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Its bad. what you want to be is at the main event always. its better to be the 11th man on the michael jordan bowls than first person at a losing squad. but you got to play the hand youre dealt. now i think youve got these candidates who are in the second tier, lower tier, theyve got to find a way to make some news in that tier that the rest of the media has to cover so people watching it on news later on, they wont know the difference between who is where. theyll just see the clips. >> you know...

His death, yes, can we raise the money to be competitive? you dont want to run if you cant win. but money is less important in presidential politics than running for governor or senator. money is for name recognition, he doesnt have that issue. hes old, he would be by far the oldest president when elected next year. so, i think its 50/50 that he does this. he doesnt have any real animus toward hillary clinton. they disagreed about iraq in 2009, and were having some disagreements about afghanista...

Me. you know, rick perry, i always thought he was a nice guy. he started hitting me hard. so i hit him harder. im not looking -- dont know what theyre going to be doing. im reading so many -- >> they dont attack you, youre not going to attack them. >> i think its highly unlikely. i really do -- >> if they attack you -- >> ive always counter-punched. you have to counterpunch. im not looking to start anything. thats for sure. i would rather discuss the issues. our country is in serious trouble. we...

Traveled from new york to washington for an oval office coffee. he again went just moments before the president went on television to warn russia there would be costs to further military intervention in ukraine. stewarts take on those visits? it felt like being called into the principals office. john stewart always says -- well always. he said i am not an activist. i am a comedian. but these meetings would seem to complicate that assessment. >> unless he was there to perform comedy for the presi...

Governor, thanks very much for joining us, i have a lot of policy issues, iran, other stuff to talk to you about. i have to get your reaction to this donald trump development. hes the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination, not only nationally, but in key states like new hampshire right now, what do you make of this? >> just leave him alone. i mean, obviously its a painful story for him, for his family, for his former wife, leave him alone. thats my reaction. >> what do you mean...

Away. trump has started to downplay expectations. he says he has no debate experience and predicts others will come out swinging. >> thank you. when it comes to name calling, a not so subtle message. he says knock it off. that was sean spicer on cnns "reliable sources." >> i understand it is the nature of any primary for folks to discuss the differences on policy issues. the name calling needs to stop. we have to remember what ronald reagan taught us. >> spicer says he wants republicans to keep ...

This is the rnc communications director sean spicer. >> i understand the nature of any primary for folks to discuss the differences on policy issues. thats fine. the name calling, however, needs to stop. we have to remember what ronald reagan taught us. you shall not speak ill of another republican. >> republicans should keep their eye on the white house. mike huckabee facing a backlash of the holocaust with the nuclear agreement with iran. he said this presidents foreign policy is the most fe...

Sean spicer. >> i understand it will be the nature of any primary for folks to discuss differences between themselves on policy issues. thats fine. the name calling, however, needs to stop. we have to remember what ronald reagan taught us. you shall not speak ill of another candidate. mike huckabee is facing backlash. this is what the republican candidate said this presidents foreign policy is the most feckless in american history. it is naive he is trusting the the --the eye iranian iranians....

>> as he has come forward, we got to see the real donald trump, i got some real problems with that. i think that what he is saying and what he is doing is not necessarily moving the cause of conservatism forward. >> how does the republican national committee feel about these candidates going at each other, ridiculing each other, in donald trumps case, insulting other candidates? >> i think a couple things. one, we have to keep our eye on the prize. if we -- hillary clinton is being core nated as...

Policy issues. not just disagreement on policies. he wants to convince people that you are a bad person that you dont care with the disabled or children or women or someone who is being hurt. i think thats bad for the country. i truly believe that sort of activity and is he not alone in it but i do believe that sort of activity is not what we need from a president the. >> so you stand by that statement that the president has no class. >> i think the way he was conducted himself on the presidency...