what do you think? a year from now, when it is may of next year i will be able to tell you exactly. at this point in time i think there are five or six very serious people in this race. you can t count bush out in spite of the fact he has had a lousy couple of weeks. he will have an enormous sum of money. the game is going to get over quick. california new york new jersey that don t traditionally matter in the nominating process this time can matter. they are late. at the end of the game you may need to get that. the crowded field is going to keep anybody early on from being a winner. the question now to all candidates and the media is would you have gone into iraq if you knew now what we if you knew then what we now know? the other question to ask hillary, is should we have pulled out of iraq 100% now that we know that isis has taken control and taken all the american weaponry? that s the nightmare question
is it too many again, and will the gop basically trip over themselves because of that? that potential is there. there are several serious candidates. governor kasich was in new york talking to people was on fox the other night, met with people around here. he will be a very serious candidate if he gets in and he is thinking in terms of if he can raise the money? this is a guy chairman of the budget committee, 16 years in the armed services committee. he is probably the most capable republican that we have in all facets. governor perry will emerge in spite of his brain freeze he said last time. the problem is our debates are going to be narrowed to ten. we have 20 running and the donald trumps of the world will be in those debates and some of the serious people mae not be in the serious stage. how do you think it plays out? too much of a good thing. a lot of good solid candidates in this group. there are just too many. this idea of cutting them down for the debates is sure to caus
let me ask you, first, about what you are seeing in china in terms of the economy. we know the growth has slowed down. is it the engine of growth for the world it was just a few years ago. it still is the main engine of growth for the world but it is certainly also slowing down. we are used to seeing double digit growth. the days of 14% gdp growth and now last year it is wa 7.5 and now they are forecasting 7%. i say it is 6.5%. so still, a remarkable growth. it is certainly slowing. i want to ask you about the u.s. and what you are seeing here. i know you invested in the g.m. building in new york park avenue plaza in new york. where else are you looking at investing on a personal level or at soho china in terms of opportunities? we ve looked at the u.s. real estate when the financial crisis
camp. maybe he is running for vice-president. i think the key thing here as we talked on the show six democrat debates. she is going to have to stand up there with bernie sanders, who is so far to the left he is a socialist, obviously, jim webb a very serious military guy. and o malley. a lot of issues she will be debating on and she is not a great debater. i am thinking who are the debaters. i know you just named them. these guys have courage going in the field against her. i don t know the demings are going to like that. he raised $1800 in speeches for bernie sanders as opposed to the clintons $25 million. all my new york friends can vote for them. that would be good. maybe he can be mayor of new york. could be. this field, let s talk about this field for a second. you have got hillary in one corner and you have a whole host in the gop corner.