it was obvious, mr. hicks said, his drop dropped when he saw susan rice. i was on another sunday morning show after susan rice made those statements statements and my jaw dropped. >>gregg: what about the democrats? how are they responding to the intensism criticism? >>reporter: they say it is political. the focus of the republican attacks is, of course, hillary clinton, secretary of state at the time. democrats say this clearly is a partisan effort to undermine a possible president a run. >> my concern is when hillary clinton's name is mentioned 32 times in a hearing that the point of the hearing is to discredit the secretary of state who has very high popularity and may well be a candidate for president. >>reporter: of course she has not announce add decision about