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His negative numbers are a lot higher than they were two years ago but, blake, you wrote a piece this week and you said we might be underestimating, saying anthony weiner is not a serious contender. >> if you look at poll you just mentioned. its okay to have negative opinions about you when you have a runoff situation where you have five candidates vying to get to that 40 percent. weiner ends up with 40 percent in this primary he will get in the runoff. thats okay to have 40 percent or more thin...

Two years ago if you had asked anybody about the next new york city mayoral race they would have told you anthony weiner was a leading contender. theres a policy from 2011 and there is weiner. then he accidently tweeted a private photo. first claimed he was acted but it didnt manner. he was hounded out of office and into political exile. he found work as a consultant made cash and laid low. all the while plotting a comeback something he made official a little over a week ago when he entered the ...

Right now but in spite of her reputation for gaffes michele bachmann was for a brief moment the leading contender for the republican presidential nomination. with this announcement today, shes once again exhibiting a knack for drawing attention. >> i fully anticipate the main stream liberal media to put a detrimental spin on my decision not to seek a fifth term. >> reporter: a surprise announcement from a leading light of tea party conservatives. >> i will continue to do everything that i can to...

Op-ed. joe said with his push to the far right, marco rubio risks being more popular with cauc caucus-goers in western iowa than his own home state. is rubio a real contender in 2016? >> look. if senator rubio chose to run for president, hes be a very, very serious contender and i can tell you with some degree of authority hes not focused his approval rating in western iowa at the moment. so the argument that hes essentially too conservative or overpolitic, heres a guy trying to form consensus. ...

Intelligence than any of us to make some of these critical decisions if new regulations are put in place? i just think hell have to explain that. thats all. >> he will. maybe he needs to be more consistent with his medication. nia malika, ted cruz is another contender for the gop nomination in 2016. are he and rand paul the best the right can do? or perhaps is bob dole correct web when he says the republican party should close up shop for one year and do nothing. >> bob dole is right. you see fo...

Country where you cant say what you want. everybody says what they want. too many people say what they want. >> true, you. jay let me just start by saying i would vote for bugsy siegel. bull worth came out and i think i was 11. i was born in 1987. i like reminding you. i did see it. warren beatty raps about health care and socialism. this makes everybody in america love him because there is nothing more unrealistic and less true to life than the the washington liberal fancy movie. the president ...

Presidential contender for the democrats already testified for close to 8 hours on benghazi back in january. jenna. jenna: james, the president mentioned that he believes this is politically motivated, and hes not the only one. 0 what are republicans saying today to address that assertion? >> reporter: in essence, jenna what you see now is both sides of the aisle accusing each other of dishonoring the memory of the four americans killed in benghazi last september 11th. at his east room news conf...

Grenades and mortars to spontaneous demonstrations. >> this probe is just an effort to undermine the pro tension presidential contender as heather would say. thats what dick durbin is talking about today. >> we want to find them and hold them responsible. the consulates are going to be the best for the men and women who work for us. unfortunately this will be caught up in the 2016 presidential campaign. this effort to go after hillary clinton. the reason she wasnt interviewed is she didnt have a...

Hillary clinton i guess. >> yes. i think that -- and the fact that it does actually led the "washington post" to write an article that said you see this is political. this is political because the republicans are already trying to knock down the person whos going to be the leading contender as the nominee for 2016 -- this is insane. its getting to be just insane. >> tyrone watts, one of the former navy s.e.a.l.s killed in benghazi, she went on the other night and said the president of the united...

That would point directly toward hillary clinton i guess. >> yes. i think that -- and the fact that it does actually led the "washington post" to write an article that said you see this is political. this is political because the republicans are already trying to knock down the person whos going to be the leading contender as the nominee for 2016 -- this is insane. its getting to be just insane. >> tyrone watts, one of the former navy s.e.a.l.s killed in benghazi, she went on the other night and...