Donny Deutsch: Unlike Obama, Rubio Could Never Stare Down Putin

The MSNBC contributor also called Obama’s presidency ‘very, very successful’

SCARBOROUGH: "And I don't know that Marco Rubio would know how to do it or Ted Cruz or other people that got there four years ago." 
DEUTSCH: "We have to separate -- you talk about, he's going to be a breakout candidate. He's an interesting guy to watch. I want to say two words. Vladimir Putin. We just watched this guy and he seems like a very, very bright affable young gentleman. Can you picture that man sitting across from Putin?" 
SCARBOROUGH: "No more than I could Barack Obama."
DEUTSCH: "OK. We have to separate -- we've become in this country a country of sports center watchers that watch the campaign versus truly, truly going deep and saying, I want to imagine this guy right now Putin goes into the next territory. The next Ukraine. That guy, that's the guy who spent a few years in Tallahassee, he's been in the Senate and other than Barack Obama the last senator we elected was JFK. There is reason we don't like senators. That's the guy who is going up against Putin." 
GEIST: "Donny, did you feel that way in 2007 when you looked at Obama and he was elected and re-elected?" 
DEUTSCH: "I'll tell you. When I looked at Obama at that point, for some reason, I felt a different gravitas. He did not have the experience, he sure didn't have it --" [crosstalk] 
SCARBOROUGH: "But you were wrong, weren't you?" 
DEUTSCH: "No, I wasn't. Can I just --"[crosstalk] 
SCARBOROUGH: "You told me time and time again that Barack Obama let you down because he wasn't ready for the office." 
 

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