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He did clerk for the chief justice of the united states supreme court bill rehnquist. and his wife is a partner at goldman sacks. strong couple, very smart people. he understands politics. he raised a lot of money. hes raised twice as much money between him and his pacs as have marco rubio. hes got to beat rubio first before he can make this a one-on-one against trump. >> you have some who will be terrified of ted cruz. more terrified of ted cruz than donald trump who they have been trying to cr...

Contributor. great to see you, susan, as always. paul singer gave more money than any other donor last year. this guy has a rolodex of rich friends. so for rubio this could mean tens of millions of dollars to boost his campaign. how does that change the contour of rubios candidacy, and what does it do to bush? >> well, you know, the way i look at it, gregg, rubios been ascending now for a couple of weeks. i mean, ever since the last debate where he was a strong performer. hes been on the ascenda...

Of a guy by the name of barack obama? wasnt jack kennedy disparaged for his youth and his callow senate record? >> yes is the answer. im not sure marco rubio is a jack kennedy. remember that line from lloyd bentsen. right? i dont know yet. but certainly his youth and his inexperience, its hard for a democrat to put too much into that given that we all got in line for obama. on the other hand, you do know when you look at rubio that in a general election, what the clintons will do and the clinton...

Republican side certainly for insiders or dynasties or moderation or any of that. and i think the problem jeb faces is that he would be a much better general election candidate but for primaries you need to really connect with voters at a basic level and hes kind of moderate on a lot of issues, which would be good for a general election, not so good for the primaries. so i think hes just got a tough time ahead. and if the singer donation and the singer swerve as you could call it brings other bu...

>> its the passive aggressive thing, too. everybody in this race except for donald trump is being passive and waiting for somebody to collapse. rubio waiting if that are collapse of bush to come in. ted cruz, waiting for carson. waiting for trump. nobody is making the play to say "im the stronger candidate." >> the truth is, theres not room in this game for jeb bush and marco rubio. it will be one or the other, alex, you know that better than anyone coming from florida. and rubio has a lot of th...

Qualities that jeb bush does not show on the campaign trail. he hasnt fired up yet but when you see him speak hes got that sort of aggressive and young fire and jeb bush isnt showing it. >> but they think all they have to do is beat rubio and kasich. they have to beat trump and carson, too. >> i think this is the part of this -- okay, we make a case of that report that donald trump is not showing the signs of a real campaign. but alex, ben carson -- >> thats a tough case to make. >> are they bot...

Rubio waiting for that collapse of bush to come in. ted cruz, waiting for carson. waiting for trump. nobody is making the play to say "im the stronger candidate." >> the truth is, theres not room in this game for both jeb bush and marco rubio. it will be one or the other, alex, you know that better than anyone coming from florida. and rubio has a lot of the qualities that jeb bush does not show on the campaign trail. he hasnt fired up yet but when you see him speak hes got that sort of aggressiv...

Didnt have a vote in the stimulus, i -- and then, two weeks ago hes debating with chris wallace, fox news sunday and he assures us all i will never abandon the republican party what he knew he was leaving the republican party because he cant beat rubio in the primary. its dishonesty and association with the most unpopular president of modern times, barack obama. >> i thought george bush was the most unpopular. >> youre wrong. >> no, no, no, my friend. whats interesting is i think steve and i wil...

This man to my left is a friend but i hope to defeat him august 24th and i encourage every florida republican to vote. >> gregg: the key there was when he said im running as a republican. what do you make of this? >> well, i asked him because there did seem to be equivocation not once, but twice but five times, even asking if you will support the winner, regardless if its you or marco rubio. he left no doubt he was running as a republican. that was only three, four weeks ago. now hes saying for ...

Report there, the airlines saying they will continue to avoid the area until it is clear what caused the crash. >> and were going to be talking with general tom mcnerney about this very subject in a few minutes. stay tuned for that. turning to politics now, new developments after this weeks republican debate with florida senator marco rubio on the rise after a very strong showing at that event. and now billionaire investor paul singer is pledging his support to rubio, giving a big boost to rub...