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Its been over a week since jeb bush declared on facebook he would actively explore the possibility of running for president of the united states. according it a new cnn poll he holds a commanding lead over all the other potential candidates. his closest competition, new jersey governor chris christie is ten points back. on the democratic side hillary clinton continues to dominate the field by more than 50 points. the question is are there down sides to being out ahead this early? ryan grim is wa...

The tea partiers with the rest of the republican party. in this case you had some of the toughest words being said by members of the congressional black caucus. having said that i think theres a sense say that know nancy pelosi feels as though she was left out of the negotiation. theres going to be probably some fence mending to do going forward. but, you know, it was harry reid. these were other members of her own party. it was as one administration official this is how politics played. sometim...

To get an appropriations bill. >> we have it all covered for you this morning. chris jansing at the white house and ryan grim is in d.c. ryan, i want to start with you. senate getting down to business right now. what do we know about what we can expect as far as when a vote could take place. >> yeah. any time today. but its a formality at this point. the huge fight was over on the house side because the democratic leadership had already cut a deal with the white house and the senate republican l...

You know, their famous plan "b" over new years is probably the best example. >> sure. >> this is what were going to do, plan "b" on the floor and a couple hours later they were like, oh, wait, we dont actually have the votes for that. >> right. ryan, at least when the dog chases the car, its just a dog so it doesnt know whether it wants the car, but if youre, like, a functioning political party, you should figure out whether you want the car. its the same with the benghazi committee. they set th...

>> this is what were going to do, plan "b" on the floor and a couple hours later they were like, oh, wait, we dont actually have the votes for that. >> right. ryan, at least when the dog chases the car, its just a dog so it doesnt know whether it wants the car, but if youre, like, a functioning political party, you should figure out whether you want the car. its the same with the benghazi committee. they set this whole thing up and dont know what to do with it. >> thats the problem. you have to ...

Side of this debate. though thats where they are. some i think are realizing. its not good news because it proves the president right. its good news because getting more americans health coverage is good for america. and among people who have it, its very popular. so why did republicans house this issue of all their complaints about this so-called much ballyhooed imperial obama presidency as the one they want to go to court with? joining us now, ryan grim, washington bureau chief for the "huffin...

And, well, also the committee on veterans affairs. remember when just a few weeks ago washington was united in collective outrage about the vas problems? during that time, "huffington posts" ryan grim provided a fascinating reason as to why congressional oversight of the va has been so terrible. >> if youre a member of congress, your number one priority is to raise money. in order to raise money, you want to get on committees that oversee industries that are going to give you money. the veterans...

Remember when just a few weeks ago washington was united in collective outrage about the vas problems? during that time, "huffington posts" ryan grim provided a fascinating reason as to why congressional oversight of the va has been so terrible. >> if youre a member of congress, your number one priority is to raise money. in order to raise money, you want to get on committees that oversee industries that are going to give you money. the veterans affairs oversees the va. there is no money in that...

Get over line and win this election. we will bring in democrats, he will bring in whoever we want to. thats a real core difference. the difference between sort of a real purist part of the party and a real part of the party that thinks about winning more than anything else. that division is going to come through again. thats why mitt romney in 2012 had to say he was so opposed to immigration reform to get the nomination. the question is not is a tea party president going to win the nomination in...

Another boogiewoman there. a lot of people define themselves by what theyre opposed to. thats not unique to republicans or either of these groups here. so they could just continue to define themselves based on their opposition to hillary clinton. >> right. yeah, thats what he saw, too. i mean, when bill clinton was president in the 1990s, i imagine those numbers were about the same. anyway, sorry, were out of time. i want to thank perry bacon, ryan grim. appreciate the time. when we return, wh...