Speech, from president biden, this was a moment for unity, for resolve, for patriotism, it was a signal, both to nato and the world, that we re not just united with the world, but we re 90 domestically. some republicans didn t show up, because they don t want to put it a swab in their nose, and they re acting like their babies. meanwhile, we have the reporting from ukraine talk about risking their lives. marco rubio couldn t even go tonight because you couldn t put a swab in his mouth. shouting him down, from the audience. i thought all of this was a complete miss on the tone of the moment. on the substance about inflation i think i would ve loved to see a more dramatic and direct message, that speaks to the american people about, a, something like you said, about his accomplishments, but, be, what are the dramatic actions that they re going to take to curve the inflation.
Terms of numbers. the irony, stephanie, it seems that there has been a higher number of republican rejected ballots. this is something that isn t just about democrats or republicans, these measures that were put into place, and these closures of the polling places are something that just weakens our democracy, and texas democratic institutions, all around. mr. dowd, before we go, you are just mentioning how strong of a hand greg abbott has. we clearly see republicans moving further to the right, but what about democrats. three percentage points of unseating ted cruz. what are his odds of challenging greg have it for a governor? i think humans right. the further the republicans move to the right, in texas, which they re doing, they re running to the right, as fast as they possibly can, it creates a bigger opening for democrats to win.
Rubio and ted cruz, there s no room for him. where is the oxygen for mike huckabee? where is the oxygen for ted cruz? where s the oxygen for marco and for jeb? and still ahead on morning joe jesse! how you doing today? how are you doing? stop being angry. i m not. you are. it is a terrifying movie for any parents out there, the new film meadowland. olivia wilde and luke will join the discussion on that. and we ll get lindsey graham s reaction to the president s
Together, we re building a better california. if you had to pick a republican presidential candidate to be stuck on an island with, who would it be? marco rubio. he s used to the sun. good answer. you re from burlington vermont and so is ben & jerry s.
Not a knock against marco. i ve said the same thing. maybe i have a hang over from barack obama getting into the senate. he decides he s going to run for president. maybe i m an old man and skeptical. i ve always said marco rubio in his second term would be a great seasonal candidate. i sat in the crowd in the press cot bush event in connecticut with a room full of republicans. they were there, they were drad to explode and everybody left just kind of flat marco didn t wow them. the only thing i would say about rubio is he has the ability to breakout of this field. you re looking at these numbers and saying my gosh, trump and carson, how s this going to
Standing othstan standing ovations from the republican crowd, the staff came out of the kitchen and lined the walls to watch him. i look for the weight staff come out. he actually did and i ve seen ronald reagan in the same ball room. rubio did better than reagan at the same period during the campaign 40 years later. all i can say is wow. rubio is no ronald reagan. when you talk about a room and an oration. 1978 verses 2014, rubio in orange county did better than reagan in 1978.
Runs or not, he needs to make the decision. it is an ugly nasty, this is why i feel bad about, could you imagine going through what marco rubio goes through every single day. what jeb goes through every day. what they all go through every single day. you have to pretend to love it. i couldn t think of a more gut wrenching thing to do. i never thought he was going to run unless the clinton candidacy collapses, unless something really bad happens. a lot of folks at the white
Operations of the campaigns. they have more cash on hand than jeb bush. ted cruz does, ben carson does, marco rubio does. there was a story a couple of days ago that marco rubio couldn t afford the adds. rubio s campaign reached out to us and said guess what, nobody can right now. we re not getting back inventory, which other campaigns said they were. what they re going to troy to do is raise money to do it. some campaigns have to buy adds like donald trump. here are the numbers. ben carson raised the most money with nearly 21 million followed by jeb bush with 13.4. ted kruz at 12 million. donald trump raised the least but he self-funds. cruz raised the most in his
Campaign. doesn t count for outside spending groups. jeb bush is cutting back on some spending. donors have yet to see a return on their spending and a more frugal operation ahead. staffers were taking pay cuts and the candidate will be taking more commercial flights and stay in cheap hotels. bush s campaign reported a strong 13.4 million this quarter out pacing cruz and rubio. his super pack reported raising more than $100 million last quarter will spend big in the plans. the concern with the bush campaign just this week is they re putting all this money into adds and the numbers aren t moving. let s not forget $20 million by
Country. they promise to appeal obama care. they get the largest land slides in 2010 and 2014. they ve made absolutely no progress on it. they promise to restrain foreign policy. we ve had military adventurism for over a decade. there s nothing the republican establishment is selling that the republican base is believing and for a good reason. for good reason. washington republicans have lied to voters. they make promises they couldn t possibly deliver on. there was no way to appeal obama care. it wasn t going to happen. and they didn t deliver an alternative. they didn t deliver. a free market alternative. same thing with the spending and tax stuff. there s no real alternative. we still haven t seen a tax reform plan. i think if you had a debate with kasich, rubio and jeb, you could