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>> i think, i couldnt agree more. i think theres a sweet spot where you can have democrats who are addressing income inequality which is an issue that actually millennials care about, with amazon and other companies taking, you know, corporate subsidies. but its also an issue for rust belt voters. so you dont have to be a socialist to discuss issues of fairness and the middle class. and i think that is the sweet spot for democrats. >> you dont even have to be a democrat. >> exactly. >> i would a...

This month is going to be like no month in recent american history. set it up for us. set the month up for us, john. >> we back now on the old schedule. in the years before those last two cycles, things would get going early jend of january, early february. we have one month -- >> if there were a final four bracket, two on the republican side, two on the democratic side, thats easier. what are we looking at right now for the final four a month out? >> i like to think about a final four on the re...

That, the reason people are going after him is because his flaws havent been discussed lately. i seen him on the road and hes constantly on the phone. he could be the campaign manager for the presidential campaign. he knows what hes doing. >> again, mika, its important. were talking about the establishment bracket to take on right now, the guy that packs. >> kp auditoriums. >> exactly. >> i think this brawler is important. theyre looking for someone who can take on trump eventually. >> and hilla...

Ted cruz has eemerged as the ideological figure in this campaign. he can certainly win one of these early states. then i think right now theres the third bracket, thats the establishment bracket. whats driving the ballot for republican primary voters in this election is strength. you saw jeb bush tonight. this was jeb bushs best debate. but if these numbers dont move for jeb bush after this debate, it means his campaign is effectively over. chris christie, very good tonight. chris christie in ne...

Landslides. the republicans nominated the person that wins the establishment bracket. there is an outsider, sometimes p pat. its not my party. it seems to me the all power is in the insurgent bracket. people republican establishment types we know in washington very excited about senator rubio and governor kasich and christie and bush, they dont add up to trump or carson. i do think, maybe they fade if they do. i believe this, not just sucking up to amanda. her old boss ted cruz is the guy i migh...

But with up with choice to make, people are going to have to vote for one of them and the situation can change drastically. >> you know, paul, were talking to amanda last night at, i dont know, 12:00 or 1:00 a.m. its quite a late night for us all. i dont know how you got out of doing that. she believes very possibly trump and carson will fade and were going to see one of these other candidates coming up to be the eventual nominee perhaps. do you think that still is likely? history shows outsider...

Quit correspondent, isnt it weird that its scott walker? >> oh, no. >> no? >> he was dead man walker for the last two and a half weeks. certainly since the aft debate when he made no impression and when the latest cnn poll came out showing him having less than 1% it was over. >> tied with jim gilmore, george pataki, bobby jindal, rick santorum. in iowa hes ahead of guys like rand paul, chris christie. he is doing better and seen as more viable than some of these other guys but hes the one who ha...

Rand paul, chris christie. he is doing better and seen as more viable than some of these other guys but hes the one who has to go? >> its not that he has to go. i think hes someone that is very well respected and admired and taken seriously but hes in that very competitive establishment bracket. we talked last week, this is a race being dominated by outsiders. and thats why ben carson and donald trump and carly fiorina have more latitude with republican voters, because they are so hungry for som...

Nicole, scott walker was one of the rising stars, not many people would think that he would be a shooting star extinguished so quickly. >> thats a funny way to put it. look. we were on shows here in the spring talking about how enamored the republican base was with his early performances and this was really a story sort of a spectacular tumble. the other reason that that you didnt mention was money. he ran out of money. and i think thats what happens when you sort of build a front-runner-sized c...

>> does that mean that people go to rub yes. >> or kasich or bush or, you know, any one of the guy that is are not ashamed of having served in the -- >> bobby jindal? >> lindsay in the -- bobby and lindsay probably go in the establishment bracket, too. theyre probably public servants. >> when we look at how he made his announcement, taking a dig at trump there, do you think anybodys going to pick up the -- what he was -- the baton he was laying down and that challenge. pick that up. >> what i ad...