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Together democrats and republicans, if you mixed it up, if you opened it up and let everybody vote in the primaries, right now independents are shut out in many states. youd have a whole different political conversation taking place in the country. >> really long debates! although youd have a different threshold for getting into them. other person emerging as a potential establishment striking back candidate is marco rubio. he was on face the nation this morning. >> bush campaign called you the ...

Voters. >> so he does to me come off as peevish in moments but im not sure it is about donors. it does however feel like the establishment shifted under him and i think that for me is part of whats interesting to watch here was. >> of course. i think so, too. think jebs play right now, he needs to tread water. hes trying to tread water. >> just keep it up. >> we can get a debate stage with more than a dozen candidates on it. . you know when we get to the convention there a he still not going to ...

Obviously taking on donald trump, it could boomerang. i dont think jeb has a choice at this point. >> are you surprised that the non-traditional candidate of a donald trump is doing so well, especially with the type of statements that would take a regular politician down in three seconds? >> actually, three years ago on a podcast i predicted that donald trump or somebody like donald trump could well be our nominee in 2016 for these reasons. one is we have combined politics and policy and enterta...

It is a complicated web, indeed, and you need to have a basic understanding and what russia is up to around the world. >> so -- >> china as well. >> the big question is, is trump vulnerable on foreign policy? bobby jindal has a video up now going after trump on that issue. lets play a quick clip. >> as governor, he helped create 1.3 million new jobs. he vetoed billions in government spending. he cut taxes $19 billion, balanced eight budgets and shrank state government. he took on unions and won....

Hacks here. heres what rubio said. >> they hack into our computers, steal our government and private sector secrets. i think it begins by downgrading the visit. not canceling but downgrading the visit. >> reporter: rubio called the relationship between china and the u.s. the single most important of the 21st century. back to you. >> good to see you, thank you. lets bring in sherry, a g.o.p. consultant and president of capital strategieses pr. welcome. i want to start with something that were j...

Has not done that. >> jeb bush. >> the guy that is playing the long game. >> and ate pears the bubble by speaking spanish in an interview and talking in a very compassionate way about his children and about tolerance. >> jeb bush is playing the long game. and if he gets through this hes going to be rewarded for it in the generally election in a big way. >> its a horse race. he is staying in the middle of the pack. hes in striking distance. >> you dont want to be in the middle of all this right? ...

But how serious do people in washington think jeb might be? >> people are taking this very seriously, joy. especially to put something out this early, at this stage in the game, be basically the first guy out of the gate says a lot about what governor bushs intentions are. its also going to do a lot to shape the field of potential republican contenders. now, youve had some of them already start to come out and make comments about governor bushs announcement. you had senator rand paul who told re...

Presidency. not clear that mitt romney is a favorite over hillary clinton. >> i saw charlie cook was saying, he doesnt think jeb or hillary are likely to run. >> right. >> i think there was a little change on the hillary side of that. lets get julie pace in here. first, both sides on the aisle in terms of the 2016 candidates. my gut is mitt romney is at the top of the list, he lost twice in competence, what do you make of where hillary clinton stand? why do you think mit is the on the top of the...

Jeb said something, tell, he was asked, well, can you actually buck the conventional wisdom and win a republican primary? he goes, i dont know. its never been tried. >> i always sit there, oh, you cant do this, you cant do that. >> everyone has gone genuflecting. >> there you have it. >> mark. >> never saw that come zbrk does he have the desire, in other words, is this coming from him or is it external forces like conservatives or other people suggesting he wants in? >> i think its in the geneti...

White house is going to come back and bite them and it already is. people are tired of it. >> you sound a little bit like barbara bush, have that same message for jeb bush, the bush and the clintons -- >> i dont think jeb and the bushes are being as obnoxious about all of this you have bill clinton chastising dick cheney for speaking opinion while bill clinton is out there speaking about his opinions on every subject there is under the sun. these guys are hypocrites. >> not ask you to relitigate...