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She laid out a framework. i think to your point constitutional amendment and talked about the hedge fund carried interest and talked about for profit colleges and college affordability. >> and endorsed the colleges community college plan a substantive position shes on the record. >> and something shes been supportive of in the past. that being said this process, three to four weeks talking to people and then we still have time to start laying out -- >> there is time. >> the policy. were going to...

>> jeb bush isnt a polarizing figure. no he is not, is he a wonk. a policy guy. all right? walker a little bit more because of his altitude toward labor and free market place to rise up and supersede special interest. so he would be a little bit more im telling you there is nobody near the poll sargs of mostly cloudy. ted cruz would be. maybe rand paul would be. most of them arent. you know that you know that. >> i know that there is a long history groups going against hillary clinton if you set...

He served two terms as governor in a big state. of course there will be controversial stuff in the e-mails but politics 101, get it out early. >> thats right. two things immediately taken away from this jeb bush news. one hes sending a signal to governor christie of new jersey. as you deal with your bridge episode and all the questions about disclosure in your office, im disclosing everything and im going to put it all out there. the other part of the news jeb bush will release an ebook, thats h...

Administration, the white house would have the next person to replace the one resigning, whether forced order voluntary. they would have that person all teed up and ready. in this case there were a couple of high level officials. senator jack reid up on capitol hill and the former undersecretary michele flournoy. we were told some in the white house really wanted the first woman defense secretary to put the notch in obamas political belt so to speak. when both of them decided and told the white ...

The production and deployment of these mine-resistant personnel vehicles sent to iraq and afghanistan. hes a nuts and bolts guy and a policy guy. the one thing he doesnt have is a career as a uniform military officer. and some people have suggested thats an issue for him. others say, though, hes worked at the pentagon in a number of senior jobs for so many years. he has deep ties to the combatant commanders. and so he should be able to bring, you know, both this budget and bureaucratic expertise...

That, and not let him go down because of some constitution al condition in advance. >> i know youre a policy guy. youve never held elected office. public opinion here, as you know, when it comes to intervening in foreign situations these days, the public is nowhere near engagement the way it was ten years ago, five years ago. shouldnt political leaders have to acknowledge that the public just doesnt have the stomach for this? >> well, yes. but political leaders lead. and they explain to the publ...

Least physically and spiritually enough. >> spending 50 grand a pop at d.c. steakhouses with his political team. if youre going to spend 50 grand at a steakhouse, do it in your home district, not in washington, d.c. the reason this matters is majority leader controls the calendar. he was the policy guy. he was arguably the most conservative member of the house republican membership. now hes been defeated. the instant question this morning is, his term runs through january. can he stay on as majo...

Re-education in how to talk to the base of the party because its changed over the last seven or eight years. >> come become more to the right? >> the republican party, particularly with the tea party on the rise, you know, i think its a different party than jeb bush left when he was governor. >> what do you think of that strategy? a strategy hes advocating. >> this is something that hes long believed. immigration is going to be the issue in the next primary. jeb bush is more to the center than t...

Cycles, a guy has been way down and -- >> bennett, lugar. >> right. it looks as if -- and ive said it before -- that the tea party fever has broken here. so the dynamic is still there that somebody could rise up but the tea party doesnt seem to have the same power that they used to and we see it here in the capital with bill after bill were seeing a much more marginalized -- >> in a sense, although they are more marginal because in a sense they have gone more mainstream, right? mcconnell is stan...

Primary, because he brings a temperate, pragmatic conservatism to the table. thats with one of the interesting things last night, the moderator called him a moderate. he pushed back hard. when you take a look at jeb bushs -- he said, why are you calling me a moderate? im a conservative, a practicing conservative, not a talking one. i will put my record up against anyone in congress. >> yes. i think the key thing is you said there is that its important to have his voice there. i think jeb is a po...