I think that he was trying to show Democrats, in effect, listen, when they start to bully you from the right, when they try to roll over you, don't just sit there and take it. Push back, fight back, counter punch hard.
Gergen interprets Clinton's response as a rallying cry for Democrats to be more assertive against conservative criticism.
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He is obsessed with winning re-election. It's all about self-respect. It is whether he is going to be humiliated or not.
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.
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