explorer jeb, explore!ow to cable news -- fox news. >> is there a point in another bush running for the white house? >> bush fatigue, what about clinton fatigue? >> that takes care of everyone except for rush limbaugh. here is an edited version of his hot take today. >> jeb bush is out telling potential voters ceo's and the like, he is not -- he is not -- going to compromise his principles like others have. meaning he is not going to pander to conservatives. he is going to show you can win the republican party nomination without securing the base. their wildest dream is to render tea party conservatives and irrelevant factor. >> ok, mark, we have an exploratory committee, rush up in arms. this was jeb's first move. what are his other moves. >> -- what are his other moves? >> not quite an exploratory committee. it is a super pac. we talked the other night about how strong jeb bush would be if he got in. what was one of the big concerns about jeb bush did he have the fire in his belly to run? coming out first

we know jeb bush is not afraid of chris christie. his chris christie intimidated by jeb bush?honestly have no idea. they exist in the same lane and bracket of the republican primary. mainstream, center-right candidates. christie was the biggest player in that lane. jeb is possibly entering it. it is definitely a challenge. >> paul ryan might run, yes or no? >> might run? yes. that is not exactly news. >> dan senor, thank you. tribute to stephen colbert. ♪ >> 110th street is considered the beginning of the end. stephen colbert, the most successful parody in television history, is dying. there is a week-long obituary being written on bloomberg.com. >> i'm standing outside the 54th street studio of the colbert report, where it will go to dark this week to prepare for stephen colbert to take over for david letterman. colbert has been more of a whimsical satirist than an angry activist. truthiness. his ability to explain orwellian language from the beginning first episode. >> anyone can read the news to you. i promise to feel the news at you. >> the correspondent dinner. colbert be

. >> last big tv interview jeb bush did, he was a lot smoother.y question is how much does chris christie need to up his game to be considered a top-tier prospect for 2016? >> he is a smart guy. he will figure out the foreign policy stuff. i don't think there is any question. i think the larger dilemma is will jersey travel? this in-your-face, confrontational style does not have a lot of successful models in politics. the last person to try it was rudy giuliani and it was a complete disaster. if bridge gate ends up ok, i think christie is in. >> he is so confident in his own personality. he says all the time christie has to be christie. what you see is what you get. but, i do agree, i think the jersey thing is a bit -- i think he could travel well. i think people in new hampshire will like him. the reflex to be contentious speaks to the personality trait that i think when i play well and will trip him up in some high-profile way. >> i agree with you on that. it is not that -- people love the sense that somebody is real. he goes out of his way. if

can jeb bush expect a base?: first, i would love to delve into the immigration debate, but i will answer your question. i think that there is a sincere problem with jeb bush because of the dynasty problem. it is ridiculous that, you know, another clinton against another bush. i mean, luke russert the other day taking some self assessing -- and self-effacing fun at himself saying he would be moderating the chelsea clinton versus george c. busch race in 20 years. come on. enough. is that fair to jeb, though? in his own right, he is a two-term governor of florida and a very serious person, but i understand the urge to not want to elect another bush or another clinton, for that matter. i will say this -- i think there is a difference with jeb versus mccain and romney. first, i think you could make a pretty good argument that jeb was a more conservative governor than mccain or romney. and that is part of it. the other thing, frankly is, parties who become desperate to win are more likely to take their medicine, eat t

jeb said, nobody's tried. jeb will try. jeb and george w. and everybody in 1998, 1999, they were all warning republicans, you guys get right with hispanics or we're going to get wiped out the next 50 years. they were way ahead of the game. jeb will not cower in the corner. they are appealing to a strand of small gop caucus voters. >> i think to put that around again, as we all talk about jeb bush holding these moderate views, we also need to remember that he's still extremely conservative. >> jeb is an extremely conservative governor. he intervened in the terry schiavo case. he also was a major proponent of three strikes laws. so i do wonder how much that appeal restats with modern voters, ultimately if he decides to run. >> jeb is a pod rat republican like i'm a pod rat republican, which is to say we're both slash leberitarian voters and considered crazy as hell in the 1990s and somehow after 2010 came to be seen as moderate because we don't set houses on fire and scare little kids and pets. >> to your point? >> i'm serious, we can converse

