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Joe Biden was never intended to become "president" of the United States in 2020. That slot was intended for Elizabeth Warren of the bluest of the blue states, Massachusetts, following a strategy that God used yours truly to foil. That strategy was a tag-team effort of the nation-wide Purple Uniparty led on the red side…

With the name john mccain, and that is "maverick." where did that reputation come from? well, its on my mind because i just wrote about it. its part of my new book "the red and the blue," which will hit bookstores in a month. it can be reordered now if youre interested. the story of mccain the political maverick, though, it really takes shape in the year 1999. a goliath is looming over the republican presidential field. george w. bush and his machine. obliterating fund-raising records, monopoliz...

Early 2000 that most americans find out what hes really all about as a politician. his biggest issue is campaign finance reform. no one really cares about the details. but the symbolism is powerful. heres bush hauling in huge sums of cash, and heres mccain refusing to play the same game, thumbing his nose at the system, even though it means hell have just a fraction of the money. and people start to take note. they start to see a politician who maybe seems to have some principles. mccain talks a...

Went into show biz, had a 15-year career. two years ago decides he is going to run for president. defeats 15 very able candidates. the bush machine, the clinton machine. so i think hes in a figuring out period and i think were already seeing really good things, the press needs to give him a little more latitude and the public if you look at the poll this week, the tip poll, which is the most accurate presidential poll 54% of americans say the press should go a little more easy. they are weary of...

Coming up at the top of the hour -- >> mike barnicle said we missed a key point. >> we covered it just fine, mike. my god. the transition of power to donald trump is now under way. presidential historian doris kearns goodwin joins us to talk about the magnitude of the moment that most political observers never saw coming. plus -- >> right now in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating trump often by big numbers and always in larger m...

He still has a good amount of money on hand but not gaining traction with the voters, and especially not in iowa. while he see trump and carson remaining at the top levels, even as you go away from that, it doesnt seem any traditional establishment republican is managing to make a mark. abby: mercedes you know a thing or two about the bush machine. in some of these polls hes losing ground. >> iowa would always be difficult for jeb bush. iowa in 2008 and 2012, they went with huckabee in 2008 and ...

Gops problems with hispanics? >> well, i think hes part of the solving of the puzzle. i think really this is obviously too he will. whats more interesting is the stories are being written but then you had his son on tv in flo florida and said he hoped he would run. obviously the bush machine is probably one of the better folks that run for president know all these little interviews early matter and getting that speculation started early, he could be a great candidate for a lot of reasons. >> spe...

At 5% or 6%, which is a lot higher than the 3.9% growth that was announced for the second quarter of this year, even though that number was a lot bigger than analysts expected. >> it was. word that jeb bush is getting pressure from some top republican donors? >> yes. now that scott walker, a favorite of the so-called establishment, is out, people who liked walker and have some money to spend are looking around. one bundler who is presently backing bush is an honestly telling tell "washington pos...

Disparaged bushs record in texas. let me share something with you, perry told voters in iowa, george bush was never a fiscal conservative in 95, 97, 99, george bush but spending money. george has never ever been a fiscal conservative. last year, the bush machine supported perrys primary opponent senator kay bailey hutchison. today, the old guard cautions perry to forget all of that arguing he will need the bushes if not now, soon. >> perry does want to establish himself as being his old man but ...

>> theres a lot of nutty things that shes been saying that simply doesnt add up to it. >> everybody that i know that saw this was just -- they were perplexed, couldnt figure, whats going on? why is he so mad at a republican? >> some these good olee boys and i have nothing against karl rove personally. you know, hes the expert. but some of the folks are saying that people like christine odonnell and others, tea party americans cant win because they dont want them to win. >> i endorsed her the oth...