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Grassroots candidate. at least one is going to get a ticket out of those first four states. then look at march 3rd where you have big states like california which obviously kamala harris would have an advantage, massachusetts, elizabeth warren would have an advantage. then you have texas if beto o'rourke were to get in and then you have terry mcauliffe in virginia. all of those candidates have the demonstrated ability to raise a lot of money. so i'd look for at least one or two money candidates to come out and maybe one or two grassroots candidates to come out by march 3rd and maybe the field ...

>> thanks. davon hilliard in iowa. i want to bring in rick tyler, republican strategist and chris liu, former assistant to the obama white house. you see the candidates are out and about. amy klobuchar making her moves there in iowa for the first time. rick, we were sitting here last week when she launched her campaign. how would you say her launch has gone so far? >> if i was on her team i'd be pretty happy about it. she's a great grassroots candidate. she does very well with retail politics, the one-on-one to go and meet voters. she has an advantage in iowa because she is from the midwest an...

World inside that beltway than everybody else in the country is looking at. they just don't see it the same way we do. we'll see whether we're as far as we think we are. >> the big haul by ben carson, governor, and then you see some of the "establishment republican candidates," george pataki with $14,000 on hand, acting as if he's a grassroots candidate, i mean, this is like the whole party is turned upside down. can you imagine republican governor george pataki talk about he's a grassroots candidate? >> he's social an establishment guy and look, the difference is the small contributors. ben c...

Of the house republicans who is he trying to court overall this. they felt he wasn't there in the end. i don't know. i think as a grassroots candidate, you know, we will see what happens in the texas primary on monday. i think he has a pretty good base of support. he is certainly a smart guy and he is going to have some room to run. i don't know how he builds from where he is right now. in terms of where the party has to go. >> on the same lines, joe, i'm just wondering. i mean, looking at the names right now that are coming up for 2016, ted cruz i guess might be one of them and rand paul migh...

From the standpoint of a civil rights case or a hate crime case, it's going to be a long stretch. the positive thing is the justice department looking over the shoulder may cause these officers and the state attorney's office to do the right thing. >> and quickly, do you see this law being changed in florida because of this? >> probably not. the nra has such a strong hold in lobbying here in this state, it would be very difficult. >> all right. and it's in 23 states around america. mike papantonio, thanks for joining us tonight. paul ryan is trying to sell his budget to the people. it will a...