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Opposition and his party and he can take on common core and that is a slap at jeb bush without saying his name. he can take on the president and israel and that's really actually a subtle slap at rand paul without having to say his name. so while the other gop contenders are really out there talking about hillary, chris christie is actually managing to talk about issues and the other contenders in i think a way that is attempting to sort of clear the field and bring him back. >> ellis, with regard to rand paul as he's gotten into this race i have said he's looking less and less like his father...

He the runner-up, but of the last three guys standing, two were social conservatives, him and newt gingrich. and the guy that ended up winning never really captured the excitement of the base. so if you're rick santorum, you have to think, okay, this time around there is also room for a social conservative and now we've got to compete with mike huckabee, ted cruz and he knows there is probably room for someone like him. he's just got to sort of clear the field and get through. so i think it's bizarre to dismiss last year's runner-up as so many liberals and conservatives do. i think it's a mist...

And by that, i mean, we really allow those two states to vet our presidents, but it doesn't make sense if you're rick santorum to put on the sweater vest and shake all those hands. you have to get on national tv and boost your numbers or you're not getting in the debate. >> yeah. i mean the debate is all about name i.d. so the theory there is to get out, make news, give interviews and at least boost your name i.d. however, because there are so many in the field, the other side of the coin is you kind of want to do no harm until you absolutely have to because you know because of past experience...

Welcome back. the ever growing gop 2016 presidential field has added two more names, rick sanatorium and former new york governor george pa tack ki. and today democrat martin o'malley announces his plans to run. lots to tackle on the political front. let's get right to it. joining me now nationally syndicated columnist and cnn political commentator s.e. cupp. also here liberal commentator ellis hen acan. s.e. rick santorum the rodney dangerfield of the republican field right? here's a guy who won 11 states. he was the runner-up to mitt romney. and you'd never know it from the way the media tre...