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Comments sparked by partisan criticism. its the first major kerfuffle for bush, a likely but undeclared 2016 presidential candidate and front-runner in most early polls. on tuesday, he told foxs sean hannity that he misunderstood the initial question but couldnt say what he would have done back in 2003. >> knowing what we know now, clearly there were mistakes. >> in presidential campaigns, words matter. when it comes to a still unpopular war, even a misstep can trigger a firestorm. a majority of...

Famer. would have done pretty much what he did with inflated or deflated footballs. this is not barry bonds using steroids. >> so when he becomes hall of fame eligible will we care about this, steve? >> reporter: well, some people will. in terms of like his eligible for the hall of fame his selection, i dont think it will affect his ability to get in there on the first ballot. but it is certainly fair to say that this plus spygate a number of years ago plus a number of other things about the pat...

Republican presidential contender being invited to speak there, but then you have this recent cnn poll that shows that americans would rather have a candidate who says religious views have no place in government over one who believed that religious views ought to drive policy. interesting, 56% to 42% there. ben, to you first. are republicans, say a jeb bush who is seen as more moderate in jeopardy at all if more americans decide that they dont want to hear about religion from their candidate? >>...

If you want to find a republican presidential contender this week all you have to do is look to south carolina. a majority of that crowded field, ten potential candidates and already declared candidates going to be speaking today in it greenville, south carolina. for something called a south carolina freedom summit. as we already mentioned this morning, jeb bush is not going to be there. hes heading to virginia today to give the commencement speech at jerry fallwells liberty university. and chri...

To run and he wins iowa. >> before iowa was -- >> it shows you how much can change. you know the breadth of a field is a strength. we have so many qualifies candidates. >> i wont argue the point, but go ahead. >> and thats jeb bushs great strength is that he has a record that he can point to and say i ran and -- one governor and i implemented conservative policy. >> the thing i keep hearing is common core. the big issue to us the right, you werent there for us. >> yeah. >> and immigration. >> im...

>> no. >> let me go to steven on that. how do you put it together? the question of guilt, the question of what role he played in the process of whether he was trying to exonerate himself or he didnt bother? basically doing a no low contender? >> he had his chance to be cooperative and he blew it. he also blew it with the national media. a couple of days before the super bowl, he was adamant he had nothing to do with this, had absolutely no knowledge. it seems, if we believe whats in this report,...

Enough to keep other candidates from also doing the same thing. ted cruz, for example, surprised everybody by announcing first he was running for president. following that announcement, he didnt display a particularly impressive campaign fund-raising performance. so for a moment based on his campaign fund-raising the ted cruz candidacy seemed like it was early but maybe a little underwhelming. and then ted cruzs network of superpacs, ted cruzs network of political action committees that can rais...

And so then all of a sudden, ted cruz even though he didnt raise much money for his actual campaign, that $30 million announcement all of a sudden, yeah, he looked like a viable presidential contender. why would he drop out? and even jeb bush who has been raising money hand over fist, he has been raising the bulk of that money for not his campaign, but his superpac. jeb bush and his superpac on track to raise $100 million by the end of this month. say youre not doing that great in the polls but ...

Tons of money that he said he was going to run, hes been keeping to his schedule. hes done that. has has gone as planned. the trouble for jeb bush though, is that it has not been enough to keep other candidates from also doing the same thing. ted cruz for example, surprised everybody by announcing first he was running for president. following that announcement, he didnt display a particularly impressive campaign fund-raising performance. so for a moment based on his campaign fund-raising the ted...

Which may be preventing you from getting the sleep you need. talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. presidential contender senator rand paul is here and today a federal appeals court in a 3-0 ruling held that the nsa collection program is illegal and not covered by the patriot act. senator, welcome to the show and your thoughts on this 3-zip ruling by the second circuit. >> this is a big deal. weve been waiting for this for over a year now. i sued the nsa last year because i t...