Barnicle: ‘Let Me Know’ When Hillary Becomes Comfortable and Forthcoming

BRZEZINSKI: “Joining us now, Chief National Corresponded for The New York Times magazine Mark Leibovich, his profile of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is the cover story in the magazine’s upcoming issue. In the piece Mark writes in part this: ‘Hillary Clinton is private and guarded by nature, and three decades of being inspected like an exotic species has made her even more so. But right now, in the early days of what will be a 19-month campaign for the White House, she is trying to share and expound on her experiences, to project some greater measure of herself, big and small… This does not come easily. She has resided at the center of so many scandals, psychodramas and culture wars that it’s hard to even keep track of them all, let alone know what the person within that bubble of attention is actually like.’ And Mike Barnicle, I think that actually must make it extremely difficult for her to find that sort of sweat spot where she can be comfortable and forthcoming and like block out everyone’s thinking. Does that make sense?”

BARNICLE: “Yes, it makes sense. I mean, you know, let me know when that occurs because we’ve been watching it for 30 years and it hasn’t yet occurred.”