bush made it clear he wants jeb to run.ek he had this to say about his brother's possible run. >> you've often referred to bill clinton and talk about his relationship with your father and your mother and he's your brother from another mother. what does that make hillary clinton to the bush family? >> my sister-in-law. >> interesting. do you think your brother could run against your sister-in-law. >> yeah and i think he'd beater. >> do you? >> i do. >> she's formidable. >> no question so he is though. >> so you would take that bet. >> absolutely. >> well here's a statistic, republicans haven't won a republican election with bush on the ticket since 1972. this has other presidential hopefuls taking stock mainly in the lone star state of texas. ted cruz from texas is considering a presidential run. this guy has already come up with what is a very unique campaign strategy. the national review reports this. with a strategy like this we could sure count on the republican primy season being a lot of fun. better than the last one.

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jeb is leading him in florida. know, he's more likely to beat hillary clinton even in the state of florida. so i think this really leaves rubio in the dust. i don't know what it does to the right-wing of the party. i believe that even though he's a conservative as far as i'm concerned, he's very conservative. he's too moderate for the republican base. so i see a path for him to win the nomination of the big party donors. winning over the base is another question. >> he certainly doesn't hate hispanics. he's married to one. he's probably the most pro-immigration guy in either party. let me ask you about the deep-down reason. we can be cynical if we want to. i don't want to be. the decision to run for president, stick your head in the furnace, going to get hit from the hard right on all kinds of reasons, his family. they'll find everything. from listening to him for years, i sort of like him. immigration is real with him. it's his family. his wife's from mexico. his kids are hispanic. he's very much in love with the

senator jeb bush exploring a run for the white house. this is a serious life changing decision. >> people model their lives on their parents. their parents go to college, so do they. if think parents marry late, so do they. if their parents go to church, so do they. i can tell you if your parents worked in politics, well, you know the rest. >> he knows what it's like. he has seen his dad, seen his brother. >> it just seemed to me ridiculous in a country this size that we don't have other families. we have got great governors other people. >> what about the first clinton bush matchup. >> i hope i would be a good candidate. i think i could serve well as president to be honest with you. i don't know that either. you learn these things as you go along. >> he knows he could do the job. after all he saw his brother do it. >> if you run with big ideas and then you're true to those ideas, and get a chance to serve and implement them and do it with passion and conviction, can you move a needle. that's what we need right now in america. >> he is t

same way jeb bush has to distinguish himself.get some benefit of the doubt in the way hillary clinton will. but i think with the public he does, he is going to have to, particularly on foreign policy, i think this will be a foreign policy election. >> yeah. >> i think the economy will improve. if the accelerator pedal has been stepped on and the lower gas prices have helped push it further than this time next year we will be in good economic times where the debate will be who do we trust to manage the mess in the middle east. that's where it will get trickier for jeb bush and won't be easier for hillary either. it's a mess under obama, more of a mess under george w. bush, so do you trust a bush to handle the mess. that's the question. where are we a year from now? i think we will be in foreign policy environment and that is where jeb's charge will be harder. >> chuck todd let's do this every day. >> i would love to. >> thank you as always, chuck. make sure to catch chuck every sunday meet the press nbc. thank you chuck. that is a

jeb bush plants the flag and a lot of those scatter. >> reaction to jeb bush and his move as well as what cruz thinks about his critics from both sides of the ooirl and all of the back and forth on capitol hill, you don't want to miss that just a bit later. still ahead, are sanctions starting to take their toll on the russian economy. >>> fox 5 in atlanta has the story of the serial killer arrested for a fourth murder. 34-year-old amon pressly had already been charged with the deaths of two homeless men and a hairstylist, police don't yet have a motive. >> the interagency -- the fbi, atf an the u.s. marshalls are all working to find out who killed jegs can chambers, the 19-year-old was doused in flames and burned alive early last week. >>> and here's a live look at philadelphia, the big story there is the end of a man hunt in philadelphia for ex-marine bradley william stone, the suspect who was thought to have killed his ex-wife and fiver of their relatives was found dead in a forest not far from their home. that's a look at outside the beltway from special report. we'll be right bac

