exceptional. john,ú.9 you hear this president compared to jimmy carter, which the world knows his reputation, he s taken a beating at home his numbersñi ar/ very high. they are now. they are now.3k q you hear thaw that republicans are getting to run for midterm elections, does that become a talking point, where president obama is on foreign policy? a little bit. they aren t talking about anything these days other than letting obamacare and the ñr deterioration of that deteriorate the democratic numbers, which is happening. most people now think i ask doug and pat every week when we go çótogether. in your head, does the republican party win the senate this november, and we all three think probably yes. makeinosis mistake, john, if we face the kind of widespread perception of weakness around the world that the poll numbers show, bottom line, it will hurt the democrats in november. the party, the president have not shown any backbone, and if
john lubeaut ley, former republican congressman, pat caddell in the center, fox news contributor, and doug schoen, immediately to my right. former pollster for bill clinton and a fox news contributor as well. gentlemen, a quick round the table reaction to what s happened now. this was just in the past hour with secretary kerry. let meçó be very simple and straightforward. lavrov plus kerry equalsçó capitulation. put simply, harris, when we talk of the federalizationñi of ukraine, it is effectively as if we are discussing the breakup of a sovereign nation in the midst of a presidential election. this is unbelieve that this is going on, and i must tell you, i m deeply concerned. it s interesting getting your take on it because it was like it was code for qsomething. that s interesting words, pat. that s what s happening.
attacks on jimmy cirtq) and our foreign policy being weak, when thesh/ russian ainvaded vaeg, b did we startçó turning things o. the carterxdçó doctrine in the middle east, and efforts to hot cold war,çó and this presidt will not realize anything. you tell me when he s going to make a stand, and theçó danger, harris, is when you don t, you will finally have to fight when you don t want to fight. that s interesting. hold on one second, if you will, john. i don t want to cut in, but in the interest of time, i want to talk about something pat alluded to. if we re going to draw in our military, how willçó that maybe reflect on where we are with our military? the pentagon isñi now starting shrink the size of ñ!(9ñ our troop levels are at theñ lowest levels in the last 40 years. we re cutting our defense budget as the russians and the chinese are increasing their budgets by 10% to 12%. bottom line, we re not prepared
lindsey graham, but bottom line, they re not going to be able to rally a coalition. that s the important point. no one running for president is. no one running for president is talking aboutñi giving away the internet. no one running for president is talking about the space program. i talk to major republicans over the last several years, some who are on this network, and say nobody cares about the space program. now we can t send anyoneñr up. we have to go to the rushes. and they charge us a fortune. what happens when they stop? the chinese are moving on us, the russians are moving on us, and by the way, none of us want to go to war, but when you re not strong, you ll end up in a war and you won t like it. john, how does the world see us right now, russia aside? the world, we know from polling around the world and in america, both see the sameñi picture. america today is seen as weaker and less able to lead onñi a wod
friends camp, and the friends camp definitely has concerned about her running, why? number of reasons. there s the personal, harris, because the presidential campaign is arduous and difficult. and the professional, the political bottom line with obamacare failing, hillary was the author, as i think everybody remembers, of hillary care in bill clinton s administration. there are questions, as we have raised about benghazi. there s the question about the reset with russia. hillary pressing a red button. obviously, that doesn t look so pressing now. there s all sorts of personal and political reasons why hillary might not run, though if i had to bet, harris, she ll be a candidate. john? i think the interesting question is why is this article in the wall street journal this week quoting sheryl mills, hillary s long time chief of staff, and linda and other people? and i know from following the