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A particular candidate in a $10 million, a billion dollars, not out of reach for some of these very ideological donors. could that make essentially anyone a contender, could that -- how many political sins does half a billion dollar donation make up for? >> well, it could make anybody a contender. a half billion dollars certainly a billion dollars could make almost anybody a contender if they chose to do so which raises not predicting this, this is the kind of climate in which an independent candidate you might see one appear, sometimes after april, between april and middle of july, and if tha...

Very ideolonl gical donors. could that make essentially anyone a contender, could that -- how many political sins does half a billion dollar donation make up for? >> well, it could make anybody a contender. a half billion dollars certainly a billion dollars could make almost anybody a contender if they chose to do so which raises the specter, this is the kind of climate in which an independent candidate you might see one appear, sometimes after april, between april and middle of july, and if that candidate has kind of billion dollar financing, could be a factor as was ross perot in 1992. >> da...

Pronouncing this jon stewart? one of the reasons it was so hard to form exploratory commit i had to give away my super pac, that is my baby. you know how hard it is to give away your baby? >> that hurt. >> now imagine if that baby also had a whole lot of money. how much harder would it make it to give away your baby? you might get the baby back but it may not have the same amount of money when you gave the baby away. >> babies have very, very poorly constructed pockets. joining us from dan rather reports, a man who has covered election more than 40 years, mr. rather, thank you for being here. ...

Republican race for the nomination up to now have revived president obama's chances, somewhat. also, chanced have been buoyed and unemployment figures are still terrible but at least they are now headed down. i expected, november, number one, a close race. i think it will be decided by independent voters and swing voters in the middle. >> dan rather, thank you, sir. hd net dan rather reports, he's the host. make sure you tune n i appreciate it, sir. >> thank you, don. from a stock market newbie to a child's college fund plenty of burning money questions out there and nicole answers them up n...

Vietnam. >> today dan rather is on the job in new hampshire, covering the republican presidential primary for hdnet. and he is the host of that network's "dan rather reports." good to see you, mr. rather. thank you so much for coming on. >> well, don thank you very much for having me on. i appreciate the time. thank you. >> i'm curious about your impressions of this republican race, and where things stand just two days before the first primary. >> well, the republican praise is still, of course, in the early stages of being formed. i'm surprised that the contours of the race have been establis...