he can't compete against jeb bush.rked with marco in talib ha. >> he is ready for primetime. >> not yet. he needs to sit this one out. >> mitch do you think christie has put the bridge gate stuff behind him? >> i think he has to an extent. the problem is, he had a certain brand which he is sticking to but he has kind of pmarred that brand. have to score early in the prima primary. got to score against jeb early. >> thank you to all of you. especially to you, people have no idea what is it took to get you here. >> with the traffic. i actually went over the georgia washington bridge to get here today. >> merry christmas to all of you. >>> new coming up, "the interview" release. they're gonna do it! they challenge us. they take us to worlds full of heroes and titans. for respawn, building the best interactive entertainment begins with the cloud. this is "titanfall," the first multi-player game built and run on microsoft azure. empowering gamers around the world to interact in ways they never thought possible. this cloud t

jeb's been dropping hints for months. and just yesterday said this at a commencement speech. >> we're seeing more and more that people often model their lives on their parents. if their parents went to college, so do they. if their parents married late, so do they. i can tell you from personal experience, if your parents worked in politics, well, you know the rest. >> he said you don't have to follow your parents' foot steps, but it's pretty likely. a new poll shows mitt romney would actually lead the gop field. but if romney doesn't sit this one out, this poll's got jeb as number one. but we've still got a long way to go until 2016. bush has been all over the map on immigration and right-wingers are skeptical. here's what the head of the gop said today. >> they're going to pull out all the stops to make sure that a tea party-type conservative doesn't get the nomination. so i think that a lot of this talk about the jeb candidacy is an attempt to see if they can actual, once and for all, in a primary setting, relegate the

jeb can't do that.eb's got to die in and he's got to get in the conversation with everybody while lowering expectations in places like iowa. i don't think he dare skip iowa. i think he goes in there and takes it like a man and gets in the arlg arg ument and gets in the fray and shows he's not trying to manipulate stuff, that he's really putting himself out there in an honest conversation. >> let me jump in, howard. >> that's his style of politics. >> no doubt jeb bush is fundamentally different from every other potential candidate for republicans because of the family name. he's sort of the beyonce candidate of this cycle. he woke up like this. he's flawless. you know that he's a bush. >> is he irreplaceable? >> is he irreplaceable is a question america will answer when howard feinman replaces him. >> when jeb bush gets out there and says, put a ring on it -- >> howard! >> political diynasties, it cut both way. hillary clinton never explains what side she wants to own and didn't. w., successfully differ

my brother jeb is really thoughtful about issues. he is real policy wonk.was an activist governor based on just the knowledge. he is not just talking about it he is talking about it about a platform as having served as governor. i think george -- i hope this doesn't offend jeb -- he is very affable. he remembers names. he is a great people person. jeb is too but george has my mother's qualities of having this fresh openness. you know what i mean? [laughter] i hope i don't hurt my mother's feelings. >> how is your spanish? >> muy pobre. >> stand over there and say -- thank you for watching. from us, goodbye. >> adios. [laughter] adios y tiene bien holiday. >> thank you. >> is that ok? >> fantastic. ♪ >> this weekend you probably saw the news that president obama like so many americans has acid reflux. like this one. it has been widely reported that he has acid reflux but we wanted to make sure that you saw a tv ad for one particular product that to us seems very narrowly targeted at a very specific but also very powerful category of patients. >> recently dia

jeb bush speaks spanish, lives in a state that has a huge latino pop lair, diverse from all over thehe disagrees with his base on the issue of whether it's a path to legal status or citizenship, now to be fair to the governor, he thinks president obama was wrong to use executive action to grant status to people, but listen to him here saying i'm willing to run against my party in some ways on this issue. >> you have to protect the borders, enforce the law, be respectful of the rule of law, and at the same time be able to encourage young aspirational people to come to our country. it's a win-win. i have no problems advancing your idea. >> and the base disagrees. >> we'll see, if i run, we'll see. >> we will, won't we? >> it's a personal issue for governor bush. his formidable experience was going to mexico as a young man, he met his wife there. worked in the early part of his business career in latin america, fluent in spanish. it's a matter of not just the head, but the heart for him. it presents a really serious challenge. he's going to have to navigate with extreme caution. on this

