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Times," the struggling bush campaign is weighing whether to use former president george w. bush. this is desperation. how to use the candidates older brother is agonizing for the campaign while dispatching george bush to south carolina could shore up his brothers standings with conservatives. it could underscore jeb bush as a legacy candidate when voters are itching for change. >> as part of the brain trust it took 65-point lead in new hampshire, we lost by 19 and brought his father who is one o...

>> i think trump is a protest candidate of anger. >> you feel your party is stronger than the protesters? >> yes. >> not at the base though. the base, over 1-2 republicans want the protests, they want the anger and passion. >> i think its time to start change. >> can you come in as the grown-up in the room and say no, no, no. you had your fling with these guys. >> i think its bigger than 64. because the rockefeller divorce and remarriage and leaving the kids with the other husband. that killed t...

They know he believes it. hes always said this. >> thats really the difference, willie, between the front runner in new hampshire on the democratic side and the front runner in new hampshire on the republican side. donald trump also is a protest candidate but donald hasnt believed the same thing on the same issues for years. theres a power for bernie sanders to say i said it last week, last year, last decade. when hillary is flopping on keystone and cant figure out where she stands on other issu...

In politics knows. he is gaining on trump. they had a back and forth and carson struck a note of saying, hey, im sorry if anyone read my comments as anti-trump on religion. your thoughts sneer. >> i think donald trump and ben carson agree on a lot of issues. they agree on their approach to government, that its wasteful, that its too big, intrusive, wrong, wrongly run. they i think agree to a certain extent on social issues although donald trump doesnt have the credibility on them that ben carson...

And alex costolas. thanks for being here this morning. i appreciate it. ill begin with you, alex. how do you suppose republican voters will take donald trumps challenge? >> most of them will not be thrilled tha take off his jersey his teams jersey and put on the other teams jersey in the middle of the game. with his core vote and base and the vote he has now, they will be fine with. that they wont have a problem. it probably wont change his poll numbers very much. he is a protest candidate. his ...

Impact on iowa caucusgoers? >> we honestly dont know the answer to that yet. you know, so far hes number two in the polls in iowa. you talked earlier about "the washington post" poll. part of it was taken after the trump remarks. i think the thing you have to pay attention to here is the potency of the protest candidate, okay? the potency of the anti-establishment, anti-washington, anti-politician protest candidate, and that is donald trump. a lot of people are paying attention to that because t...

Calling for trump to drop out. also trump was on bill oreilly tonight, and bill asked him what would he say directly to mccain. how did he respond? >> you know trump didnt apologize. he was given an opportunity to go as oreilly put it man-to-man, talk to senator mccain what would you say. and he sort of said something about whether if there was a misunderstanding maybe and went on and on. but then went back to his point about how john mccain had insulted all of his supports so if anybody was exp...

Misunderstanding maybe. went on and on. then went back to the point how john mccain had insulted all of his supporters. so if anybody was expecting a direct apology from donald trump to john mccain. they didnt get it. and i think in response to "the des moines register" tonight. you know what what trump is number two in iowa. so far. and i think what trump will probably say is thats the media talking to itself right? its an editorial that doesnt matter. and hell, you know hell push ahead. as the...

Clinton. bernie sanders will be very popular with the base. he is probably a protest candidate. >> do you think hes popping in here because he believes he can win in some other way in this cottage industry of future by laws? >> i dont think its if i lose ill win because i get book deals and speaking fees. i think utsz one of these maybe ill you get unlucky and ill be the last man standing or your youre set for the party going forward. he had a good run for mayor despite the baltimore controversi...

The platform for his views. the support and fund-raising prowess that he could demonstrate to his own party. giving his views more seeming viability within the republican party. hoping to nudge the party in that direction. there was reasons for him to run as a protest candidate. but no one, including ron paul, i think, ever thought that he was ever anything but a protest candidate, that he was ever actually going to be president. running was its own end. he held on to that house seat from texas ...