. >> and joe watkins, conservative columnist peggy noonan wrote this week, quote, mr.veryone gets scared together. the president thrives in chaos. do you think that the message he's trying to convey on the road is one of fear? >> i don't know that the message that he's trying to send is bon of fear. obviously, he's trying to figure out what the can cuts would mean for millions of americans and they would have drastic implications for lots of americans, but joe sestak makes a good point and the president has a chance to be one that he can work for congress. the challenge is not to give speeches to the public about what's wrong with washington and sitting down with members of congress and figuring out where there's consensus and where they can agree together for the sake of the nation and it hurts us to be in this position as congressman wrangle said earlier, we're facing this sad deadline yet again and the president has a real deadline to show just how great a politician he is by actually working with republicans to cobble together an agreement that can move our nation

strategist richard goodstein and republican strategist joe watkins, an aide to george h.w. bush. with you. hillary clinton left as an extremely popular secretary of state and griacing news week's cover calling her the most powerful woman in american history. that's a definitive declaration. >> close to it. there many powerful women in the united states and in the world, but hillary clinton is easily one if not the most powerful. her career has been extraordinary. not only first lady, but a u.s. senator and secretary of state and somebody who could be again a candidate for the presidency in 2016. >> she came under fire for the attack on the consulate in ben gazay that left four americans dead and a suicide in turkey friday has been called an act of terror by the obama administration. how much will trouble in the mideast at a point her legacy? >> i don't think it will. i think her legacy is pretty clear. is there anybody who looks at her on that tape or any other tape who doesn't see someone they think can perform beautifully as president of the united states? that's a tough bar to