It's not only the fact that we have two candidates at the top of the ticket who are going into their 70s, among the oldest, ever to be in the presidency, and therefore, you know, the vice presidents have to be ready to go.
Gergen emphasizes the importance of the vice presidential candidates being prepared due to the age of the presidential candidates.
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I think he's become much more erratic. But these rallies really are obscene. We are, as I said, staggering from one obscenity to the next as a people.
President of United States has not had a security briefing, or security briefing since October 2nd. I've never heard of any president, under any circumstances, come anywhere close to that, and been so derelict of the duty.
The President today was talking about this is going to be the hardest decision - decision that he's going to make.
Mitch McConnell has just thrown down the gauntlet, Anderson. I think we're going to have a titanic fight over this.
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