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Career in florida, not washington. long story short, no matter what happens this year in the governor's race, putnam is probably the front-runner right now to be the gop nominee for governor in 2018. next up, on the republican side, will weatherford, florida state representative, currently the state speaker of the house. the position has had a pretty good history. remember, marco rubio went from state speaker six years ago to the u.s. senate. weatherford hasn't been afraid to take on power players in his own party or big donors. he's been able to keep distant from governor scott, and he took o...

>> the reaction has been almost energizing. >> the club is probably raising more money off of this. >> i'm sure both sides are. the grass roots activists, they resent being told us smart people know what's best. >> this feel like howard dean, 2004? >> i feel like a lot of credit should go to the dccc to recruit candidates who can do all the things. there's been a republican side. >> shameless plugs. >> jen socky, one of the great members of the obama administration. >> gps will be launching a mystery science theater of the state of the version speech. >> something that would have been funny la...

What does this mean for the obama white house? >> it won't look good for the obama white house because the president has a preference, he has done everything that the bennett campaign asked of him. so it just shows you people are already debating the idea, how helpful is the president on the campaign trail in general. losing bennett would add to the narrative of, boy, the president is politically weak. let's take a step back. michael bennett is an appointed senator. the record of appointed senators trying to seek election on their own is awful. there are very few who succeeded doing it. this i...

Vulnerable democrats. >> greta: i think it would have went like a lead balloon. other comments from capitol hill, representative slaughter, she says, it was an absolutely ridiculous thing for him to say, we don't appreciate it. the speaker said it was very damaging. those are strong words. >> i was in the white house in 2006 headed into the midterms. we knew we would lose some seats. there was a path we would see where we would retain the majority. but it was going to be very hard. as press secretary it is hard to find that balance between being credible and realistic and truthful which is wha...

Vulnerable democrats. >> greta: i think it would have went like a lead balloon. other comments from capitol hill, representative slaughter, she says, it was an absolutely ridiculous thing for him to say, we don't appreciate it. the speaker said it was very damaging. those are strong words. >> i was in the white house in 2006 headed into the midterms. we knew we would lose some seats. there was a path we would see where we would retain the majority. but it was going to be very hard. as press secretary it is hard to find that balance between being credible and realistic and truthful which is wha...