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Conservative king maker. >> south carolina senator jim demint laughed off the label, but the political action committee he founded spent estimated $1.4 million in the drive to help selected g.o.p. senate candidates in a 2010 cycle. the latest beneficiary is florida marco rubio on beep half of whose insurging candidacy against charlie crist, theyre looking to raise $100,000 money bomb. on behalf of pennsylvanias pat toomey the pac spent $50,000 in support of californias chuck devore almost half t...

Around the corner. for example, marco rubios, running for senate down in florida, he saw $200,000 in contributions in 24 hours, thats a good amount, folks. it is all stemming from one man in washington. james rosen, not him, hes got the report, hes live in the nations capitol. james, okay, so whos the man, and whats behind this? >> reporter: well, the man whos being talked about as a conservative king maker or who at least is trying to annoint a few princes particularly in the medieval kingdom, ...

Station change format from rock to talk. hes nonetheless convinced to try his hand as host by an industry consultant who tell him he need only for him the conservative talking points. morning power is then a huge success and republican politicians soon c. so covet the support. stan powers is it a king maker, but he privately disagrees with everything that comes out of his mouth. invited to speak at the gop convention in his hometown, he must finally decide whether he will help elect a flawed can...

The bush administration once the head of the rnc lost virginia. also, the two candidates that the president backed for alabama, a sitting president is supposed to have the momentum or in the past, has had the momentum to help at least bring at least a couple of the candidates to the finish line. for this president, he is now taking an assessment of how to move forward. you know, it does not help that steve bannon, who was thought to be a king maker, actually brought the president in on roy moore...

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Role for russia putin is the new king maker. >> he gains further legitimacy. and speaking from a perspective of an advisor. when you see it prioritizes and going after isis and assad, what should that be a priority? >> who is your enemy. everybody is everybody got enemy. enemy of my enemy is my friend and only for a while. putin thinks that the biggest rallying cry is to defeat isis. thats how he will get to support. assad. >> you think assad should stay. does it matter what happens with assad? ...

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From the republican party but doing so from the bench of the private sector? >> well, the question is, does the heritage foundation offer him a bigger podium, a larger microphone? he thinks it does. i hope hes right. the one thing we know is hes doing it to stay engaged, continue to be a thought leader. i respect his decision. i hope hes right. we need that leadership. if he can do that better than from the senate, than more power to him. we need someone to fill that role. >> when we talk about ...