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jeb was on the board of barclays.lthough, he just resigned as i said he would before the end of the week. on the board of lehman brothers. neil: you're not committing to who you think it will be? >> john kasich. smart guy. will he run? >> rand paul has a lot of people behind him. neil: he's all over the map. >> but a lot of people like him. a lot of people in texas. neil: you think he could surprise people? >> when was the last time the republican party did not elect the establishment choice? >> and he's definitely the establishment choice. neil: who is the establishment choice? >> who is the establishment? >> he's the clear establishment choice. old money throughout wall street. i don't think you can underestimate his donor base. bush name is tremendous. >> i'm saying, i don't know who will win in 2016. i think hillary is -- you see so many people in, they smell blood in the water with her comments. but the republican party always usually elects the establishment. ronald reagan was the insurgent. they still nominated

there's a lot to chew on there, jeb, rand, christie and rubio. >> christi and jeb are going to fight for who the establishment candidate is. he's got the brand name and he's soft on immigration and he's sort of a rino according to the base. base. he's got to show his base that he can keep his language together and not explode. what he needs to do is beat jeb in the debates, but he also needs to really turn his fire on democrats and not attack his own republican players, because no one wants to see that. so if those guys fight it out though, you could have a conservative come up and kind of watch those guys pretty the vote and then take care. >> katie let's bring in rand paul and marco rubio, you have jeb bush and everyone who's not jeb bush now. >> it's way too early to decide what issues are going to be the ones that voters ---name recognition, which is why jeb bush is at the top of the polling, even mitt romney is getting highal poll numbers, even though, chris christie is pulling high. but there's a lot of candidates that have been talked about on the ground level that aren't comi

specifically jeb bush, raising his hand ever so slightly for 2016. the former florida governor and the son and brother of two president bushs announced on facebook he'll actively explore running for president himself. that statement follows a quip jeb made monday during a commencement speech at the university of south carolina. >> people often model their lives on their parents. their parents went to college. so do they. if your parents worked in politics, well, you know the rest. >> msnbc political correspondent casey hunt has the latest from our d.c. news room. casey, this is not an exploratory or anything formal, but how serious do people in washington think jeb might be? >> people are taking this very seriously, joy. especially to put something out this early, at this stage in the game, be basically the first guy out of the gate says a lot about what governor bush's intentions are. it's also going to do a lot to shape the field of potential republican contenders. now, you've had some of them already start to come out and make comments about gover

don't worry, in terms of democrats being afraid of jeb bush, we're not afraid of jeb bush. republicans have their own problem with jeb bush. >> chris, this represents true transparency, something president obama ran on and honesty. he was intimate with his constituents and respectfully disagreed with them and explained why. he can make a strong stand and shows leadership. and that's what we need today. i think that jeb bush throwing his hat in the ring will not divide the republican party. there was a poster out, julie, that president george w. bush had, miss me yet? yes, because they showed true leadership and we have a president now -- >> you bring up immigration and that is a devicive issue, bush became a major advocate for immigration reform, his wife was mexican, lived in the state of florida, many cubans that live in the southern part of the state. kept getting re-elected. it's a republican state. that says a lot especially to those legal immigrants voting for him that clearly stand strong about illegal immigration in this country and they are here the way it should h

and you see jeb, you know, 14%, ben carson, 11%. okay, now, the new poll this week, the one that caused all of that talk about he's open to commanding lead, he's surging. put it up there. here we go. you see bush, he is. he's jumped up from 14 to 2e 3. chris christie had a little bit of a bounce there. carson fell a little bit. i would still say when you're jeb bush, when you're being touted as this front runner who can unite the whole party, you e who can bring the money together, 23% may not be that overwhelming, that commanding the start off with. but i think it was a big thing that was missed here. and the big thing, we'll show you the next one, it's mitt romney. let's take a look here. cnn last month, this poll that jeb bush is surging from, last month, they also included mitt romney. look at this. match mitt romney up against jeb bush. mitt romney was doubling him up a month ago. bush was running in third place. the defeated candidate from 2012 running way ahead of jeb bush. this new poll this week, they didn't even include ro

