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The retail politics of it all, and the j.j. dinner is the biggest test yet of that. >> right. this is not typically a kind of setting that hillary clinton excels in. she will be speaking to democrats. but what we saw yesterday at the benghazi committee, those kind of grueling government grinding it out, thats where hillary clinton does well. she was never able to excite the crowds the way obama does. still, shes going to head into this tomorrow in a very different place than 2008. there is no ba...

Evangelical, everyone assumed iowa was going to be for him 2.4%. rand paul, 2%. jeb bush -- jeb bush -- >> he has the fire in the belly. >> thats right. he has a passion gap. i think jeb bush, his campaign will tell you they never expected to win iowa but they have to do a little better than they are doing here in iowa. again, if you look at the new hampshire polling, jeb bush, fine. but then again, you have out of nowhere after a breakthrough debate -- >> john kasich. well like this. well like ...

Tonight. to johns point. jeb bush has lost a lot of altitude due to donald trump. what he has got to do is go on the stage tonight and show he is not just another bush who wants to be the next ceo of the family business. people know his name. but to the base of the republican party, its not such a great name. he has got to prove that he is conservative he has got to show that he is one of his aides put it to me "the adult in the room." and he also anderson has got to show a little bit of passion...

Woman elected governor and the party is poised to reject her. really? in bold print there. you said before this convention if she doesnt win, she has some soul searching to do. she didnt win, you won by 12 points. do you think martha coakley should be thinking about getting out of this race? >> no, i dont think she should be thinking about getting out of the race, but i think she does have some soul searching to do. after all if you look at the history of massachusetts politics for governor, for...

Are opposed to immigration reform. can you take paul ryan, mark zuckerberg is sporting him and groups opposed to immigration reform are spending half that amount. really theres a passion gap and also a money gap. people arent as opposed to immigration reform as they are to obama care. >> brian, has it surprised you? the consensus coming a few weeks is that immigration reform is dead. do you think something might be happening? >> im less optimistic. two things, one, dead gap, obama care, enrollme...

Not if history is an example, ask larry sabato. the passion gap, republicans dont have it and voters are nonplussed do you say it doesnt pan out, but it leads to more or less voting? >>guest: that is right. passion test sounds like a sex scandal can i dont know if i want to get in to this but essentially what i am suggesting is that passion in the spring doesnt necessarily lead to votes in the fall. there are a lot of great historical examples. i dont think there has ever been a candidate who ge...

Perhaps 100 to 150 people, again signs that the campaign needs organizational strength. we have heard a lot about pressures, they want to see a big reshaping of this campaign and perhaps a shake up of the campaign between now and super tuesday. >> what is hard, andrea, is that, and you saw it last night, it was a big moment for mitt romney and he had won his home state of michigan, and he won arizona convincingly, a double win in places where he needed them badly. and he gave a victory speech th...

Mitt romney did well, i am confident he will be nominated. and i do not think theres going to be a problem exciting people when he is the nominee. >> bob, you have been watching this for a long time. if you take off your democratic hat -- >> and keep it off. >> that will never happen. >> and talk about mitt romney, what is the passion gap. you have worked with candidates that were hard to get some lift to get crowds excited about, is that what you have here with romney? >> no, its a more difficu...

Finding his voice. rick santorum, if he had done in iowa earlier, he might have been that conservative alternative that people would have coalesced around. if newt gingrich made this argument against mitt romney before, governor romney might be in a much weaker position. >> independents can vote in the primary. it has been undercovered this cycle for some reason. no action on the democratic side. reason why john hunt mnz might finish strong and take advantage of the press coverage, hes gotten th...

>> big question, will huntsman sneak into second? people are excited. one strategist says ill buy awe drink in south carolina, theyre looking forward to going ahead. it was only a few days ago when i think a lot of us doubted it would go ahead. >> were seeing in new hampshire, a lot of independence. independents seem more excited about this race than republicans. we know it as the passion gap for any republican, let alone mitt romney. if huntsman sneaks up, thats how. >> the internal polls are s...