But overall, that was an admirable speech. It really was one of the few times we've had a presidential candidate early in a campaign try to draw together the main strands of what his presidency would be like and try to weave it together.
Gergen praises McCain's speech for its cohesiveness and vision for his presidency.
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Angela Merkel has said in the last 24 hours that as many as 70 percent of the people in her country of Germany could be infected before this is over. That's an astonishing number.
the way that Donald Trump is responding to the pandemic is, I think is, they are giving him a lot of rope on the Democratic side and he is increasingly hanging himself.
You know, his comments today about doctors are, you know, are milking the system so they can get rich off the pandemic. It is just so odious, and to go after Laura Ingraham like that was just wrongheaded.
This represents a very professional, thoughtful, first set of steps by Joe Biden.
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