the three white guys are jeb, chris, and brad. first, remember when the republicans said they would sweep in a new era of bipartisanship? that happened thanks to north korea. we heard from important figures from politics and entertainment speaking in unison. president obama encouraging people to go to the movies. the last two republican candidates piping up, and mitt romney telling sony to fight. rob lowe said, "hollywood has done proud," while bill maher said that the nation was thrown under the bus. you are a policy man, washington man, person of the beltway. what can washington do, if anything, to pick up this problem? >> it's a crazy situation. who would have thought kim jong-un would be the uniter not a divider, bringing america together. it presents an interesting problem. this is a nation that barely has electricity, already economically isolated. the usual tools that you would apply to a rogue nation you cannot with north korea. there are a couple of things. maybe they can lean on the chinese to interfere with financial tr

that's jeb bush's issue.made his florida political career by building support among the cuban american anti-castro community. so jeb bush jumped right in as soon as president obama made his announcement. a mealy mouthed comment to a miami herald reporter. i don't think we should be negotiating with a repressive regime to make changes in our relationship with them. didn't exactly sail out of the park on that. later in the day decided that wasn't strong enough. decided to go back to facebook where he's apparently more comfortable and gave it another shot. he said this. the obama administration's decision to restore diplomatic ties with cuba is the latest foreign policy misstep by this president and another dramatic overreach of his executive authority. so no legislate up on the sanctions. double the embargo against cuba. the embargo is what we need. sort of an awesome position. strength, right? few hours until andrew kazinsky noted that jeb bush has been getting paid for years by a bank that's been nailed for v

this to me is jeb bush gearing up. >> that's been a big question for jeb bush who hasn't run in moren a decade. can he adapt his personal style, he's a policy guy and also has some fights with his own base over immigration and education, but can he adapt his ways to the new world of politics? >> absolutely. this was an attempt to draw a contrast with the rest of the field as you point out clinton and also christie and show not only does he not have anything to hide but wants to put forward big ideas. it was beg, hairy awedicious goals, bhags was the acronym. if you think about it, if hillary clinton gets into the race which we expect she will and jeb gets into the race it will be a throwback, a clinton against a bush once again so that's an irony here. he is trying to be a new disruptive candidate but in a lot of ways this would be a campaign if it's the two of them that's a very old sort of -- >> governor bush would have to get through the primaries first and we've seen the republican parties in the middle of this tug-of-war over who we are, what we are, after since george w. bush l

bush, are you supporting jeb bush? >> i'm sitting on the sidelines. i do know this from my association with the bushes. he said i will not make a decision -- i was at the beginning the one employee of the bush prepresidential campaign, our chairman was james a. baker iii, a young houston attorney. but the senior bush said, i'm not going to make a decision until after the 1978 election. and he didn't. then george bush said i won't make a decision after the 1998 election. and it wasn't until the time between christmas and new year's that he went away and made the decision. if jeb bush says i'm not going to make a decision until after the first of the year, we won't have a final decision until after the first of the year regardless of whether he did a leadership pac today. >> this is what he had to say that he won't change his views if he's going to run for the primary. >> if i was to run, i would try to persuade people -- i won't change what i believe. my beliefs, i think, are good, solid, mainstream conservative thought. winning with purpose, winning w

he has sort of a jeb bush style republican. pro common core.tive of immigration reform. but keep an eye on rick snyder of michigan, one tough nerd, as he calls himself. who won a second term in a democratic state. >> interesting to see a republican governor from deep blue michigan. >> if house republicans are able to avoid a government shutdown over immigration. speaker john boehner will get a lot of credit and probably deservedly so for wrangling his caucus together and getting it through. another person who needs deserves, the new house house majority whip from louisiana, who's been able to finagle this thing for the last few days and maybe sure conserve ties feel part of the leadership and they aren't looking for a showdown. he's been helpful to boehner and bringing conservatives along. >> julie? >> we're starting to see the first glimmerings of a bigger rift between the white house and congressional democrats. which we've seen suggestions of in the past and certainly in the weeks after the election. the white house is angry that chuck schum

>> i think jeb bush, by all accounts, is going to try be jeb bush.e is, as carl mentioned, prolife. it's a big deal for him. he's talked about lang up a number of these primaries. i think that's going to be problem for him. he needs sit down and explain it and stell it but right now it's not selling. >> hawaii his answer was, i'm not, present tense, running for president. but it seemed like a definitive answer. is she going to be the challenge for the democrats? >> most democrats are claiming -- but we've seen this yo rodeo before. we could possibly see elizabeth warren getting into the process. there could be more progressive conservatives econsidering her. i think you have jim webb, senator of virginia getting in. hillary clinton for the democrats. >> all right. appreciate it. you won't want to miss what he thinks of the decision. also tonight, michelle obama, ghl arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. and aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. so why am i still thinking about this? how are ya? good. aleve. pro

