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I love, by the way, donald has been a presidential candidate for just about a month now. and hes already learned how to do the lowered expectations game the rose garden strategy. hes the front runner. hes trying to hunker down. let the other people take the risk. and its probably -- its probably the right thing for him to do on thursday night. >> why? >> because the others have much more need to do something. when youre way ahead, you can afford -- he would be perfectly fine if the evening passe...

Good to see you steven. what is the strategy if there is a strategy of being the first to officially announce? >> he gets the buzz to be the first candidate to announce that hes running for president. he released it on a saturday night, so he has all the media speaking about it all day sunday. and hes chosen a moment in the 2016 race where theres a little bit of a lull in the excitement. we know that hillary clinton is likely to announce her candidacy on the democratic side in april. so hes chos...

Killing meant to embarrass president putin. what it will do is send another chill through russias opposition saying that even one of these officials, these former officials who had a high profile in the west who was willing to speak out, not even he is safe. now nemtsov wasnt very popular with a lot of younger russians he was seen as kind of an old fogie, as one of the old guards putin. most russians are backing putin, according to the popularity polls and really are buying into the russian gove...

Like mitch mcconnell trying to do the heisman on this. its always better to be on offense than it is on defense and i think you are going see democrats getting on offense. uma: what about the fact there are those saying in terms of the sense of disconnect with the white house and the public, the president has more than two years to go in his presidency that hes saying im not going worry about the popularity polls. i have some work to do and i promised i was going get done. im going go forward an...

The affordable care act. that was -- >> are you surprised? yeah. leland: 26% said that was the biggest story. the next biggest story of death of nelson mandela. that was only got 8%. what is interesting how unpopular it was as a story. latest popularity polls for obamacare, only 35% approve of it. what can this do to the national psyche in terms of something that is so big but yet so unpopular? i was trying to think last time there was a law like this with this much discontent. you probably have...

Americans generally view former presidents positively. favorability for carter, clinton, and reagan all exceeded 65% in their latest popularity polls. plus let me say hes kept his mouth shut. >> now americans are finding out hes expanded these programs, and theyre giving his policies a second look. >> the obama supporters who say, well, maybe in retrospect we were too hard on the guy because our guy has pursued some of the same national security policies. and the second group is a bunch of indep...

Crisis to stabilize the financial system which was on the brink of collapse. people forget that. in the fall of 2008, the financial system was on the brink of collapse. president bush took some very courageous decisions. you mentioned tarp i think was the biggest thing that stabilized the financial system and it was very unpopular. it was unpopular on the left because it was a bailout for banks and unpopular on the right because of it a bailout. what you see in there is -- i hope people come awa...

Sophisticated and not pushing the envelope kind of way. her dresses come below the knee. she wears a lot of lace. she has had a tremendous influence on, obviously, style around the world. do you think she is taking a lot of cues from the queen? >> i think she is taking advice and lead from the queen. the reality is nobody particularly kate wants to upstage the queen in the jubilee celebrations. she is doing it with a plumb. she was the star performer a year ago. she helped put the royal family b...

Multiple polls in iowa a clear sign that gingrich is having trouble in the popularity polls. but i emphasize that polls at this juncture with the caucus and primary so close loose some of their merit. they run behind where the public sentiment is and it shows that gingrich is having a problem with the popularity in the polls. and then the ground game and he is trying to get enough boots on the ground to be competitive, and here in new hampshire, romney has a huge lead. because iowa and new hamps...

Endorsement for gingrich there was, as well, kind of a dig at romney, doris. well put it on the screen. we dont back candidates based on popularity polls as they indicate in the endorsement, or big-shot backers. we look for conservatives with courage and convictions who are independent minded, grounded in their core beliefs about this nation and its people and best equipped for the job. you dont have to agree with him on every issue. wed rather back someone with whom we may sometimes disagree th...