a way to provoke a duel with the winner or one of his friends as a way to counteract the democratic loss they would have an aristocratic win and be proving themselves leaders to the public and they d go to the papers and describe the duel, describe how they were leadership material. essentially a duel was the way of saying next time around vote for me. which is extraordinary considering they re illegal. the most famous duel we know about is burr-hamilton. was that motivated by these kinds of concerns? that was related. hamilton said a lot of things about aaron burr. burr said, for 15 years you said a lot of things about me. burr had lost the election in 1804 to become governor of new york. so he was already kind of on the lookout for a way to redeem himself when someone handed him a piece of paper with hamilton s insult on it. what did the piece of paper say? it was a description of a dinner conversation at which
man is to the presidency with some real serious weaknesses on national security. you can bet a lot of people are asking that question. it s less the specifics about his foreign policy. than is he really ready for the presidency? he already suffered the image of being brittle, awkward, inauthentic. not quite ready to be president. now when he makes these gaffes one after the other, rem any sent of what was said about the 1960s, many republicans are asking themselves now about the romney campaign. is there anybody that can run this? it s the effect of these things saying, i m prepared to consider romney, but he doesn t strike me as leadership material. we said in this program before. it s less what he says about a specific policy than it is how he makes people feel.
are asking that question. it s less the specifics about his foreign policy. than is he really ready for the presidency? he already suffered the image of being brittle, awkward, inauthentic. not quite ready to be president. now when he makes these gaffes one after the other, what was said about the 1960s, many republicans are asking themselves now about the romney campaign. is there anybody that can run this? it s the effect of these things saying, i m prepared to consider romney, but he doesn t strike me as leadership material. we said in this program before. it s less what he says about a specific policy than it is how he makes people feel. and i think what he has shown over the last couple weeks beginning just before the
want to be today. what s the reason behind that? what s the motivation behind that? is he interested in that does, does he believe in it, does he embrace it? those are the greater questions. it sounds like he s kind of hiding something or maybe he s not being truthful if this is all coming out in a book. no, i did not know that. i don t like that. one of the things i wow, okay. i should read this book then. i kept playing basketball, attended classes sparingly, grave beer heavily and tried drugs enthusiastically. in his book he wrote that he would, quote, do a little blow when he could afford it. i don t know if i would want somebody leading the country, making big decisions. i think that s okay too, as long as he didn t get addict the. that s amazing. that s horrible, as well. what do you think about the president having done blow? definitely not what the american people want to hear, that s for sure. it s not leadership material by
want to be today. what s the reason behind that? what s the motivation? is he interested in it? does he believe in it? does he embrace it? those are the greater question, right? that sounds, is that truthful, if this is all coming out in a book. no, i didn t know that. i don t like that. that s one of the things wow. okay. i should read this book, then. i kept playing basketball, attended classes sparingly, drank beer heavily and tried drugs enthusiastically. reporter: he wrote that he dolled, quote, a little blow when he could afford it. well, that sounds kind of weird. i don t know fiwould want somebody to lead the country, making big decisions. i think that s okay, as long as he didn t get addicted. that s amazing. reporter: amazing? that s horrible as well. reporter: what do you think about the president having done blow. definitely not what the american people want to hear, that s for sure. that s not leadership material