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You are going to get scott walker as well. >> 17 counting governor gilmore. i don't forget anybody. even if you are getting 1% it is 17 candidate field. that 1% is coming from somebody. i don't discount anybody in the republican race. let's move on to the economic substance. jeb bush speaking to the newspaper in new hampshire. he wants economic growth. elect jeb bush and we will have growth in the 4% rate. they asked, how do you get there, governor? >> we have to be more productive. work force participation has to rise from the all-time modern lows. it means that people need to work longer hou...

>> -- south carolina governor nikki haley stuck up for him. saying i watched my friend work through a difficult situation today. he did the right thing in taking responsibility in the tough situation. that's the kind of leadership that earned him the huge level of trust he has in new jersey. is this your party aligning themselves for 2016? >> well, no, i don't think so. 2016, first of all, is a long ways away. and we don't have a candidate field yet. but i think the governor christie that stood there at 11:00 today and answered all those questions for close to two hours, that was the governor ...

Republican primary? tom latham, steve king. is this a place where you guys expect to be clashing? >> i don't know. there are no candidates yet. nobody has decided they're going to run. tom latham has a less than stellar score with us on economic issues. and, you know, steve king ran a very disciplined race in a very competitive race in 2012 against vilsack who was well funded. so i think we have to look at what the candidate field is and the relative difference between the candidate. shngets that matter as you are vetting in this race. you look at steve king and think he's not electable statew...

Open there was a remarkable moment this weekend for mitt romney during a forum hosted by fox news channel's own mike huckabee. it came as a candidate field a candidate not from the media but from a father whose son fought and was injured in afghanistan. >> this week president obama administration again cut his benefits. sir, will you look me in the eye and tell me he will be taken care of? >> david, my heart breaks for you and your family. it's just hard to imagine what it could be like. i have five boys as you know. having one of them injured that way, having one -- having his life taken, it'...

>> first of all, i-want to say as a brad watt of georgetown law school, myself, i am very proud of this law student and the roy that she has handled it. ignoring -- aside from what rush limbaugh says what does it say about the republican candidate field quite frankly -- you know, conventional wisdom as we shouldn't care what rush limbaugh or anyone else says. but he has 20 million voters. he has 20 million listeners to his radio program. this is a question of moral character and question about what male candidates think about 50% of the population of the united states. why not say something li...