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Grassroots network. it's hard to collect a $2,700 check. it's easy to -- it's relatively easy to collect $2,700 checks. a lot harder to collect a heck of a lot of $100 checks. that's sort of the test of viability. if you can't get those $100 checks, how do you collect the $500 checks you need to go up against the rest of the republican primary? >> that's right. people are giving them $100 million and that is a whole other -- squeak miller, political reporter with "time" magazine, thanks for your reporting. >> thank you for having me on. >> i do think this is -- it's a sleeper issue not because...

That was hilarious. john kasich, is anybody polling on -- lindsey graham? will they start? if he declares he's running for president, will they poll on him? a polling threshold depends on the preferences of the pollsters in terms of who they put on the list. and the more people they put on the list the less likely any candidate will hit any reasonable threshold. the nbc poll that came out last night, a great poll, the answer not sure beat out both rick perry and carly fiorina. carly got 1%. rick perry got 2%. not sure got 3%. does that mean rick perry and carly fiorina shouldn't be allowed int...

Nationally and potentially in the early states. you need you know x number of dollars raised from y number of donors across the country. and thereby being you can't get just one big check from a super pac donor and say that's the extra support that brought you into the debate. you can actually develop a grassroots network. it's hard to collect a $2,700 check. it's easy to -- it's relatively easy to collect $2,700 checks. a lot harder to collect a heck of a lot of $1 00 checks. that's sort of the test of viability. if you can't get those $1 00 checks how do you collect the $500 checks you need ...

If he declares he's running for president, will they poll on him? a polling threshold depends on the preferences of the pollsters in terms of who they put on the list. and the more people they put on the list the less likely any candidate will hit any reasonable threshold. the nbc poll that came out last night, a great poll, the answer not sure beat out both rick perry and carly fiorina. carly got 1%. rick perry got 2%. not sure got 3%. does that mean rick perry and carly fiorina shouldn't be allowed into the debates? that seems hard to believe. today in "time" magazine, squeak miller reports ...