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Does this only add to the speculation that perhaps this is somebody who is serious for 2016. he was just out in iowa a couple of weeks ago with rick santorum and donald trump out there in that very important battleground state. judging by the reception he had out there ted cruz, i think has to be considered as a serious contender for the republican nomination in 2016 as things stand right now. a lot of people will say its too soon. he just arrived and so forth. just in the way that the issue of ...

Win the prime aertsz and taries. christie is a stronger candidate. he has the charisma that romney was never able to muster. and second of all, as a governor of new jersey, chris christie has shown the ability to be a true conservative, true republican by also working with people across the aisle with democrats and hell be able to attract a lot of democrats. chris christie is a serious contender for 2016. in my mind hes the leader right now of the pack. >> thanks so much for your perspective. ...

Leaders. i was in iowa with ted cruz of texas and he had the activists out there enthralled by the idea of a government shutdown. but boehner doesnt want that. he was part of the gingrich war in the 90s. they are trying to talk them away from doing a shutdown and maybe use the debt limit as a way to get concessions in the past as another battlefield. >> so were going to go from defund to delay? >> still brinks manship but they think its a better battle. this is a bigger story of house republican...

Command staff and their officer corps have been brought through the national defense university and various military exchange and training programs in the united states. theres a lot of human relationships there and thats why chuck haigal has been the appropriate point person. that cannot be easily replaced by russia or any other contender that may be much more fickle in its relationship with egypt. that is why the miscalculation of the general is so dramatic here because there is -- they are th...

Stop-and-frisk, this is a new position for her. and the reason you see bill deblasio, who was not even a contender, he is now picking up a lot of the african-american support from anthony weiner, in a large part because he has been the most consistently in addition to mr. lu, he is benefitting, christine quinn has not done the out reach in the african-american community, and really she has no choice. now, stop-and-frisk has become a top drawer issue in the mayoral campaign. >> joy, just a note i...

They want to do it the easy way and just walk all over people. and that is what makes this such a terrible calamity, especially in a minority neighborhood. >> joy, this was a boiling issue in the campaign, and it seems it took the judges ruling to make it a number one issue. as "the new york times" anyway was tracking this case, it started to become pretty obvious last week and before that, that the judge was going to rule this way. >> yeah, absolutely, and you start to see candidates adjust the...

State of iowa this weekend is any indication, its game on for the 2016 presidential race. the conservative family leadership summit attracted some of the high octane names often mentioned as 2016 contenders. >> there is no more important regulatory reform that we can do than to repeal every single word of obama care. >> my challenge to the republican party is to take a page out of our book. and start putting forth an agenda of ideas to raise up folks who want to vote for us. you saw for the last...

>> i agree with you. >> let me wrap up if i might. courtesy of nbcs first read, a reminder of how early we really have in the 2016 race. at this point in the 08 cycle, august of 2005, this was the state of play. on the republican side, senator george allen was considered at least the cofront-runner for the nomination. here he is on the cover of "the national review" with the headline "his future is now," and the first string presidential talent out of virginia. a year later he lost his bid for r...

Contender. also attending san antonio mayor julian castro, who had a high profile speaking slot at last years democratic national convention, delivering the keynote address. thats the same speaking slot in 2012 that launched president obamas presidential arc back in 2004. even though hillary clinton didnt set foot in the state of iowa, she didnt need to in order to be the topic of presidential conversation at an emilys list event on friday. >> getting everyone excited now about what i hope will ...

Difficult for republicans to appeal to voters in the middle if youre going to win a presidential is election. and in that way, i think that that speech is more damaging than the appearance by donald trump. >> i agree with you. >> let me wrap up if i might. courtesy of nbcs first read, a reminder of how early we are in the 2016 race. at this point in the 08 cycle, august of 2005, this was the state of play. senator george allen was considered at least the cofront-runner for the nomination. here h...