he stand by the people he hire snz is he willing to take the flak? i think this is the expectation game that s going on. scott walker had a very quick rise. now you are getting a lot of questions about him. you put this well in your piece. i would like to read a little part of the article that you wrote on both of these men for our viewers. what you say is that the two, you are talking about bush and walker, are assembling operations meant for the long haul and are anticipated to secure financial resources to weather the debts along the way. the potential land mines that threaten each man s task to the nomination sit in plain sight. what about for bush? what are some of the landmine minds that are in sight for him? reporter: in new hampshire, they say i can t vote for another bush. they say this is not the future. so while bush s name opens doors for him with donors he will be
someone who wants to turn the page to the future of the republican party. on the ground, are you watching messages come together from both sides? which seems to be better received? reporter: well, it s interesting. scott walker had a great month coming out of the year. he wowed people with his speech out there in iowa. he started he appeared in agriculture ral sumal summit and flipped a position on edge nal mandates. people thought it was kowtowing to iowaests. you started to get questions whether b whether he is switching his position to indicator to the first caucus state, which will begin the nominating process next year in iowa. you are starting to get that narrative, will scott walker move, will he stand on principal? he had an incident where he got rid of an aide who was critical of iowa and their role in the process. he pushed her aside. a lot of conservatives said will
david, you document this well. it gives us insight into the emotion there between these two groups. what are you observing between these two camps? reporter: well, it looks like jeb bush will run his campaign based on principal. he knows he has some positions on immigration, on common core that are outside of what conservatives want. but that he is going to be unwavering, he is going to be up front about it and that s going to say he has a backbone. the contrast you have scott walker who is running a little more to the right, a little more adhering to most of the conservative positions. and he is going to be the new generation conservative of the moment. he talks about his humble upbringing, his fights in wisconsin. it s a contrast with jeb bush who came from, we know the long history of the bush family who has a familiar name in american politics. with walker a fresher face a new generation conservative and
able to raise probably more than $100 million by this summer. it s a negative for a lot of voters who just want something different and think the best way to beat hillary clinton is to beat her with something fresh, and that would be scott walker. i think you are seeing that. these guys aren t talking about each other directly yet. but you are seeing it in some of the their comments. they are on the edges. but they are carving out the contrasts, especially scott walker talking about his humble beginnings, how he is a fresh start, how he is new, how he is different. those are all contrasts with jeb bush that i think you will see really be more specific as these guys ramp up. nobody announced yet, of course. right, right. i mean, it s hard to remember that. good point. even though he may try to be fresh, the politics game somehow always remains the same. you mapped out very well.
gathering, early aggressive maneuvering among republicans thinking about republicanings running for president. dr. ben carson chris christie ted cruz rand paul rick santorum jeb bush carly fiorina. scott walker has the boomlet of momentum at the moment. we ve seen polls in iowa. there s a texas poll that shows him tied in the state of texas with ted cruz. out this week cruz 20%, walker 19%. his state legislature is doing something democrats won t like but conservatives will passing a right to work law, limiting the rights of labor unions. will scott walker come under attack? will other republicans decide even though it s so early to go after scott walk they are weekend? that s the big question of the day, right. do they decide to elevate his profile in a way by attacking