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Marco rubio who is encroaching on him, how does that change the dynamic? >> the other dynamic is bush and rubio, both going at each other. one of the old reliable formulas in politics. your opponents kill each other and you rise up to the top. >> this is somewhat of a political cliche. it holds true in the establishment lane of the primaries if they are divided into lanes, jeb and rubio are competing for the same voters. they are competing for establishment support, establishment money and estab...

Republican primary. in that case the g.o.p. could turn to mitt romney. he received more than 59 million votes last time around. is well known and has establishment support. something to consider. and thats the memo. now for the top story tonight reaction. joining us from washington charles krauthammer more perspicacious analysis from me, am i correct? >> yes. i wouldnt exaggerate the use of the word perspicacious. reasonable analysis. thats as far as i would go for at least right now. look, what...

Over. i agree with governor pawlenty, i think that trump is sort of pretty much topped out. its all margin of error stuff. its a lot of other polls hes actually dropped down a couple of points. i think hes probably leveled off. >> bill oreilly tonight is you is jesting that the republicans may not find a winner in this field. lets listen to the new oreilly scenario. >> it is entirely possible that no republican contender will lock things up in the early primaries. if thats the case, the gop coul...

Stronger with evangelicals. i think -- but the rest of the republican vote is split all over. i agree with governor pawlenty, i think that trump is sort of pretty much topped out. its all margin of error stuff. its a lot of other polls hes actually dropped down a couple of points. i think hes probably leveled off. >> bill oreilly tonight is you is jesting that the republicans may not find a winner in this field. lets listen to the new oreilly scenario. >> it is entirely possible that no republic...

What bernie sanders is saying. his fund-raising numbers were really remarkable. and what the difference is, hes tapping into kind of the grassroots donor level whereas hillary clinton has focused a lot of her time and energy on fund-raisers and really cultivating that establishment support. sanders can really go back to these donors again and again because they are giving him those small donations. and that suggests to me that he does have a lot of passion behind those numbers. >> thats what we ...

>> i think really headline is if joed bien does get in the race that hurts hillary clinton more than bernie sanders. her lead with biden in the field is seven. when you remove joe biden her lead is 15 points. you can see joe biden says hell not run. youd end up seeing more establishment support for hillary clinton. her numbers would start to go up. if you have a three-person race, thats makes it a much closer contest. so i think it will move. political world continues to watch for joe biden. doe...

We know hes had over time an affinity with senator marco rubio. they joked about being running mates and weve seen some of walkers supporters make early leaps already to support marco rubio. to have him say this is what all these others would do. its obviously pressure that he, himself, felt. that because of the fragmentation of the establishment support and republicans who could be pulled away by republican sent him to the bottom of the pack. to have him talk so personally about how he felt tru...

The public, at least half doesnt like you. so i wouldnt put -- to me, it wouldnt be enough if i were joe biden that hes got moderately better numbers than hillary clinton at this point. what i would be looking for is when we start to see major politicians say hillary clintons damaged goods, we need someone new, thats the moment when a joe biden candidacy becomes viable. >> you call him an insurance policy. i will say, you just said when, you didnt say if this happens to hillary clinton. >> i don...

Times" and jonathan alter. thank you both for being with me tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> hi. >> jonathan, who is clinton worried about more? sanders or biden? >> you know, to tell you the truth, i dont think she is hugely worried about either one. i think she feels like she would beat either one of them. her establishment support, which is important to getting the nomination is not collapsing in light of bidens possible run. in other words, the fundraisers and the key supporters are not ...

Non-politician character that people seem to like. >> monica ill pick up on jeb bush. one would argue, even with trump in the lead in the polls, with the establishment support, that jeb bush may be structurally the front runner in this race. i have to say, sitting there on the stage with him, i thought he had a kind of tepid performance and faded a little into the background. do you agree or no? >> i totally agree, chris. as i was watching last night, i thought i could physically see him recedin...