be required to be on the record in support of this thing is actually supported? >> absolutely. the authorization of the use o...

Investigate a political rival, is it possible the president is trying to inure his base in a way from any surprises down the road, to get this out here kind of early before the election? >> reporter: i think it's a smart point. it's exactly where i was going, hallie, a tactic we've seen from president trump before. when he's embattled, when he's under fire, he sort of says the thing he's getting pressure for, to essentially try to defuse it. it speaks to the question, will his old playbook work now that he's dealing with this impeachment inquiry which is undoubtedly the biggest threat to his p...

Can benefit politically as this unfolds. >> lay out for us what we can expect to unfold over the short-term, medium term, long-term. >> democrats say they want to confine this in 2019. this goes back to the speaker's original idea. we talked to democrats across the country. this isn't good for democrats in tough districts, tough states like people out in america, this is not their topic. they want democrats to get back to those kitchen table issues. they're trying to confine it to 2019. what has the white house strategy been at every turn? it's delay and send things to court, and drag their fe...

That this is, you know, his one surviving son now caught up in this back and forth. vice president biden does not want to fight the battle on this turf. but he may not have that choice. i mean, you saw how president trump and his activities today and the questions about this just completely subsumed the news cycle. joe biden did not engage at this moment. but these questions aren't going to go away. i think it's going to be interesting to see how and when his campaign decides to engage more completely with these questions. >> well, john heilemann made a smart point, garrett, a few minutes ago....