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This is a situation where you have a republican party that has been from washington and the executive branch. people are going to feel their government doesnt represent them because they havent had control of the executive branch. this is an organic process of 16 candidates trying to get the attention of the electorate. one guy has more attention because hes had an nbc show because he has a name all over. the celebrity is whats cutting through. this is a name id play. the reason his popularity d...

Received chatter here in washington, d.c. that in a lot of ways jeb bush with the money, with his temperment with his ability to win over latino voters might seem like republicans best general election nominee on paper. if you want to litigate the past in the clinton years versus the bush years a lot of republicans have admitted that is probably a debate they cant win. if you are trying to be very strategic there that is something that gives people pause about jeb bush. >> lets talk about fox an...

>> anne shes pretty well-known. right? been in the public eye for decades now. how do you relaunch someone that people already pretty much know? >> one of the biggest challenges she has. i mean on its face nearly 100%, name identification in poll after poll would sound like a good thing. right? >> right. >> but that also means that almost everybody, not only knows who she is but has already formed an opinion are her, good or bad. not to say that that opinion cant change and not to say that for m...

Electoral college. its march 2015. look at hillary clinton versus the republican candidates at this point if youre the republicans, this makes awe little bit nervous. rand paul comes closest at 11 points marco rubio, 13. jeb bush 15 points behind her. chris christie 15 points scott walker 15 points. dr. carson 16 points. its early and president rudy giuliani can attest to the fact that be careful about these early polls. but 11 points is the closest any republican comes. again she is formidable....

Street journal" poll of course taken before this weekends trip to iowa. 49% of those said that they could see themselves supporting him. versus 42% who felt that they could not. and when you look at some of the others, obviously, scott walker from neighboring -- neighboring wisconsin had a much better track record as well as marco rubio, scott walker was 56% could support him. 26% could not. scott -- excuse me that was marco rubio. scott walker was -- >> right. yeah, i think -- >> 53% and 17%. s...

Listen to the folks are able to ultimately do very well. that people who think somehow that money and consultants are a substitute for grass roots paying attention i think always run a risk. >> to echo that, mr. speaker, they say cantor spent $5.4 million on this race, dave brat spent thousands. >> sure, and this is a classic mistake of the washington consulting class which i frankly am deeply hostile to, they managed to convince eric to run negative ads against a man who was totally unknown. i ...

Donnelly, saying this race, dave brat spent thousands. >> sure, and this is a classic mistake of the washington consulting class which i frankly am deeply hostile to, they managed to convince eric to run negative ads against a man who was totally unknown. i have not seen the analysis yet, but i will bet you more of the name identification came from eric cantors ads than came from his own activities. and that is just plain malpractice on the part of the consultants. >> they were saying that canto...

Score? what is her name identification? >> her name identification is through the roof. look. im not saying that this is, you know, that this is the be be all and end all and the earth is going to move with this, whether or not these documentaries show. im speaking from a purely political point. you asked me as a party chairman what my reaction would be, that is my reaction. i would raise the flag and say this is a little suspicious these two high profile networks are running these biopicks befo...

You knower we surprised a lot of people. and yes, i had less gray hair. [laughter] >> and i know it was exciting to, you know, be for the underdog. gregg: cries stierwalt is digital politics editor. what about this? he loves to characterize himself these days as the underdog but look, an incumbent president running for reelection has all kinds of inherent advantages, name identification, familiarity, the ability to raise money, and of course, the constant media attention he can command. so in tr...

believe that it would have a happy ending. now syria is a much, much different picture. tonight, ill take a close look at where the arab spring went wrong as the threat of outright war hangs over a region, that at least for a moment thought change was coming. more in just a moment. but, first, a look at the other stories that were covering tonight. mitt romney made it official. hes running for president but with sarah palins bus tour in new hampshire, will anybody notice? and today the...