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So nice to have you this morning. yesterday "the chicago tribune" endorsed the mayor. do you have a real chance of unseating him? >> we do this is a campaign that's gathered momentum and enthusiasm over the past two weeks since the february 24th election. ironically the day that the tribune endorses the mayor, the chicago public schools are downgraded once again. so it shows that his stewardship of what he says is a strength in finances in chicago is in a financial free fal. the city has never been this bad, and it's a testament to his tenure over the past four years. >> you brought up one of ...

Race. it's really hard for these candidates to then stay on message while also having to you know handle these distractions that are unflattering for their candidacy. >> it is leading to wonderful moments. i want to take a listen to jeb bush at cpac. the way e he talks about himself running and not running is funny. >> if i go beyond the consideration of running which people coming here are using to not trigger a campaign if i get beyond that and i run for president, i have to show what's in my heart. >> what? at the end i was like wait a minute, how did we get there? >> it's an absurdity. it'...

To stop going to privatization to politically connected contractors to billionaires and millionaire who is are friends of the mayor who provide him with large campaign contributions. that's a central issue in this campaign. the other is ensuring that schools everywhere in chicago not just certain parts have educational equity. that means good teachers, computers, books, support staff in those schools especially in the poorest parts of the city to ensure that students are learning. we have to get away from so much standardized tests because we're overtesting and undereducating children in chica...

Appointing somebody to the bench or an important position, they are fully qualified. when a republican nominee eminently qualified, no. >> this is not the supreme court. gonzales was nominated and confirmed in less than two months. the notion that democrats have stood in the way of the appointment, and again, at the point we're talking about so many others who have been stood in the way of by the senate we are not talking about cabinet level position. we're talking about a senate that's created a system of massive resistance every time this president has tried to nominate people. >> this is a ...

Brackets yet because we lack the actual players. the ink and air time that has been spent on the 2016 presidential race we have the save number of official candidates that we started the year with zero. now compare that to the last presidential campaign without an incumbent. but this point in 2007 at least seven democrats and four republicans had already launched their campaigns. and one of those candidates then iowa governor tom vilsack, announced and dropped out of the race. so far, we have seen many of the likely 2016 contenders create super pacs, hire staff and spend a lot of time with t...