. >> what exactly is jeb saying. >> jeb bush announced he's planning to actively explore -- >> he will actively explore. >> to actively explore the possibility of running for president. >> officially exploring a run for president of the united states. >> if your patients worked in politics, well, you know the rest. >> this is not an exploratory committee. >> is america ready for another bush? >> no. >> bash bah bush said -- >> there are other people out there that are very qualified. we've had enough bushes. >> we're seeing more and more people often model their lives on their parents. >> 2016 could very be the year of the political sequel. >> i, borj herbert walker bush do solemnly square. >> i george walker bush do solemnly swear. >> well, you know the rest. >> today, jeb bush told us something we already knew, that he's thinking about running for president. which translated from politician speak means, i'm running for president. he said, like many of you, our family was blessed with the opportunity to gather together over the recent thanksgiving holiday. columba and i are so proud o

and jeb's lead is not nearly as commanding as hillary clinton's.e's more like the mitt romney of this field. essentially because you'll see him take up that establishment, you know oxygen in the room in the way that mitt romney did in the way mitt romney splits everything else. >> ted cruz told politico he's a fan of jeb bush, but warned republicans, if we nominate another candidate in the mold of a bob dole air a john mccain or mitt romney the same voters who stayed home in 2008 and 2012 will stay home in 2016 and hillary clinton is the next president. is that a good calculation, or is that just ted being ted? >> that's the argument that he's going to make because it's the argument for ted. and the idea that ted cruz is going to get out enough of the kind of like white base in order to overcome the demographic challenges that they have, i think, is a bit of a fantasy. jeb's argument is a different one. he's saying, i'm going to shift some votes in the middle. ted cruz has not demonstrated he can expand the electorate. the people that like ted cruz

do you think that jeb bush jumping in early would help clear the gop field? you saw how senator rand paul reacted there? so what do you think others are think something tweet us your answers at "way too early." le have row responsibilitys later on in the show. >>> now, more numbers from that nbc news-"wall street journal" poll t. president's overall approval rating standing at 45%. his highest since the government shut down in october, 2013. on the issues, there is a slight increase in optimism about the economy. but the president remains under water on the handling of foreign immigration. 11% on foreign policy. 40% approve on immigration. in the wake of the cia's report on tactic, 51% believe the practices were acceptable under the circumstances and 45% say they should be used in the. if you finally, 57% of americans say that race relations in this country are either fairly bad or very bad. that is the highest number on this question going back to 1995, the year of the oj simpson murder trial. well, ted cruz, he has come out apologizing to fellow gop senator

you're seeing jeb bush at the top of this poll.ut we could see a half dozen candidates leading a poll in iowa before they settle on a nominee. there are a lot of good candidates. there were a bunch of folks that popped up but none had the strength to take him out. someone like jeb bush has a shot at the nomination, but you could see him fading very quickly. we could see anyone from mike huckabee to marco rubio to ted cruz either nationally or in iowa. i wouldn't count out chris christie, it's a wide open field with a bunch of candidates who could be strong or turn out to be not so good on the national stage. >> you mentioned new jersey governor chris christie he's ten points behind jeb bush in this poll. you think it's possible that he might make some headway and jump to the -- become the leader of the pack? >> i think there's a real chance of it. it depends on how jeb bush does. a lot of this does come down to who is in and who is out. if jeb bush isn't in, then chris christie is in pretty good position. both would have a shot at

jeb hasn't announced.f he does announce my guess is governor romney will not run. >> you know the inside talk what's going on between romney, between jeb bush. liz: christie. >> let's stick with jeb and romney. that would put you, if they both ran, that would put you in a difficult position. you believe they both won't run at the same time. >> i believe that will be the case. for the viewers' benefit, when you're in the fund-raising side you are never super on the inside, i want to fully disclose to people. in my role in a campaign, dial 9 and call? and ask for money. i'm a romney guy, i don't think romney is going to run. >> you don't think -- >> a presidential rotisserie baseball, my next draft pick is jeb bush. >> you don't think romney is going to run. >> i don't. if jeb bush announces candidacy for the presidency, governor romney is a establishmentarian. he's a world-class guy, unbelievable team sflier have they spoke to each other. >> one is a derek jeter -- liz: why are you ignoring charlie? >> have

