Ed O’Keefe: Clinton Comparing GOP to Terrorists a ‘Sign of Desperation’

DICKERSON: “Ed, she is coming out of that hiding a little bit in taking on some of the Republicans. She's gone after Jeb Bush, who you spent a lot of time with, a few times. She even made a comparison between terrorists and the way they treat women with the way Republicans did. What do you think she's up to there?”

O'KEEFE: “I think she's trying solidify the Democratic base and sort of remind them that she's willing to be that partisan warrior that they're seeking. It's certainly rattled Republicans, and I think they're a little concerned that there was perhaps a little bit of a double standard this week about the way she was talking about them vs. some of the things they have said about her in the past. But I saw that sort of as a sign of desperation, or at least an attempt to sort of tamper down the idea that others are surging or that they're going to get in. This idea that she's focused on ‘superdelegates’ -- we remember this from eight years ago -- it just sort of reminds me of a student council race, because idea that a certain percentage of ‘superdelegates’ are telling her, yes, we're with you, well, that's like you telling your classmate you're going to vote for him, when really you're going to vote for the cute girl down the hall. It's just silly.” [Crosstalk] (Laughter)

DICKERSON: “This is the idea, that Hillary Clinton would get commitments now. Forget all this other stuff going -- commitments now about how they would vote at the nomination.”

O'KEEFE: “Yes, the idea that it's over, when we're –“