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Got kicked off the watergate committee. >> people look at the statue of liberty and they see a proud symbol of our history as a nation of immigrants, of beacon of hope for people around the world. donald looks at the statue of liberty and sees a four. >> plus trump backs down -- sort of. >> i would accept a clear election result, but i would also reserve my right to contest or file a legal challenge in the case of a questionable result. >> and hillary clintons deep bench crisscrosses the country...

Understand actually. >> i play that not just for the passion of the remarks but hillary clintons deep bench. she has late night tv, joe biden going after donald trump. this morning, its ivanka trump and donald trump. >> id like to hear ivanka give an interview and talk about this stuff because she went on "the dr. oz show" and poopooed this talk about the attitude saying it was a false narrative created by the media. i mean, the trump campaign is in full paranoid mode. they do believe that the m...

If you are already fatigued with early speculation about the 2016 election and the single inescapable narrative, lets call it the inevitability of hillary, you can in part blame the gop for your exhaustion. while democrats are focuseded on one person as the object of their obsession, republicans have what has been called at least a, quote, deep bench, a is variety pack for the 2016 republican nomination that has a little something for everyone at the party. "washington post" chief correspondent ...

Profile with many voters is that her profile is decidedly nonpolitical. shes been protected from the very partisan debates weve seen over health care, the very partisan debates weve seen over things like the budget shutdown. once she has to get into that fray again, were going to see these numbers shift dramatically inside the context of a campaign where its a choice between her and a republican candidate. it will be very different then. >> i want to go back to cornell and get an answer to that ...

Who has, do you think, got the most momentum in your party representative of a state with an early primary? >> thats a really good question. bill clinton doesnt have a whole lot of sway, but hes a popular figure. the faith-based groups reported by probably the leading candidates. i would suggest a guy like jeb bush would have a really good chance in 2016. a former governor or a governor, but youve got marco, youve got paul ryan. the good news is we have a deep bench, and after eight years of pre...

Bush, the problem with that formulation is that he didnt know what he didnt know. george w. was a profoundly incurious guy. he was almost proud of his lack of curiosity. so he couldnt balance and evaluate the expertise that was thrown at him by those people that he had around him. that was the fundamental -- that was the fundamental flaw of george w. bushs presidency. i know jeb also. and i think jeb is not that kind of guy. i think jeb is much more on the -- on the muscle to use a horse racing ...

Horse racing term. >> he knows what he knows. >> he knows what he knows. >> education. >> yeah. and he is curious. and hes broad gauged. ill tell you what, if mario -- if marco rubio does not run, jeb almost has to run. because hes the only other major figure in the party who can reach out to hispanics. >> wouldnt it be a sad thing to recycle a bush? for the republican party, the one silver lining of last year, we were told, was that they had such a deep bench. whether it was chris christie or p...

Weve lost, you know, people before. what im worried about, ill tell you, this is maybe apropos of nothing, but washington is a strange town. right now, right in the immediate aftermath, we have lots of people talking about what a tragedy, what a great guy, but, you know, washington it doesnt take long for them to get the knives out, so i give it about a week before some of those people who are standing around talking about what a great american hero will be perfectly willing to take shots at him...

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