and on one level it s laughable. on another, it is exactly why we ve got do something different. this is humiliating, an embarrassment for our country, and we seem to see a new national embarrassment every day. the fitness question, it s an interesting internal debate among some members of the press, which is do you start to wonder is there something wrong? and that always feels like for those of us who have covered him for so long, it is who he is. it is, but it s interesting that if i were a presidential candidate, i guess maybe you would talk that way about it. what do you make of that stance? i think that there s a lot of folks in america regardless again that aren t wrong, and when you start talking to even older americans, and this is where some of the candidates that are on the older side are having a hard time. oiler americans are saying, i recognize some of those symptoms. there s something a bit off. let s have those conversations. when you have certain folks within the m
out therefi and finally, you hae these allegations of corruption. you have biden s issue with ukraine and his son, china allegations out there with his son, of course the spygate thing about to break open with the ig report. i think you are onto something. one quick point, remember an old line the democrats fall in love and the republicans fall in line. tsyou can reverse that now. hepublicans fell in love with trump, and it looks like the democrats are just falling in line here. laura: chris, look, this is what biden said tonight when he was asked about the age and overall fitness question. let s watch. it is a rejity mat concern about my age. all i can say is watch, watch. checkma my energy levels. and i will make the judgment. e laura: he wasn t exactly jumping off of the screen checking the energy level there. i mean, just as a matter how you are coming across, do you see it as the inevitable candidate kind of a slow roll right off left
these allegations of corruption. you have biden s issue with ukraine and his son, china allegations with his son, course the spygate thing about to break open with the ig report. i think you are onto something. one quick point, remember an old blind the democrats fall in love and the republicans fall in line. you can reverse that now. republicans fell in love with trump and the democrats are just falling in line here. laura: chris, look, this is what biden said tonight when asked about the age and overall fitness question. let s watch. those concerned about my age, all i can say is watch, watch. check my energy levels. and i will make the judgment. laura: he wasn t exactly jumping off of the screen checking the energy level there. i mean, just as a matter how you are coming across, do you see it as the inevitable candidate kind of a slow roll off of left stage
mainstay? and he always says, it s me. i m the person i turn to for advice. okay. and now we come to the cold, scary part of your book. the fitness question. it seems to me, and i thought about this just a couple of moments, i think it s what most people would come to mind if they re thinking about, what does a president have to be? regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, whatever. presidents have to have three things. they have to have the ability to resort to reasonable judgment, to make a reasonable judgment. they have to be cool under pressure. they can t be going stark when something goes crazy. and they have to recognize this, maybe the most important thing, is that they have to look at the consequence of their acts. they can t be impulsive. if i do this, this is in a checkers game, this is a chess game, this will this, this will this, and that will that, and i better damned well make the right option because those things will happen. does trump have the ability to show reasonabl