jeb is going to define jeb. he doesn't want the media to do it. e-mails are bells and whistles that carry with it various aspects of sunshine being out in the open and disclose ing everything. i imagine he picked and chose some e-mails. some are probably not in there. >> 250,000 is quite a bit. >> sounds horrible to go there. >> really. i'm sure you'll be doing that. casey, you spoke to jeb back in the midterm scamcampaign trail. this time around he said see you at the next one. #tealeaves. what has changed since then? well, i mean jose we're in a new election cycle. when i saw him in colorado it was all about 2014. republicans were about winning the senate. he was joking a little bit. he rolled down the window to say we'll see you at the next one. and the tea leaves comment was my sort of joking a little bit about how we're treating absolutely everything and any one of these guys makes as a really big deal. we're in that phase of the presidential campaign. >> mark what do you think, if he announces when he would do so, it would have to be in the

democrats are going to say, oh my god, we can't let jeb bush get ahead.hose attacks from his rivals, some elements from the right rush limbaugh and others, they are going to make donors say you know what? this is the strongest guy we have. i think republicans are going to have to figure out a way to taken down early, or he may get a head of steam and become the defective front runner by june. >> the other argument is that -- is the one that mitt romney is making in private, the clot -- the quote. if you thought bain was a problem for me, let's talk about barclays with jeb bush. nobody wants to relive mitt romney in 2012. >> it will be a pure likability issue, not a nomination issue. attacking bayne within the party doesn't help. jeb bush people are going to say, his business dealings compared to the clinton's is this dealings -- >> rand paul might be able to push that case. >> the hillary clinton state department lifted a ban on a rich, politically connected ecuadorian so she could work in the usa for a barack obama donor. it is a big and cap located stor

jeb bush had to know this was coming. he was working there when they had to pay a $300 million fine. his signature issue is the embargo in cuba. but right out of the gaet, his first day of actively exploring of running for president, he runs right smack into that wall. people say that jeb bush is the new mitt romney. people who hate the idea say that, too. so far, at least he is proving it. when i crave a smoke that's all i crave. that's where this comes in. only nicorette gum has patented dual-coated technology for great taste. plus nicorette gum gives you intense craving relief. and that helps put my craving in its place. that's why i only choose nicorette. dave, i'm sorry to interrupt... i gotta take a sick day tomorrow. dads don't take sick days, dads take nyquil. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. sssessingses the conference call. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the only problem with

have i respect for jeb bush.hink if he runs, he will be a very credible candidate. >> marco rubio, florida senate, thanks for coming on "meet the press." >>> speaking of jeb bush, it was a big hint this week that he's more likely to run than not. is the coverage going to be all about the cable catnip of jeb versus hillary? i will be back with the nerd screen to explain the primaries a push your enterprise and you can move the world. ♪ but to get from the old way to the new, you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how to make your enterprise more agile, borderless and secure. hp helps business move on all the possibilities of today. and stay ready for everything that is still to come. ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time, 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one thing never changes. our passion to make it real. ♪ >>> nerd

jeb bush is a -- to that because of who he is. he references one wing of the party. >> would you know who is giving jeb an open stance? the liberal pundits thinking he's a grownup in the gop. >> look, i saw him at george her better watson bush's 21st anniversary of his presidency at texas a&m. i was blown away by the guy because of -- this is not about the bush name, but he had some thoughtful things to say about where the country needs to go. whether you agree with him or not. now, i'm liberal. i think he would add to the debate if he was in it. but i mean -- >> trippy looking to jeb bush. >> every time i say this, everybody says of course trippy wants jeb bush. >> one sentence, is it fair or inevitable for the media to raise the dynasty issue for jeb's brother and father were president, is that piling on or is it part of the state of play? >> part of the state of play. my one sentence says the media may act like it doesn't like that, but i think secretly they would like nothing more than to have a bush and a clinton run. >> i th