mccain/romney territory, and that s the threat of scott walker. mitt romney was able to survive in 2012 because he had very very weak opponents. ult pat ultimately he was running against herman cain newt gingrich, rick santorum. jeb bush will be running against scott walker. good news for walker, bad news for jeb bush in this nbc/ wall street journal poll, and we will be back with more of the show right after this. all the way until. [birds chirping] the am. new aleve pm. it s the first to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. for pain relief that can last all the way until morning. new aleve pm, for a better am. first impressions are important. you ve got to make every second count.
president, george bush sr. against bob dole and two in the polls, george bush clearly ahead of bob dole back then by 20 points in 1996, early 1995, that stage of the cycle dole was questioning phil gramm. how about george w. bush in 1999 crushing elizabeth dole. you could see they were way out ahead in the cycle. only two recent nominees weren t, john mccain in 2008 and mitt romney in 2011, and both had trouble getting the nomination. where does jeb bush fall if you average all the polls taken, republican polls for president on average, scott walker is leading jeb bush right now, 16.2, 15 points. jeb bush, the supposed front-runner, just 15.8% averaging puts him in that mccain/romney territory, and that s the threat of scott walker. mitt romney was able to survive in 2012 because he had weak opponents and running against herman cain, newt gingrich, rick santorum. jeb bush will be running against scott walker.
look at this. if you looked at the top two in the horse race or at this same stage going back to the 1988 cycle, early 1987 if you took the republican race for president, george bush senior against bob dole an and two in the polls. george bush clearly ahead of bob dole back then by 20 points in 1996 early 1995 that stage of the cycle dole was questioning phil gramm. how about george w. bush in 1999 crushing elizabeth dolan. you could see they were way out ahead in the cycle. only two recent nominees weren t john mccain in 2008 and mitt romney and both had trouble getting the nomination. where does jeb bush fall if you average all the polls taken republican polls for president on average, scott walker is leading jeb bush right now, 16.2, 15 points. jeb bush, the supposed front-runner just 15.8% averaging puts him in that mccain/romney territory and that s the threat of scott
necessarily be the right thing to do. look, if there s five, six republicans in a field, if christie polls 25%, 30% and one or two in iowa, that s good. also remember the brand set people, the establishment have retaken the republican architecture in that state. there could be some momentum for someone like chris christie and he was in the part of the state in the quad cities where there are a lot of blue collar, romney territory. the eastern part of iowa. sioux city. that s exactly right. tells you he studied the map. what s to say chris christie plays aggressively in iowa. keep in mind john mccain got the nomination in 2009 and barely in iowa. i m not convinced christie or some establishments on the republican side will aggressively compete. let me stop you guys and try this quickly on the democratic side. elizabeth warren was busy this week. hillary clinton did an interview with charlie rose. she asked hillary clinton, if you run for president what will
business school, but had the ability to convey himself as the ordinary man, the common guy. one more. he might be worth 100 million more today than he was last week. vice president and presidential candidate al gore. not a guy who has that quality? no. he was in romney territory. he had that sort of patrician bearing. he always seemed stiff and uncomfortable in his own skin. and that comes across so painfully on television. joy reid, dana milbank, we appreciate you being here. thanks. when we return, what you think about the new movie django unchained. [ dog barking ] [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests, but your basic paper towel can handle them. especially if that towel is bounty basic. the towel that s durable, and scrubbable. in this lab demo, bounty basic is stronger than the leading bargain brand. everyday life? bring it with bounty basic. the strong but affordable picker-upper.