very much, peter doocy. let s bring in the panel now, matt morris, a former trump director for new hampshire, and governor for chris christie, and the ceo of squared communications and former senior adviser to maria cantwell. matt, let me start with you. first of all, that exchange was beyond awkward, but peter doocy points out that the vice president does not take lightly to certain questions but he does not meet tough questions with a graceful hand. no, he doesn t. joe biden is a little bit rusty at this political game, and he has some thin skin. he is also reading the polls. he is seeing the fact that his crowd sizes continue to dwindle compared to his rival spread he sees that his liberal rivals are raising more money than him. moments i have been on presidential campaigns before. i live in new hampshire. you see presidential campaigns every four years come through here.
former trump campaign advisor. and the ceo of squared communications and a democratic strategist. i know you have worked carefully with mike dubke at your company. why did he leave? mike is a pro s pro. he is a long-term strategic communications thinker. as your audience knows, this white house is on hyperdrive in terms of making news. it is really hard to plan and an environment like this. what happens, presidents come in with her campaign staff, it happened with bill clinton, his communications director, george stephanopoulos left after four months. it happened with barack obama s first one. these are hard transitions to make from campaigning. a small, tight-knit group, to the multilevel job, the one like my cat. when the president calls and asks you to take a job, mike answer the call and did the best he could. a very turbulent environment that they are in. martha: pete, there has always been this divide between the inner circle, most of whom,