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Womens rights, is that they have doubled down on a certain kind of hide bound white conservative christian very backwards base, and they have pandered to that base for so long that its very -- sgroo not only that -- >> its very hard to imagine an electoral future -- >> its worse than that, joan. im sorry to interrupt. its worse than that. >> all right. >> you guys, karl rove and your buddies, remember karl rove. eight years ago you went up to ohio and cleveland in the black areas and basically w...

Newt gingrich on "meet the press" yesterday. >> shes very formidable as a person and is a very competent person. she was married to the most popular democrat in the country. they both think it would be good for her to be president. that makes it virtually impossible to stop her for the nomination, i think. i thought she was frankly going to be the nominee in 08. every republican should be focused on what we just talked about. i mean, if their competitor in 16 is going to be hillary clinton, supp...

A very careful book. sort of setting out that possibility. if she wasnt going to run, we could finally read the hillary clinton has seen it all book that some day she might like to write. >> nothing that could be used against her. a new george washington university/politico battleground poll, jodi, out this morning shows clintons favorability rating is higher than that of president obama and vice president biden as well as some of the most tested republicans of the 2012 race. so what is it that ...

Democratic potential candidates like governor brian schweitzer, governor martin omalley trying to test the waters if she decides not to run or auditioning to be a vice presidential nominee. >> the reason its easy for you to get democratic insiders to say shes absolutely running is because shes absolutely not. >> no doubt about it? >> no. no doubt about it. >> as you look at that issue, as you look at her prospects, you look at the demographic shift that was evidenced by this last election, she h...

Could prove problematic. are they right about that? is jody cantor right about that, david? >> if she decides shes going to focus on 2016 thats the command focus for the next four years. everything has to play into that narrative in terms of what shes going to do. this is not something you can just decide a year out to do and what youve done the three previous years dont matter. this is a long process. the other thing, too, this is a woman who lost the last time. so the idea of what she has to d...

If hillary clinton decides she wants to get in, she clears the field. you could be seeing other democratic potential candidates like governor brian schweitzer, governor martin omalley trying to test the waters if she decides not to run or auditioning to be a vice presidential nominee. >> the reason its easy for you to get democratic insiders to say shes absolutely running is because shes absolutely not. >> no doubt about it? >> no. no doubt about it. >> as you look at that issue, as you look at ...

Accept unlimited corporate donations to help finance those festivities. to talk about that and what we might expect to see in a second obama term, joined now by a.b. stoddard. "new york times" reporting these changes, noting that while, quote, financing arrangements like these are typical for presidential inaugurals, mr. obamas decision has drawn criticism from good-government. is that a fair criticism? >> absolutely. he didnt take public financing in the 08 campaign. he didnt do it again in the...

You could be seeing other democratic potential candidates like governor brian schweitzer, governor martin omalley trying to test the waters if she decides not to run or auditioning to be a vice presidential nominee. >> the reason its easy for you to get democratic insiders to say shes absolutely running is because shes absolutely not. >> no doubt about it? >> no. no doubt about it. >> as you look at that issue, as you look at her prospects, you look at the demographic shift that was evidenced by...

Debt. >> what they still have to pay off. >> its not just that, though. theres also debt in terms of what they borrowed in august. thats part of what they are paying off. i think this report is not going to be revealing as the next round of reports. >> no doubt about it. if you look at the presidents campaign from 08 to owe 12, a 25, 30% increase in what it cost. so 2016, does that mean its going to cost, to be the nominee for the president of the united states between 1.5 and $1.8 billion? >> w...

And kerry. 08, hillary and ted strickland, swing and a miss. george allen. and romney/thune most recently. my brilliant hillary clint clinton/duvall patrick pick, track record not so great. >> rick santorum bought his own names. i was thinking what fed gingrich/perry 2016. the open marriages the oops moments, the best press release of all time. >> i have to look beyond 2016 because hillary clinton will win in 2016 and then shell win again in 2020 so i had to look to 2024. when you look that far ...