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Marco rubio who is encroaching on him, how does that change the dynamic? >> the other dynamic is bush and rubio, both going at each other. one of the old reliable formulas in politics. your opponents kill each other and you rise up to the top. >> this is somewhat of a political cliche. it holds true in the establishment lane of the primaries if they are divided into lanes, jeb and rubio are competing for the same voters. they are competing for establishment support, establishment money and establishment mainstream republican voters. as we saw the last debate where jeb had this premeditated att...

Republican primary. in that case the g.o.p. could turn to mitt romney. he received more than 59 million votes last time around. is well known and has establishment support. something to consider. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight reaction. joining us from washington charles krauthammer more perspicacious analysis from me, am i correct? >> yes. i wouldn't exaggerate the use of the word perspicacious. reasonable analysis. that's as far as i would go for at least right now. look, what i think is going on here in substance, i think it's an excuse. i think what trump has successful...

Over. i agree with governor pawlenty, i think that trump is sort of pretty much topped out. it's all margin of error stuff. it's a lot of other polls he's actually dropped down a couple of points. i think he's probably leveled off. >> bill o'reilly tonight is you is jesting that the republicans may not find a winner in this field. let's listen to the new o'reilly scenario. >> it is entirely possible that no republican contender will lock things up in the early primaries. if that's the case, the gop could turn to mitt romney. the governor received more than 59 million votes last time around. is...

Stronger with evangelicals. i think -- but the rest of the republican vote is split all over. i agree with governor pawlenty, i think that trump is sort of pretty much topped out. it's all margin of error stuff. it's a lot of other polls he's actually dropped down a couple of points. i think he's probably leveled off. >> bill o'reilly tonight is you is jesting that the republicans may not find a winner in this field. let's listen to the new o'reilly scenario. >> it is entirely possible that no republican contender will lock things up in the early primaries. if that's the case, the gop could tu...

What bernie sanders is saying. his fund-raising numbers were really remarkable. and what the difference is, he's tapping into kind of the grassroots donor level whereas hillary clinton has focused a lot of her time and energy on fund-raisers and really cultivating that establishment support. sanders can really go back to these donors again and again because they are giving him those small donations. and that suggests to me that he does have a lot of passion behind those numbers. >> that's what we saw, the small donations over and over again in the 2008 campaign. perhaps history may not repeat ...