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What donald trump and governor christie were doing were delivering a message and the others were debating in a senorial fashion. the other folks are lost in the weeds. that said i think it was a great debate. i like to hear the weeds of policy stuff. i like to go through it and like to hear them do it. and one thing i would say about paul and the families, if you recall in the early 1980s, mr. gaddafi blew up a west german distech and killed a number of american servicemen. president reagan sent...

Of people in his ear, including his brother and his parents. saying, jeb, just be yourself, be your true authentic self. go back to 1994 and 1998 when you were running for governor of florida and articulating your view as to how you would change the state. do that on the national stage tonight. be your true authentic self. also, make sure that no one else defines you. he probably does have to go after marco rubio, but not after the credit card stuff, but more about the policy stuff. differentiat...

So i think well get more substantive policy stuff. the answers will be 90 seconds with 60 seconds rebuttal. i do want to play one more sound bite today. donald trump has been attacking marco rubio on this credit card controversy down in florida. rubio again out today responding with this. >> well, you know, i dont think someone whos taken like donald trump has four companies into bankruptcy is in any position to lecture anyone about finances. but when it comes to the charge card of the republica...

Neither one of them is really talking much about the democratic party or the republican party or wanting to lead that party. although they seem to want that partys nomination. >> yeah. there is a big irony here. there are important differences between sanders and trump. i think, trump is a much more of a nationalist. he is much more entertaining. much more seat of his pants. bernie sanders knows what he thinks. he has been a socialist for several decade now. he can talk that stuff with great spe...

Washington cant do anything right, government cant do anything right. i think thats why -- if youre a senator on that stage, if youre of washington, its a little bit tough tore make the argument. if youre scott walker, a governor, you can sort of run on washington. but donald trump, thats exactly what hes been doing. hes saying, the whole systems a mess. people like his bravado and his -- how tall he stands. but dont you think people want specifics from him? thats what im wondering. >> its funny...

World, ebola, whatever it may be tsunamis, all these disasters thats been going on? are they able to be on the front line to bring attention to it so we can bring relief to peoples lives? im trying to get them involved in west virginia. we have areas that need help there. im trying to make sure that their attention is being brought to that. so if money is being used in coming in to help people to help improve the quality of life, we should be looking at that. but were chastising people probably ...

That body cams are the way to go? >> well the root of the problem here is this is a situation where the homeless people and mentally ill people who take over the streets of downtown l.a. thats a whole other issue the police has to get dragged into and the policy stuff should be ironed out. in terms of cameras, the cameras will mostly vindicate the police. it is somewhat intimidating to citizens and could be a discouragement to police officers to be fully involved in issues where they are critici...

>> going to texas to raise money. is it all fundraising down there? >> there is about three fundraisers, various democratic committees. the house democrats, senate democrats. policy stuff doing down there, its a money play. political play, right? >> he is giving in fairness an economic speech while he is he in austin. dallas or austin. more fundraisers than economic speeches. >> economic speech i bet you he will praise the state for not having a state income tax. thats a joke. >> no. look, in te...

Way chris christie isnt. >> you know, the other thing about this week i thought was the jeb bush news, because it is -- you know, its funny, people saying hillary clinton hasnt had a good book rollout. jeb bush hasnt done anything and yet everything is not -- you cannot -- everything has gotten harder for him to run for president. immigration, common core. he hasnt done anything and his numbers have gone down among republicans in iowa. >> a guy who works for me named philip bump, were trying to ...

>> im just surprised that greg would have a couple of super bowl tickets. >> i had a surprise. friends of mine from seattle made a last-minute decision and scott and bris la standsel are coming out on saturday afternoon and are going to stay with us and going to the game on sunday. >> thats going to be fun. >> and my brother-in-law is coming and going to the bronco game with peter and jasper and i are going to watch it on the couch by ourselves. >> the bronco game? >> it is a bronco game. >> don...