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He stepped up to the plate. when hillary clinton tried it in the '90s, it didn't work. she shot down by all of the special interests on the left and the right. obama stepped to the plate and put it together and really produced it. and i think he did that because the people basically were ready. not because democrats or republicans were ready. the people were ready. and then, of course, he took exactly what mr. bush screwed up on the war side and he addressed that issue effectively. and the evolution of the war issue has removed it from the front pages. and then finally he did something which i...

A guy willing to pick fights with those in the republican party. people in the republican party, and those issues in the republican party. >> teachers unions. >> that are destroying the public party. you can't squirm through this. you have to basically do what the democrats did in late 1980s. go frontally into the idea your party is going to have a civil war and when people outside your party see you're willing to take on the dick cheneys of the world, then they'll look at you in a different light. >> wow, do you agree with that, wayne? i was thinking back to the time of the democrats in '68. ...

Statement coming from the secretary of state, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> peter, back to your brilliant thought in your piece. do you think there's any way if you were a brilliant consultant, is there any way to advise jeb to squirm around his brother? >> no. i think it's impossible. squirming is not what the republican party needs. what the republican party needs is what chris christie is doing, a guy willing to pick fights with those in the republican party. people in the republican party, and those issues in the republican party. >> teachers unions. >> that are destroyi...

Security, as we've talked about, president obama is on record in his book, in the debates, and in some stump speeches and interviews about where he stands on being open to change. how can he go back and negotiate on debt ceiling when the republicans are sitting there looking at chipping away at the big three, and not move on that? >> well, i mean, it's disheartening to hear it. but i think the president got to keep his eye on the ball here. social security is not the problem for this particular issue that we're talking about. if he wants to deal with that on a side war issue in another way, an...

Around him. i think the president's team is too small, a little bit narrow and isolated to put it lightly. but i tell you, obama does have that amazing luck. and here's a guy that ran for the senate against two or three opponents who all dropped out because of marital problems. he walked into the united states senate, he was a celebrity before he got there. he ran against hillary and had the war issue against her, beat her on the war issue, took on john mccain when he was really beaten down by then. and here he is facing romney who is a very tough opponent. so this is going to be a close elect...