"If he believes that he's on a trajectory to win this election, then she's not telling him the truth because she can read polls."
"Donald Trump has been on a rampage for the last few weeks trying to rally the base."
"He has a very committed base. When he said, I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and I wouldn't lose a vote, he was right."
"I don't know whether it's a strategic decision or whether it's emotionally necessary for him. But the result of it is that we're going to have a very ugly aftermath if he doesn't win this election."
"His problem is his core supporters are not nearly enough to get elected president."
"There is a sense that Hillary Clinton has control of this race."
"They are now turning their focus to winning Senate seats ... winning congressional seats."
"Well, first of all, I think it was pretty clear in the last debate that she was indeed doing debate prep because she was well prepared."
"But, you know, if he goes into this debate as he did the last one and hasn't really rigorously prepped, I think the result could be about the same."
"The truth is they did have some very spirited exchanges over Benghazi and a number of other things, but both candidates were well prepped for those."
"If people sense that you just blew off the question or ... in order to get to your attack, it goes very badly."