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What is wrong with expanding that tent, right, if we talk about the big tent party, what is wrong with that? >> we are the big tent party. we want everybody to join us in this party. were asking they indicate they are republicans. if they have not identified as republicans before, we are inviting them to identify as republicans now. its a big party, please join us. this is not against anybody. every campaign was notified back in september that the republican party of virginia was considering suc...

And andi smith. thank you both for coming on. the "wall street journal" saves that trump has triggered a republican party brawl between party leaders and grassroots supporters. whats your take? there seems to be a bit of a quandary here. >> i dont know if i would define trumps backers as grass root supporters simply. hes got a number of peopling telling pollsters they like him. and keep in mind it is nowhere near a majority of the republican voters in any given state or the national polls even. ...

Percent. i think trump is going to get a lot more action with his plan with ranking republicans in the primary and americans across the country because theyll see it as fair. >> what about a couple of other things he brought up? he wants to end it or reme gauche it and tax cars coming in from china. at one point saying he should outsource america and national security in russia. how is that going to go down? >> its not going to go down well. hes finding a way to split the hair. hes going to make...

For him and the grassroot donors are very important for the right. we saw rick santorum raising from tiny donors last time. he had his moment. now theres someone else has their moment later and raises that kind of money. well see. >> it was a shrewd move. he filled a vacuum. had a nice week where he was able to get a lot of attention from the press. it obviously has worked to a certain degree financially. but yeah theres going to be a lot of folks with the same claim on a similar pool of voters ...

I believe we can reignite the promise of america. but the only way to do so is if it comes from the people. if we count on washington for that to happen it aint going to happen. its got to come from the people. and so what i am hoping to do is help energize and mobilize a grass root. you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. youre like "nothing can replace brad!" then l...

Manufacturing from low cost energy is a critical element to how we do it. >> coming up, not everybody by the way is excited senator ted cruz has announced hes running for president. up next well give him an opportunity to respond to some of his critics. and later yo our viewers get to ask senator cruz questions. go to facebook and twitter. some of those straight ahead. >> millions fear that the promise of americas slipping away. that the promise of americas unattainable. i believe we can reignit...

You raise the funds that need to be funded. we have a long hard way to go. unless you can raise the $100 million for the primary challenge you are not a viable candidate. the independent campaigns that run with millions play a role, but at the end of the day you have to have a grass root organization >> a lot of people wonder if jeb bush wants it. let me three another name out there: mike rogers. what do you think? >> i think he is going off into radio land. >> chris wallace asked him if that wa...

Well-funded and they do have a very good organizational structure. republicans over at the rnc did a very good job of matching that. our structure can match the democrats as well. the grass root organizations. is there any way to know whether that can be effective in a mid-term election. it didnt look like it happened very much in 2010. >> thats an interesting question. i think it will be one of the more fascinating points that people like me and kevin pour over after the mid-time elections. not...

Think this sort of illustrates a challenge that more broadly faces the right. when you look at heritage, you can say politically, obviously, the shutdown was a disaster for the conservative movement and the republican party. traditionally, the role of heritage is this sort of role of policy ideas for the conservative movement. that might be changing. at the same time, leading this charge to defund obama care has meant a windfall in terms of grass root donations for heritage and other groups like...

Six flaws of the website including not having clearly identified needs, not defining success, relying too heavily on contractors and not providing enough time to properly test the system. last night during a conference call with organizing for action, president obama leaned on some 200,000 grass root supporters suggesting they make this holiday season political saying in part quote we have to remember the conversations that weve got around the dinner table. when were talking to co-workers at chr...