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This election is about you. i dont want to hog your land line. i am leaving. look at me go. bye. im gone. >> arent we such a fun, approachable dynasty? >> nice to see darrell hammond back to do that. mayor blake, the bill clinton -- look, it did hurt hillary clinton back in 07-08 a little bit. he seems to know it. it does look like theyre trying to give him the same role that president obama did, use him as little as possible until you need him. >> i think everybody -- for me, im the clinton gen...

She and her husband are scheme scheming, shes raised money perhaps through means that crossed over some line shes accepted huge fees for speeches how could she represent the working class person. shes got to sort this all out. and shes got to run a campaign thats really going to -- really has to manage a huge media presence. shes like the battleship gallactica arriving. how she keeps a certain amount of mystery with her campaign were seeing that this weekend. maybe this is good. maybe this is ba...

Say about hillary clintons impending announcement at a news conference yesterday. >> she was a formidable candidate in 2008. she was a great supporter of mine in the general election. she was an outstanding secretary of state. she is my friend. i think she would be an excellent president. and im not on the ballot. so, you know, im not going to step on her lines. when she makes a decision to announce. >> nbc senior political reporter perry bacon is joining me from the white house. perry, sources ...

In touch with the 90s. they dont have that baggage. so when they think of hillary clinton, they know that she was a senator but they mostly think of her as she was secretary of state, yeah she ran against president obama with be but then they got along and shes this kind of huge larger-than-life almost political celebrity. >> i should by the way, that we have you back. brianna keilar and jeff -- jeff talk about your reporting on what shes going to do going forward, and how shes going to do thing...

You can be in favor of lots of people having guns as long as there are some sensible regulations. what will she say about that? >> what you bring us back to when you talk about her in the second half of the 08 campaign as disciplined, having a clear message, goes to what we were talking about before the commercial. she gets there because there is a robust primary. so i look at it and think why should she need to be disciplined. at this point, there isnt a meaningful challenge being mounted from ...

Hillary clinton is an incredibly hard worker. she is incredibly qualified, incredible energetic and she is willing to put the time in. so i think this year -- were already seeing the kind of outreach that everybody was sort of looking for to see if she was going to do. i think the fact that shes going to start in iowa is smart and strategic. those voters really want to get to know a candidate. i know everybody thinks they know hillary clinton but they want her in their living rooms, they want to...

Outside chance, chris christie. i think of those four you are likely to get one whos catapulted into the top tier. the way huckabee with the way he performed in the debates in 08 ended up in the top tier. so i think there could be one more entry to the top tier likely coming out of that pool. >> not ben carson? because he polls pretty well. >> im afraid hes a good man, hes a great doctor, hes a great patriot. but it is impossible to go from citizen to president overnight unless you won the secon...

Was successful people wanted young vigorous because he was old, had a couple of heart attacks. theres always a reaction against what you just had. and i just think thats just one factor working against them. but again its not insurmountable at all. >> in the top tier in your view youve got walker jeb bush, marco rubio. and then in the next tier beneath them you put who? cruz, rand paul, anybody else? >> cruz, rand paul, huckabee. and as an outsider, i mean outside chance, chris christie. i think...

Figure has faced before. >> you really think she does well in front of crowds? >> i think she does an amazing job in front of crowds. >> really? why not take advantage of it? >> she doesnt -- >> why not do it in front of a big crowd? >> -- intimate setting when shes talking one-on-one with folks. when they get to know her and her story, and her fight to level the playing field because thats what this campaign is going to be about. >> matt, let me go to you. you know, shes headed immediately to i...

I think of those four you are likely to get one who is catapulted into the top tier, the way huckabee, the way he performed in debates in 08 ended up in the top tier. i think there could be one more entry into the top tier, likely coming out of that pool. >> not ben carson? he polls pretty well. >> im afraid he is a good man great doctor great patriot, but it is impossible to go from citizen to president overnight unless you won the second world warúog like eisenhower. >> the bar is very high. ...