they are trying to spin it right now. democrats are saying she didn t mean a video. she meant that razz calls are using trump s rhetoric on the internet to exploit. they are showing it online. peter, what do you think? . i m really surprised. first of all, why did she say that? there was no evidence for it. once they realized she said something not true they should have ended it right away by saying she misspoke. that would have been over. she had a strong debate performance. they are letting this overshadow that strong debate performance and they don t have a leg to stand on. should she address it? i think she should have said she was wrong and gotten out she was wrong right away. she still should. donald trump is not going to let it go. in this case donald trump is actually right. go ahead. too late now to apologize. this does reenforc stereotype about hillary clinton that she s less than truthful.
the most recent debate in las vegas, nobody on the main stage, whether it was rubio, jeb, kasich christie nobody made the case defending the sort of bush era foreign policy as well as lindsey graham did in the happy hour debate. peter, who is going to be the beneficiary of graham getting out? an interesting person to watch will be rubio. what lindsey graham has going is john mccain s enforcement. also some important people in his home staut of south carolina. his foreign policy views match up pretty well with rubio s. so the question will be does some of that support go to rubio? who is next to leave? i would look at mike huk huckabee. he had to slash payments to his staffers. that would help ted cruz. that would open up evangelicals in iowa for ted cruz. and matt? huckabee is a good bet. keep an eye on rand paul as
own. it this is the guy who hasn t run for office in a dozen years. he was rusty and wasn t familiar with how negative the political environment is. he s finally kind of catching his groove. unfortunately, i think it s too late. trump defined jeb as a low energy candidate and it s just too late to turn that around. it stuck. peter, the last word. in a weird way this is becoming a side show. jeb is focusing his attention on donald trump. the real fight increasingly is between cruz and rubio. jeb has become a a side show at this point. thank you both. have a merry christmas. breaking news, u.s. troops are among those killed in a motorcycle suicide bomb attack in afghanistan. is this a sign that america s longest war is far from over? barbara starr will join us with the latest. . also disaster on the vegas strip. what we learned about the driver
lindsey graham is the fourth candidate to end his run for the white house. joining rick perry and scott walker and bobby jindal. let s discuss more with the author of the book too dumb to fail . matt lewis is a a senior contribute at the daily call r. peter beinart is joining us. the undercard debates will now be unwatchable. they need to end it today. why? the only thing that made it redeeming at all was lindsey graham. both because he was funny, and also because he was so passionate and eloquent about his foreign policy approach. whether or not you agree with his world view, by the way.