north korea. there are complicated abtors in th actors in the country and in the world that is just beginning to grasp. reality is these situations don t wait until he gets read into them. they continue to develop and grow more complex and he has to sort of play catchup there. you were former spokesman at the state department. they want a diplomatic sgs solution but now there is word they want to cut 2500 jobs over at the state department, 9 or 10% of the employees at the state department. your reaction? put aside the fact there aren t really relying on the state department for much and diplomacy isn t taking a front seat in the car of formed diplomacy here. every administration wants to cut fat and i m not telling you there isn t that the could be cut at the state department or pentagon but there is. you have to do it carefully and not the numbers but where you take the cuts and who you eliminate. what i m not hearing from friends of mine at the state department is that mr. tiller
saying she s not out there. she s just trying to go live her life or whatever because she clearly wants to be part of the conversation. i think some of it is that she wants to be part of the conversation. i think these are issues she cares about. she s been in public life for a very long time and policy making for a long time. i also think that to some extent there s some muscle memory in knowing if you don t protect your turf, people crowd in on it. supporters say she doesn t have to make a decision until late next year until 2014. that s wishful thinking. donors are going to put pressure on that she needs to make a decision. if she s not running and she makes a decision let s say next december, 2014, you are leaving the democratic field that will play catchup, tier b, tier c, 12 months to raise money and get name out and republicans will have a huge jump and democratic donors don t want that. joe biden is going crazy