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The numbers would be much higher for the universal health care or the government-run option. im joined by governor steve bullock of montana. ive been watching you. i feel like robert de niro. ive been watching you. i watch you and youre now finally in the race, because i think youre going to be a challenge because youve got executive ability. you ran a state. youre not some gadfly. >> i won in a state where trump won. >> yeah. but youre a governor. people will vote for a relatively liberal gover...

Executive ability to transfer existing federal funds toward construction of the wall, bypassing congress. so what you could see happen is he reluctantly signs this deal assuming it passes the congress this week and that would avert the shutdown and fund the government, but he would find other ways to get more of the money that he wants for that wall construction. that seems to be according to our sources where things are headed at the moment. >> and he would need that because heres what hes gett...

If republicans are going to hold on, that would be a huge victory for donald trump. >> harris: kennedy, i specifically wanted to ask about florida peered so much as happened down there, you got rick scott going against bill nelson. you got parkland, tragic event going on. >> kennedy: not to mention the hurricanes. fans of rick scott have pointed to his executive ability to deal with some of the storms. also, offering outrage. florida is also critical for the reasons chris is suggesting for the p...

Making her pitch to abrams, oprah winfrey had a message to all women. lets watch. >> we as women, people, need to stand uniteded a eand vote our values. vote your values. vote your conscience. all of this noise, all the noise, you just cant get away from it. you turn on the tv, on the -- its so much noise and crazy talk. all of the vitriol and the ads. you know what? they are designed to confuse and confound you with fear. >> george, governor, like mayor, is an executive job. and it doesnt have ...

Especially in the burbs where they would have voted democratic but had a problem with hillary. but democrats will win 30 to 40 seats. they have this counter narrative about were going to be attacked by the mob and i think that will work in north dakota. i think it will work, believe it or not, i think in nevada. i think it will work in missouri. but i also think the republicans got this story that you were just talking about, executive ability which jeb has been good on in dealing with crises. w...

But because he hasnt run anything as big as a big federal cabinet. and, apparently, his spokesman even said the other day hes not clear whether or not he can run something this big. that might be a qualification question. look, its a combination of loyalty to the president. effectiveness in dealing with the various constituents and that sometimes means the governors. that means capitol hill. and then just raw executive ability. those are really your three characteristics you have to look at. >> ...

As a billionaire. but then you look at the fight, it seems to be right now between two freshman senators say that theyre better at trump and they dont have any more experience than he has. >> these guys right behind him in the poll dont have any experience in executive government. >> look, the polls. >> where is your party at when it comes to executive ability? >> 53, 54 days youre going to see new hampshire and then were going to know. were going to see iowa before that, but then were going to ...

Rest of the daddy war bucks how height wing he is. carly fiorina was getting even with trump. and huckabee is reading his religious right. what is your constituency? who are your people? >> im not worried about standing out. im going to just tell people what my experience is, what ive done in the past and what i want to do in the future. >> who are your kasich people? >> you have to figure that out. i dont think that way. >> people who like executive ability. >> in new hampshire, there they get ...

That is pretty bad. >> obamacare was changed how many times? 20 was the last count according to the wall street journal. >> some say 24 or as many as 35. quite a few. the president makes the case this is normal executive ability to respond but we dont think it is. when you read things in the law or reverse things we need clarification and i dont think that is the way the founders intended the system to work. we hadh power flow out of the legislative branch under presidents of both parties. lets ...

The rhetoric, very appealing, but will he be able to get some of the things done? >> yes, executive ability, we dont know until they get there. thank you, steve kornacki, and amy davidson, and this is "hardball." the place for politics. the trucks are going farther. the 2013 ram 1500 with best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trends 2013 truck of the year. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down....