don t think they thought this is a guy who will spend eight years. like al gore. trying to position himself for 2016. probably. presumed he wouldn t beep. awe off elder stateman in the administration. a surprise to people in the white house. wants to put his name out there in position for 2016. it caused tension. don t try off to tell joe biden he is too old for something. joy reid thank you for joining us tonight. coming up. rand paul in the rewrite with plagiarism. later, republicans vs. chris christie. i have low testosterone. there, i said it.
policy? keep in mind, that s where he polls the high west the american public. the obama administration s foreign policy has been a failure in many respects. he s clearly put points on the board with the capture and killing of usama bin laden. if you look at our policy towards iran and obama doctrine which is constructive engagement more so than confronting our enemies, it s been a failure. our policy has not resulted in them having a nuclear weapon. our policy towards syria has not been tough enough. we ve been weak in alliance with israel, in system of support of israel and we don t know how the arab spring is going to work out. many of these issues that are very important to the american issue when people look at republicans vs. democrats, they may be looking very favorable on the foreign policy to make sure we keep america safe. yet, america has been hockish, is he not? he took out usama bin laden and took out qaddafi but the interesting thing is he used a lot of president bu
up. and governor wouldn t speak up when they were accused of being racist. in this instance it s going to be republicans vs. democrats. and nobody is going to be standing back on this thing. so it s going to be a very interesting dynamic for the next two months. the thing about it is these are all, you know, is there racism in this country; yes. is there sexism in this country? yes? should they be part of campaigns? no. what senator obama and all the others have to do, certainly he did not mean anything bike. by this. you do have to be very very careful. four people on the stage one of whom is a woman and one wears lipstick. you have to be very careful about what you say and do during the course of a campaign. greta: but maybe we re a little bit, you know, i mean, when i first heard it i cringed because i also remember him saying hillary, you are likeable
up. and governor wouldn t speak up when they were accused of being racist. in this instance it s going to be republicans vs. democrats. and nobody is going to be standing back on this thing. so it s going to be a very interesting dynamic for the next two months. the thing about it is these are all, you know, is there racism in this country; yes. is there sexism in this country? yes? should they be part of campaigns? no. what senator obama and all the others have to do, certainly he did not mean anything bike. by this. you do have to be very very careful. four people on the stage one of whom is a woman and one wears lipstick. you have to be very careful about what you say and do during the course of a campaign. greta: but maybe we re a little bit, you know, i mean, when i first heard it i cringed because i also remember him saying hillary, you are likeable
enough. i remember in michigan he said to the woman reporter i will get to you sweety. that caused a lot of problems. now we hear this and we cringe. maybe we seize upon the words too much and we should instead look at the actions. what are they doing and what can they do for us as politicians. maybe we in the media are a little bit rough. greta, i think during the primary you were not a little bit rough. that s why, you know, you kind of slid over that and certainly hillary would not complain when someone says something like you are nice enough. this is a whole new story now. it is not democrat vs. democrat. it s democrat vs. republican and the prizes on november 4th. it s the white house. and so it s a very serious business. so what went on and the press was willing to let slide by during the course of the primary and, again, as i said, i was very, very vocal on their. the press this time is not going to allow it to happen as it did