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Manufacturing from low cost energy is a critical element to how we do it. >> coming up, not everybody by the way is excited senator ted cruz has announced he's running for president. up next we'll give him an opportunity to respond to some of his critics. and later yo our viewers get to ask senator cruz questions. go to facebook and twitter. some of those straight ahead. >> millions fear that the promise of america's slipping away. that the promise of america's unattainable. i believe we can reignite the promise of america. but the only way to do so is if it comes from the people. if we count ...

You raise the funds that need to be funded. we have a long hard way to go. unless you can raise the $100 million for the primary challenge you are not a viable candidate. the independent campaigns that run with millions play a role, but at the end of the day you have to have a grass root organization >> a lot of people wonder if jeb bush wants it. let me three another name out there: mike rogers. what do you think? >> i think he is going off into radio land. >> chris wallace asked him if that was a possibility because ronald reagan has a radio show and he was coy. >> i think congressman rogers...

Well-funded and they do have a very good organizational structure. republicans over at the rnc did a very good job of matching that. our structure can match the democrats as well. the grass root organizations. is there any way to know whether that can be effective in a mid-term election. it didn't look like it happened very much in 2010. >> that's an interesting question. i think it will be one of the more fascinating points that people like me and kevin pour over after the mid-time elections. not to get too much into the weeds on this but the way the president turned over the role of grass ro...

Think this sort of illustrates a challenge that more broadly faces the right. when you look at heritage, you can say politically, obviously, the shutdown was a disaster for the conservative movement and the republican party. traditionally, the role of heritage is this sort of role of policy ideas for the conservative movement. that might be changing. at the same time, leading this charge to defund obama care has meant a windfall in terms of grass root donations for heritage and other groups like it. how do people reconcile those two things. with the grassroots, they can turn and make an appeal...

Six flaws of the website including not having clearly identified needs, not defining success, relying too heavily on contractors and not providing enough time to properly test the system. last night during a conference call with organizing for action, president obama leaned on some 200,000 grass root supporters suggesting they make this holiday season political saying in part quote we have to remember the conversations that we've got around the dinner table. when we're talking to co-workers at christmas parties and when we're out in our communities, our churches, our synagogue, all our places ...