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"the kelly file" thursday night. >> i think unfortunately for jeb it will be a major factor. and it is not in any way his fault. you know he could have been jeb smith. now, he has advantages of being a bush. he has the donor base. well-known. successful and a great family in which he grew up. but it is a big liability. so what would you want to run if youre a gop strategist? you want to run someone young and fresh and new and who sort of projects to the future. when you go to bush unfortunately ...

Omally will not raise the resources. i believe he is running for vice-president or position in a cabinet if she gets it. >> if you look at the fox news polls when asked about the democratic preferences. hillary clinton 60 percent and joe boyd boyd and elizabeth warren is virtually tied with the guy sitting vice-president for six years and then governor cuomo and so on. and is this all going to be. is this hillarys contest to lose at this point? >> she will get challenged. i agree with ed the est...

Stress overwhelming favorite these events have prompted some to wonder what kind of backup plan do democrats ss have? clinton has already shored up the nomination but urges biden on saying quote, you cant actually know the shape of the democratic field unless and until you jump into it. politico calling the unthinkable, what if hillary bows out? difficult for her to capture the big corporate donors. nomination would probably de devolve to the most persuasive and hillary like of the nonhillarys s...

Against democratic candidates. she really made a fiery speech. it was kind of comparable i think, to the type of rhetoric that we used to hear from former alaska governor sarah palin who also spoke yesterday. then also with new jersey governor chris christie he tried to position himself as the anti-jeb bush if you will who will speak today. so, you know they are kind of going after the same donor base. it was interesting to hear him say that former governor bush was more of the establishment. im...

Questions from conservative pundits. laura ingram asked governor chris christie of new jersey how he can beat former governor jeb bush and his donor base. >> the elites in washington make back room deals decide hot president is going to be he is definitely the front runner. in the people of the united states decide to pick the next president of the united states and want someone who looks them in the eye connects with them and one of them, i will do okay if i run. >> reporter: neurosur general b...

He seems to be what they want, a younger version of somebody who shares their values without becoming part of the establishment. he seems to have this sweet spot. what do you think? >> throw in the fact that he has won three elections in a state that goes presidential and democratic elections and the fact that he just beat a pretty strong female candidate for re-election, hes a strong looking candidate. we dont know much about walker yet and there are 11 months to be spent on defining him and ot...

Is somebody particularly feeling the pressure. jeb bush was a mentor of his. they come from the state of florida where there is a substantial donor base. rubio will have trouble competing for that with bush in the same race. if you read into how jeb bush launched the pac. what he said the priorities will be he notes, quote, we will not creed an inch of territory. no issue, no democratic group, thats no voters. thats something weve been hearing from the republican party over the last course of th...

He will get in the race and theyre both from florida and have a similar donor base and appeal. what we are seeing is a 2016 cycle that will be different from 2012 when they started late and without romney in the field, no one had establishment support. this year you have a lot of candidates. you have jeb and christie and you have the governors from jintal and walker and they all have a chamber of commerce republican appeal. that is going to be a lot more crowded than last time. >> interesting re...

Potentially, as you were discussing, a big problem for rick perry and people close to perry privately acknowledge that if bush were to get in it would significantly impact his fund-raising. fighting for the same donor base, especially in texas. a lot of oil and gas money in texas and uth industries they would be tussling over. thats what perry is going to have to do right out of the gate. prove he is a top tier fund-raiser. if bush gets in, youll see interesting dynamics there, too. their relati...

On display this weekend at the republican leadership conference, but they also face the reality that they need to be able to appeal to americas more diverse electorate. my panel is back. john, im going to start with you. actually, we ended up with rand paul seeming to try to come to mitch mcconnells aid this week and sort of try to split the baby a little bit between connect in kentucky and obamacare. >> rand paul and mitch mcconnell are the odd couple of republican politics. but theyve seen how...