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>> reporter: yeah. he initially gave more to democrats than republicans. over the years, he had added up money to hillary clinton and john kerry and the like, almost to $600,000. then in 2011, he shifted more money over to the republican side. they caught up and then surpassed that number with donations over the years, bob dole and phil graham and rudy giulia giuliani. that's a lot of money going out into the campaign on both sides, more the republican side now, but plenty to go around. >> a lot of money and not the last we heard of it. thanks so much. next, breaking news. moments ago the ju...

Not only retaliating but he is vengeful. there's hate in there that he has to go out and hit somebody if he is challenged. that's not what americans normally rally to in a president. he will get -- he will continue to have some support. i think you will see the conservative activists peel off. we are likely to see women begin to peel off or at least go the other way. not just on the way he answered but the general tone of his remarks. i think you are going to see other conservatives who -- the fox questioning really brought to light that he is not a true conservative in a traditional sense, or...

Republican independent leaning republicans. when you can't show me a state that more than 20% of the republicans vote in the primaries in the presidential election. there's no effort to get to the real voters who will be the participants, the base of the republican party. when you look at those surveys and several of the iowa surveys that have come out that look at the caucus goers, trump is not doing that well. he is doing better with the broader spectrum of voters. he does as well with moderate and lib rerals. it has driven to a great extent because he has a name i.d. >> i am excited to see ...

You have to also have a great deal of moments to stand out. how do you distinguish yourself? i think that's where he needs to work on that. >> to that point, anna, bill crystal, we know him well, he called the performance lackluster and said bush doesn't have that fire in the belly, is how crystal described it. that seems to be a common complaint about bush. are we going to see a change in him? are we going to see fire in the belly is that going to happen after this debate? >> well, let me just say, my friend bill crystal has never liked jeb bush. theyon't agree on immigration. he has been tak...

Not having security be the first priority when we invaded, it was a mistake. i wouldn't have gone in. >> a couple things on that. first of all, just in terms of the substance of what he said, he has made it clear it's not easy for him to throw his family under the bus and iraq -- it doesn't get bigger when it comes to his brother. in terms of style, there he seemed a little bit -- a little bit unsure of himself. in other parts where he was talking about things that his -- his comfort zone, like education where he had to stand his ground and prove that he is a conservative because so many are u...