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Keith ellison, hes a dramatic break from the past and he was president bushient and had some of these things right so i do like the idea. one thing would i love to see is back in 2004 we had had a lengthy public campaign for those folks who wanted to be dnc chair, and i think we should have that same thing here so that the party really has a chance to think about who they want to see in leadership going forward, but i do like -- we cant tinker around the edges here, folks. we have to make big ch...

Arrogant. fellow senators called him a whacko bird and a jack -- fill in the rest of the world. why do so many people who know ted cruz dislike ted cruz? >> there are people who dont like him because he didnt play by the establishment rules and mitch mcconnell laid forth in congress. its not a liability when congress doesnt like you. the american people hate congress. what is their approval rating, 9%? >> i think youre overstating it. >> to say other senators who are not liked, who are the gop e...

Any sort. hes a remarkable candidate riding at the top of the polls for so long with almost no institutional support at all from either elected officials or establishments like the newspaper. this fight is good for chris christie who is trying to become the establishment pick, battling out against several other establishment republicans in new hampshire. but its also good for trump because its another opportunity for him to paint himself as the anti-establishment candidate, the elites are out th...

Now, the establishment hopes even though theyre not spending money on ads against him and they dont really have a concerted effort against trump, they believe eventually hell fizzle out. but hes been going for six months, and so thats quite a bet. >> so heres what i learned when i was in college, when we wanted to elect a homecoming queen. we figured out that you could split the vote of the other sororities if you got together about five groups that put your spirit all behind one. so why not sit...

Been reborn in the mold of donald trump and is a very convincing winner. what was the fringe just a year ago is now very, very electable in the republican party. last year matt bevin, a tea party red hot millionaire with no political experience, got crushed by senator mitch mcconnell in the kentucky senate primary race. they dismissed bevin as an east coast con man with delusions of grandeur. they said he was part of the tea party fringe. they ridiculed his appearance at a pro-cock fighting rall...

Numbers are good. but if trump or carson thinks they can go into the general with only 25% of republican voters behind them and actually compete in a general election, i think thats really short sided. the only way that trump and carson are going to be able to compete in a general is if they get in new voters and they are not really saying anything to attract new kinds of voters. they are really targeting a very narrow group of people on the right and in a field of more than ten people, you can ...

Hill. hillary clinton, no problem with getting support from congressmen, from senators, governors. explain the difference. why is contrast? >> reporter: well, thomas, it is a pretty unique set of circumstances here because usually if a candidate propels to the lead in iowa or new hampshire, while they may not be the establishment pick, they at least have the support of one member of congress or one senator or perhaps even a home state governor or their home state members of the congressional del...

Undocumented immigrants, by the big "them" with a capital t. you put all those together, you get donald trump, and theres no sign yet that anybody, and least of all, the most advertisement of republicans, jeb bush, can counter that power. >> yeah, and gene, trump keeps saying too, we talked about this yesterday. no more clintons, no more bushes. the idea that even republicans dont like the idea of another bush, and i keep thinking about it. i think theres a constituency there in the republican p...

You put all those together, you get donald trump, and theres no sign yet that anybody, and least of all, the most advertisement of republicans, jeb bush, can counter that power. >> yeah, and gene, trump keeps saying too, we talked about this yesterday. no more clintons, no more bushes. the idea that even republicans dont like the idea of another bush, and i keep thinking about it. i think theres a constituency there in the republican party that says, we went along with romney and mccain and with...

Hungry and almost desperate part of his party. yes, people are not taking him seriously. who am i talking about? >> could be donald trump or bernie sanders. >> bernie sanders, thens of thousands are coming. he is saying what people want to hear. supporters are passionate. he is the donald trump of his party, not in a disruptive way, but speaking to those who dont feel they are being spoken to. >> they are two sides of a coin. the same populous instinct that is dissatisfied with the institutions ...