yesterday, on where the united states stands, on this teetering point that is going to heavily fact near tor into that mindset forward. part of kaitlan s reporting is president biden has been looking at his poll numbers and doesn t like them. there is not a lot to like. let s be fair there. democrats saw the speech yesterday and saw this was a different joe biden and some felt this was a better joe biden. so why not lean into this more over the next year? well, first of all, i do think that when joe biden is passionate and forceful, it helps him. and i think that the demeanor that he brought to that speech yesterday was helpful to him. i also think the country is focused on the virus, it is focused on inflation, it is focused on the issues that are affecting people s day to day lives and they want the president to be there and they
exchanges and they find out it s a costly endeavor and they re not able to afford it. they are passing this off onto the federal government and they re trying to set up the exchanges. the fact of the matter is we re just dealing with the website and it s failing miserably. let s say you re right. some say that was their goal originally but they gave up when there wasn t much political appetite for it. how do we move from failed exchanges to the united states government if people have had it with exchanges and government? well, i mean, we re at a teetering point right now where people are trying to decide what is the role of the federal government and our health care system. and what you re finding is that in our previous system with third-party payer system it had problems but 85% of the people were happy with it. now we re moving into a system where the government is picking up a lot of the tab for healthcare and it s not working. the insurance companies have retrofitted their ope
whatever construction, aren t we daring putin to go with his state-of-the-art defensive weaponry, which will be used against our planes and our attempt to get involved from our side? well, chris, i do think that we re in an absolutely critical moment where we need to up both the diplomatic pressure against russia as well as against iran and hezbollah, their ally in the region. and we need to increase the military support and the humanitarian support that we re providing for syrian opposition. you raise a valid point there is a real risk of steady escalation on both sides. but after this clear red line laid out by our president has been crossed by assad, it is i think time for us to act. long past time for us to act. and i think it is possible for us working with regional allies to find ways to deliver support to vetted elements of the opposition such that these weapons will not inevitably fall into the hands of extremists or jihadists. i do think there still remains some hope that wi
he wants heavy arms and he wants a no-fly zone. is that going to challenge the russians to go in? if we go in with a no-fly zone attempt, even if it s done by stand back weapons, and if we go in with giving heavy weapons to the rebels which would upset the balance and perhaps change the course of this war, do you think we have to consider the question of the russians at this point? of course we have to consider the question of russia and what actions they ll take. but we also have to keep in mind, chris, that what we ve seen over the last two years is a steady escalation of the amount of support that iran and russia are providing to a murderous regime. our regional allies, jordan and turkey have been bearing the burden of hundreds of thousands of refugees and have been pleading with us for more support and for more engagement. first on the humanitarian side, and now to create safe zones and to support the opposition. recent developments on the battlefield suggest that the opposition
extraordinarily different from what they consider to be a radical republican view of the world. and that i think will keep them together, even if bill clinton says things that are offscript that cause ripples along the way. larry, i still think hillary clinton, maybe it s the way i ve looked at her and tracked her from before, that she will run a notch or two the right of president obama, especially on foreign policy. she will point out that she is not taking her positions supporting the iraq war, that she will run as maybe the margaret thatcher role you are to be as a woman, even if these days, you have to be positioned a bit more hawkish than the average democratic presidential nominee. what do you think? it s my belief. actually, that s a very good point, chris. look, if she wants to do one thing different from obama electorally, it will be to try to bring back appalachian state voters into the democratic party. let s be honest. it s because of race mainly that they abandoned th